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The startup that’s challenging Amazon’s cloud with a controversial new software license is now worth $2.5 billion (AMZN)
1:43pm PST - January 23rd, 2019 amzn - Business InsiderOn Wednesday, the streaming data analytics startup Confluent announced it had closed $125 million in new funding — a deal valuing the company at $2.5 billion. Late last year, Confluent introduced a new software license to take a stand against cloud giants lik…