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Railway, a cloud platform for software deployment, raised a $100M Series B led by TQ Ventures, bringing its total funding to $130M , says it has ARR of $10M (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/…

Railway raises $100M for easier software deployment
TQ Ventures led the Series B.

Sage Operations: KI-Assistent für Fertigung und Handel
Sage integriert den KI-Assistenten Copilot in seine ERP-Software Sage Operations. Über eine Chatfunktion soll man damit Lieferketten besser steuern können.
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Amidst all the buzz around things like Gas Town and Ralph, etc. there are some bits of actual substance that promise to actually empower coders — and potentially shift the power dynamic away from Big AI, while making it easier to create software just by describing ideas in plain text. I've been thinking of the idea as "codeless" software creation, for lack of a better term (the jargon doesn't matter, I just needed a name to talk about it) and would love your thoughts!

Codeless: From idea to software
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

did you know bash has builtin gettext support? i sure didn't https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Locale-Translation.html

software_dependencies: Software dependencies (2010)
Several networks of software dependencies. Nodes represent libraries and a directed edge denotes a library dependency on another.
This network has 282 nodes and 893 edges.
Tags: Technological, Software, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/n…

TIL Insyde is apparently the biggest UEFI firmware vendor now, claiming more than 50% market share as of this year:
https://www.insyde.com/news/press-releases/insyde-software-achieves-record-high-rev…

Insyde® Software Achieves Record-High Revenue in 2024, Optimistic Outlook for Continued Growth in 2025

Fuck, no, Apple. I was forced to update to iOS 26 due to lack of security updates for 18 on devices that can run 26 (i.e., due to extortion) but you’re not infecting my Mac with Liquid Ass.
Notice the dark pattern of pestering you in hopes you will accidentally hit the “Restart” button even though you’ve specifically turned off auto updates. Microsoft-level disrespect for consent here.
(Not surprising from a company that gives golden awards to fascists.)

Cambio, creator of AI-powered commercial real estate software for institutional investors, raised an $18M Series A led by Maverick Ventures at a $100M valuation (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/real-estat

Exclusive: Cambio Lands $18M At $100M Valuation For AI-Powered Commercial Real Estate Software
The startup, which has built AI-powered commercial real estate software for institutional investors, has raised $18 million in a Series A round at a $100 million valuation.

Bengaluru-based Amagi, an ad tools provider for broadcast and streaming TV, fell below its listing price in its India market debut after raising $196M in an IPO (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/amagi…

Amagi slides in India debut, as cloud TV software firm tests investor appetite | TechCrunch
Amagi shares debuted at a 12% discount, offering an early read on investor demand for a rare type of tech listing in India.

A look at Craig Federighi's approach to AI at Apple; sources say he led a push to use other companies' models to help launch a revamped Siri later in 2026 (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-deal-apples-…

With Google Deal, Apple’s Craig Federighi Plots a Cautious Course in AI
Last fall, Apple’s software chief, Craig Federighi, delivered a warm message to a meeting of the company’s combined software and AI groups. Federighi said he was excited about deeper collaboration between his software team and Apple’s AI group. But then came Federighi’s criticism. He added that ...