Databricks’s growth charge isn’t showing signs of slowing down. The cloud-based data and AI platform has completed a $5 billion fundraising round, bringing its valuation to $134 billion (including around $2 billion of additional debt capacity).

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Seismic and Highspot have announced an agreement to merge, marking a union for two of the biggest players in the fast-growing sales enablement space. The combined company will operate as Seismic and will be led by Seismic CEO Rob Tarkoff. Robert Wahbe, founder and CEO of Highspot, will join the board of directors of the combined company.

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Emails chock full of bullets and emojis, “delving” and “pivotal” galore—you’re not imagining it—your coworker has hit you with “workslop.”

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