Ballistic Ventures’ Cybersecurity Funds, Cisco’s OpenAI Defense, and Parkinson’s Screening
Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures is seeking new cybersecurity funds as CrowdStrike plans acquisitions of Fiddler AI and Dreadnode; Cisco describes its security work with OpenAI, while a Nature Aging paper introduces Quest2Dx for Parkinson’s questionnaire screening. Also covered: the DEP language-model evaluation toolkit, Anthropic’s FlashProve and Message Threads, Google’s school AI controls, and The Information’s reporting on OpenAI, Nvidia and chip sales to China.
Ballistic Ventures targets $490 million across two funds; CrowdStrike plans to buy two AI security startups.
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