TYSONS CORNER, Va., Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Antithesis today announced a $105 million Series A round led by Jane Street, the global technology-driven quantitative trading firm known for building some of the world's most advanced software systems. The investment underscores Antithesis's emergence as critical infrastructure for enterprises operating complex, distributed systems. Jane Street is both an Antithesis investor and customer.

Since the dawn of Middle Earth, it has been somewhat widely accepted that it takes 8-10 years to build a real database. There’s a lot that has to go right; databases need to be rock solid. They need to be battle tested, consistent, fault tolerant, and most of all, trustworthy. These are things that take time to dial in.

But in 2009 a small team of childhood friends in Virginia somehow broke the rule. In a few short years the Daves (Rosenthal and Scherer) and Nick built something that everyone said they couldn’t: a distributed storage engine with ACID guarantees. It was called FoundationDB, it took the world by storm, and then it got acquired in 2015 by Apple (you can still download and use it here). 

New York, NY – September 30, 2025 - Stardog, a leading Data & AI company that enables organizations to unlock the full potential of their data for AI-driven initiatives, today announced the appointment of Craig Harper as Chief Executive Officer. Harper has served as an advisor to the board for the previous two years.

Wilmington, DE – July 17, 2025 – Travel Curious, a leading B2B technology platform enabling travel, hospitality, and loyalty companies to seamlessly integrate experiences into their offering, today announced its acquisition of Redeam, a premier connectivity platform in the experiences sector. The strategic move marks another significant step in Travel Curious’s growth journey, resulting in the formation of the newly combined company, Travel Curious Group Inc. valued at over $40 million. As part of its accelerated growth plans, Travel Curious is relocating its global headquarters to the United States, while maintaining operational offices in London and Madrid.