DraftKings goes after its hackers
Fantasy sports startup DraftKings is going after hackers that caused its website to be overwhelmed for more than 20 minutes last month. The company says it was attacked with a “denial of service” that prevented users from accessing its site. A federal judge in Massachusetts issued an order last week saying the company can seek the identities of the hackers, whose IP addresses were traced back to several service providers. With the OK from the courts, DraftKings can now subpoena those providers. Stay tuned. [The Boston Globe]
Atlassian acquires Boston-based OpsGenie for $295M
OpsGenie, a Boston-based cloud-based service for dev and ops teams that provides incident alerts, was acquired today by Atlassian for a cool $295 million. Over 3,000 customers, including Air Canada, The Washington Post and Overstock, use OpsGenie to notify the correct parties as soon as an incident occurs. Atlassian also announced the release of a new product called Jira Ops that will serve as an incident command center and give response teams a central place to coordinate their work during major incidents. With the recent updates, the Australian-based collaboration software provider hopes to offer the best incident response solution on the market. [Built In Boston]
GlassWing Ventures launches new council to help AI entrepreneurs
GlassWing Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm investing in AI startups, announced the launch of its “Entrepreneurs Lead-In Council” this week. Comprised of top funders and entrepreneurs willing to share their experience and business expertise, the council will work directly with Glasswing’s portfolio of AI and frontier technology companies and investments moving forward. The initial members of the newest Glasswing council include prominent names like Rob May, co-Founder and CEO of Talla, angel investor Meredith McPherron, and Scott Matthews, CEO of CrowdTwist. [Press Release]
Markforged adds top brass and expands manufacturing facility
3D printing company Markforged announced the addition of two new executive team members and expanded manufacturing facilities to support the company’s hypergrowth this week. Bryan Semple joined the company as its new chief marketing officer (CMO). Prior to joining, Semple was the CMO of Boston-based SmartBear, where he drove an inbound-marketing model across multiple products. Meanwhile, Brian Nadeau has joined Markforged as vice president of engineering. Nadeau brings more than 20 years’ experience running engineering firms and has held positions at Boston’s EqualLogic and Simplivity. In conjunction with these top hires, Markforged has also announced the expansion of its manufacturing capacity by leasing additional space at 480 Pleasant Street in Watertown. The company now has approximately 80,000 square feet of manufacturing space, with room for up to 500 employees. [GlobeNewswire]
