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Okta CEO Todd McKinnon says that he remains optimistic about the future despite 2022 challenges from the SaaS stock slump to the Lapsus$ attack.

Okta CEO opens up about Auth0 acquisition, SaaS slump and Lapsus$ attack

A security researcher found vulnerabilities in Jacuzzi’s SmartTub interface that allowed access to the personal data of every hot tub owner. Jacuzzi’s SmartTub feature, like most Internet of Things (IoT)…

Security flaws in internet-connected hot tubs exposed owners’ personal data

It’s not just in fintech that API solutions are on the rise — and helping solve a great range of problems.

The rise of API-first companies, in fintech and beyond

Decipad, a no-code startup that’s aiming to disrupt spreadsheets with accessible tools that empower people to play around with numbers, has nabbed $5 million in seed funding. Put simply, it’s…

Decipad wants to help everyone do data modelling

Acquisitions can test your team’s strength and threaten existing close-knit cultures, so it takes purposeful communication to keep everyone on the same page and working toward the same goal.

4 ways to navigate a post-acquisition partnership

Private equity giant Thoma Bravo has taken a stake in Intel 471, a provider of cyberthreat intelligence for enterprises and governments. The strategic growth investment, which comes as organizations double…

Thoma Bravo takes a stake in threat intelligence provider Intel 471

At its Oktane21 conference, Okta, the popular authentication and identity platform, today announced a new — and free — developer edition that features fewer limitations and support for significantly more…

Okta launches a new free developer plan

When Okta announced that it was acquiring Auth0 yesterday for $6.5 billion, the deal raised eyebrows. After all, it’s a substantial amount of money for one identity and access management…

Making sense of the $6.5B Okta-Auth0 deal

As Okta announced earnings today after the bell, it revealed that it’s buying cloud identity startup Auth0 for a hefty $6.5 billion. The company had a valuation of $1.92 billion…

Okta acquires cloud identity startup Auth0 for $6.5B

Six months ago, millions of workers left their offices for the last time without realizing it. Many would be laid off because of the pandemic, but for those fortunate to…

How 3 remote-friendly tech companies plan to return to the office

Developer-centric identity platform Auth0 today announced that it has raised a $120 million Series F round led by Salesforce Ventures. Existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Meritech Capital, World…

Identity platform Auth0 raises $120M Series F funding round at $1.92B valuation

There was a lot of moving and shaking in the cybersecurity unicorn world in 2019. It was a year that saw two of the biggest exits in cybersecurity history: CrowdStrike…

Meet 5 cybersecurity unicorns that could IPO in 2020

Unraveling the “Secrets of Sand Hill Road” and the VC thought process, with Andreessen Horowitz’s Scott Kupor Our Silicon Valley editor Connie Loizos hosted an Extra Crunch live conference call…

A16Z interview, 5G, Peloton, handling Big Tech issues, and offering better benefits

If you ask Eugenio Pace to describe himself, “engineer” would be fairly high on the list. “Being a CEO is pretty busy,” he told TechCrunch in a call last week.…

Why identity startup Auth0’s founder still codes: It makes him a better boss

Auth0, a 2013-founded identity and authentication platform, has pushed into unicorn territory with a $1 billion valuation after raising $103 million in its latest Series E round. The round was…

Identity platform Auth0 raises $103M, pushing its valuation over $1B

Auth0, a startup based in Seattle, has been helping developers with a set of APIs to build authentication into their applications for the last five years. It’s raised a fair…

Auth0 snags $55M Series D, seeks international expansion

The AWS juggernaut

After last year’s AWS re:Invent conference, we posed the question, “Is Amazon the Most Important Enterprise Company?” Having just returned from re:Invent 2016, we can say the answer is a…

The AWS juggernaut

“Identity-as-a-service” startup Auth0 (pronounced “auth zero”) has raised $15 million in Series B funding. CEO Jon Gelsey said that for many website and mobile app developers, integrating with different login…

Authentication startup Auth0 raises $15M as it beefs up security features

Auth0, a startup offering what it calls “identity-as-a-service”, is announcing that it has raised $2.4 million in seed funding. CEO Jon Gelsey told me that Auth0 (for those of you…

Auth0 Raises $2.4M To Help Developers Plug Into Identity Platforms Like Facebook