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Cloud costs remain a top concern for organizations. According to a recent Anodot survey, 50% of businesses are struggling to control them, in part because they lack visibility into their cloud usage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sidechat, the anonymous posting platform that began blowing up last year on college campuses, appears to have acquired a rival anonymous social platform, Yik Yak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Code editors are complex and demanding pieces of software, but from a business standpoint, they’re notoriously difficult to monetize. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lenskart has signed a definitive agreement to raise $500 million from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, they said Wednesday, at the height of the market slump as the Indian eyewear retailer bulks up its offerings and scales to international markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Masaya Aso worked on autonomous driving technology at Bosch in Japan and Germany, he realized that “many tasks were still manual as over 85% of warehouses have almost no automation at all.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Medwing, a European startup building a recruitment marketplace for healthcare workers, has raised €44 million ($47 million) in a Series C round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You’d think that an industry like manufacturing had its own software stack, but in a lot of cases, a huge amount of getting-things-made is managed through Excel spreadsheets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Companies moved en masse to the cloud during the pandemic, under pressure to digitally transform. According to a 2021 survey from O’Reilly, cloud adoption steadily rose across industries, with 90% of organizations using cloud computing compared to 88% in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Global payroll provider Deel plans to provide $120 million of its own cash off its balance sheet to support startups’ payroll operations in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank shutting down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Signature Bank is the second casualty of the ongoing banking crisis in the U.S. The New York-based financial institution stopped operating abruptly on Sunday — customers will be made whole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices