CONDUCT RAISES $60M TO MODERNIZE LEGACY IT
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Conduct, an AI platform for maintaining and upgrading legacy IT systems, closed a $60M Series A led by Index Ventures and ICONIQ. The funding brings the enterprise startup's total to $72M.
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