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Zal Bilimoria just raised a $50M fourth Refactor Capital fund, and still relishes his solo GP status
[[{“value”:” Being a solo GP hasn’t slowed Bilimoria a bit. He went on to raise three additional funds and has now closed a new fund to invest in biotech, climate and hard tech startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Loop Golf looks to take the stress out of booking a tee time
[[{“value”:” Golf has exploded in popularity in recent years thanks to the pandemic and the popularity of Netflix’s Full Swing documentary series. More than 531 million rounds of golf were played in the U.S. in 2023 alone, according to the National Golf Foundation. Because of this surge in interest, golfers are finding that nabbing a tee […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Bitsensing raises $25M for its high-resolution radar in autonomous driving
[[{“value”:” Self-driving vehicles rely on many sensors to detect objects and the world around them. The conventional approach is to work with cameras and lidars. But some tech companies and startups have built advanced high-resolution radar technology for autonomous vehicles, also known as 4D imaging radar. Among them is a South Korea-based startup called bitsensing. The […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
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Earthquake-Resistant Structures STEM Project
[[{“value”:” Post by Kristina Klammer Posted: June 17, 2024 Why do earthquakes happen? How can we protect people and buildings during an earthquake? These are just some of the questions students explore in the Earthquake 5E STEM challenge. In this challenge, students learn about earthquakes and how engineers design structures to be earthquake-resistant. Students work in groups to design their…
SewerAI uses AI to spot defects in sewer pipes
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Dandelion co-founder is back to help you electrify your home for less
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Waabi’s genAI promises to do so much more than power self-driving trucks
[[{“value”:” For the last two decades, Raquel Urtasun, founder and CEO of autonomous trucking startup Waabi, has been developing AI systems that can reason as a human would. The AI pioneer had previously served as the chief scientist at Uber ATG before launching Waabi in 2021. Waabi launched with an “AI-first approach” to speed up the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
EV startup Fisker files for bankruptcy
[[{“value”:” Fisker Inc., the EV startup founded by famed designer Henrik Fisker, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection — a capstone to months of problems with its Ocean SUV that included recalls and dozens of lemon law lawsuits. The California-based company, which filed for bankruptcy in the Delaware Court, had been seeking a deal with another […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Threads finally launches its API for developers
[[{“value”:” Meta said today that it finally launched its much-awaited API for Threads so developers can build experiences around it. In a blog post, Threads engineer Jesse Chen said that with the new API, developers can publish posts, fetch their own content, and deploy reply management tools. That means developers can let users hide/unhide or respond […] © 2024 TechCrunch….