Josh Harbert

St. Louis just turned up the volume in #enterpriseautomation. KnowledgeLake, the AI-powered workflow automation company that's been grinding since 1999, just secured a $65M majority growth investment led by Edison Partners. The mid-market and government space, long underserved by the big-box automation players, is finally getting its heavyweight contender. And the contenders here are seasoned. Ron Cameron and Bob Bueltmann built KnowledgeLake from its days reselling #FileNet, #Datacap, and #Kodak, pivoted onto SharePoint before it was cool, sold to Fujitsu's PFU unit in 2013, then bought their baby back in 2018 with support from Plymouth Growth and First Bank. That kind of history isn't a pivot, it's a saga. SaaS revenue climbing more than 50% year-over-year. 95% gross dollar retention and a 130% net revenue retention rate that shows customers aren't just sticking around, they're spending more. 220+ enterprise and #government clients, from the State of Tennessee to Washington University to New Belgium Brewing, trust the platform to process their most critical documents. Over 2M end users log in and get work done. This isn't theory. It's adoption at scale. The product itself isn't playing small ball either. AI-driven intelligent #documentprocessing that learns, low-code and no-code workflow automation that puts power in business users' hands, robotic process automation integrations, and a cloud-native, single-tenant architecture built on Microsoft Azure that keeps regulators and CISOs breathing easier. KnowledgeLake has stayed close to its roots, locking in Microsoft as a strategic partner while delivering something the market has been starved for: a single-vendor, fully integrated platform that doesn't fall apart like ductwork from mismatched parts. And let's talk leadership. Kevin Herr (CEO) steps into the role after serving as COO and CFO, bringing 2 decades of finance and operations experience into the driver's seat. Ron Cameron transitions to Chairman, ensuring that founder DNA still guides the company while Brad Porter as CTO. This isn't a rebuild. It's an evolution. So what does $65M do here? It fuels expansion of customer success programs, doubles down on AI advancements like Synthetic Labor modules, scales R&D headcount, and broadens reach through Microsoft's partner ecosystem. In plain terms: KnowledgeLake is going after the $70B document processing and workflow automation market with sharper tools, a deeper team, and the confidence that only comes from surviving multiple eras of #enterprisesoftware. The lesson? Endurance plus reinvention equals relevance. Some companies chase trends. KnowledgeLake builds the rails the trends eventually ride on. #Startups #StartupFunding #VentureCapital #AI #Automation #Enterprise #EnterpriseTech #EnterpriseAI #SaaS #Robotics #RobotTech #Technology #Innovation #TechEcosystem #StartupEcosystem #Hiring #TechHiring If software engineering peace of mind is what you crave, Vention is your zen.

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Our team at Turing just wrapped a project with Salesforce AI Research, putting models through Olympiad‑level maths. 🧠 We built a benchmark, Hard2Verify, that checks every step of the reasoning, not just the final answer. Turns out even top models make mistakes along the way. It’s exactly the kind of problem we enjoy solving - getting AI to actually think, not just guess!

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Want to know what goes into building great business software? Our latest blog post breaks down the entire enterprise software development process, from initial planning to final deployment. https://hubs.ly/Q03C7g0C0

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Enterprise backup and data protection is critical to to your enterprise data. But traditional backup and recovery can be incredibly slow and painful. Read what enterprise cyber storage leader Infinidat's Fortune 500 customers are doing to dramatically reduce backup windows, substantially speed up recovery, and simplify backup while lowering costs with our next generation data protection solutions - • A Fortune 500 customer for their Veeam backup environment has replaced their previous backup target vendor with 58PBs of InfiniBox. This customer reduced the data center floor space and rack space by 75%, got the best price performance from Infinidat compared to all other vendors they evaluated, and love our White Glove support and service compared to the constant support issues they had with their previous vendor. • One of our global Fortune 500 customers was never able to meet their backup window or restoration time SLAs for their Commvault backup environment. When they moved to an InfiniGuard, they exceeded all backup window and restoration time SLAs – most by 2X. • Another Fortune 500 customer in Europe, who was very concerned about cyber threats, has deployed InfiniGuard with our award-winning InfiniSafe cyber storage resilience solution. This customer reduced the backup window for one of their database workloads to ONLY 30 minutes from 5 hours – a 10x improvement, reduced the backup time for another workload to ONLY 4.75 hours from 18 hours – nearly a 4x improvement, and saw a reduction in full recovery times of 97%. • And a fourth Fortune 500 customer replaced 36 competitors’ PBBAs with 20 InfiniBox hybrid arrays using our InfiniSafe cyber resilience and recovery technology. Not only was the initial CAPEX ½ that of the competition and they saved in just their first year of deployment >$1.5M in OPEX, but they have met all backup window SLAs and all recovery time SLAs. The previous vendor’s product never met the agreed-upon SLAs with the application owners. Next-generation data protection from Infinidat: What a Difference - https://bit.ly/3LMyMh3 #dataprotection #backup #backupmanagement #backupsoftware #backupandrecovery #recovery #backuprestore #backuprecovery #storagesoftware #enterprisestorage #flashstorage #allflasharray #flasharray #allflashstorage #moderndataprotection #nextgendataprotection #nextgenerationdataprotection #sla Phil BullingerAnthony DeLisioJohn Faccibene JrRichard GordonTimothy ShirleyPatrick PeaseJakob CarstensenCraig HibbertBob StoneXu ChengTroy FortuneNeil MackMike MottolaDavid SawyerTom ManganaroRevital Aharon-FrimermanSapna CapoorPaul S. GaccioneNick ThomasDan FoilPete ByrneShay VansoverReem HazanNoa Beit-OnHayden SadlerFernando EgidoMarco Meraviglia ☁Daniele MauriziDanielle GoodeDonato CeccomanciniOren HonenOren YesharimBob CancillaQuantumMike JochimsenErik KaulbergKatrin DubinerAlon RozensheinTom DionnePaul Stewart

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Cloud technology goes far beyond storage. Business operations must be smarter and more agile...every hour and minute, of every day. I shared some insights with Forbes Technology Council about how cloud process intelligence is helping companies dynamically adapt to change and build resilience. Check out the full article 👇 #CloudInnovation #ProcessIntelligence #BusinessResilience

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From streamlining schedules to optimizing routes, AI's capacity to analyze large data sets in real-time opens the door to countless efficiency upgrades. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AmMKQ #Sales #Marketing #B2B #Saas #Ai

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Business and digital transformation are buzzwords we hear bandied about a lot these days, but the ultimate goal is the same, unlock real business value that will help you stay ahead of competition, grow revenue, grow market share and reduce costs. From my experience, clearly defining the goals you want to achieve is paramount. Business and digital transformation 'The What' for the sake of transforming without clearly defined goals 'The Why, could be very detrimental to your business. TEKenable can help you formulate the business case for 'The Why' and executing and implementing these changes 'The How'. See below the top challenges companies, specifically in the Aviation Sector, have faced undertaking business transformation initiatives.

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While #ERPs can do a lot, they can't do everything. Explore 5 reasons it might be worth while to invest in a purpose-built #TransactionMatching solution. https://ow.ly/uC1z30sPI5E

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CAI can be a game-changer—if done right. Join this exclusive, no-fluff session with two industry leaders: 👩‍💼 Donna Fluss – President, DMG Consulting LLC 🧠 Anne Jenkins – VP, Solutions Architecture, Teneo.ai They’ll unpack the real-world lessons that separate transformational CX success stories from CAI projects that fall short. This isn’t another hype session—it’s a conversation grounded in results. You’ll walk away with: 🔧 Practical implementation tactics that actually work ⚡ Speed-to-value strategies that don’t compromise compliance 🧭 Proven playbooks from high-performing enterprise deployments Webinar: CAI Implementation Best Practices That Deliver September 3 | 🕛 12:00 EDT / 18:00 CEST https://lnkd.in/dqTP3wwN The future of CX is already here. Make sure you’re doing it smarter. #ConversationalAI #CustomerExperience #CXStrategy #CAI #TeneoAI #DMGConsulting #ContactCenter #DigitalTransformation Spencer Noble Kristen McFadden Gandhi Patrik Rosenberg Anne Jenkins Howard Leary II Benjamin Kolz, PhD Tim Bartz Yoleidy Carvajal Ramazan Gurbuz Andrea Flores Miralles Iman Gozal M. Molly Poole John Perrin Chris McManus Graziella Gioia Michael Kenney Lee A. Kayne Jon Cedercreutz Henry Danser Jeff Mazur Per Ottosson Fredrik Törgren

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