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Foray Bioscience is breaking down the barriers of bringing biomanufacturing to plants
[[{“value”:” Ashley Beckwith spent years of her academic and professional career focused on the intersection of biology, materials and manufacturing to build medical solutions more efficiently. When she realized the tech could be applied to plants and plant-based materials, an area that desperately needed it, she decided to switch gears. “Life on earth is only as […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Etched is building an AI chip that only runs one type of model
[[{“value”:” As generative AI touches a growing number of industries, the companies producing chips to run the models are benefitting enormously. Nvidia in particular, which commands an estimated 70% to 95% of the market for AI chips, wields massive influence. Cloud providers from Meta to Microsoft are spending billions of dollars on Nvidia GPUs, wary of […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Sift is building a better platform for analyzing hardware telemetry data
[[{“value”:” Less than a year after closing its seed round, software-for-hardware startup Sift announced a $17.5 million Series A led by Google’s venture capital arm GV to scale their platform for analyzing real-time data from hardware systems. The company is developing a platform that provides a single source of truth for telemetry data. Such data is […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Gen Z photos app Swipewipe sells to French publisher MWM in its largest acquisition to date
[[{“value”:” The acquisition allows Swipewipe’s founder to take some money off the table while also continuing to benefit financially from his work via an ongoing revenue-sharing agreement with MWM. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
TestParty raises $4 million to help automate the coding for accessible websites
[[{“value”:” As of today, nearly all of the world’s most popular website homepages are not compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
“It felt like a moment that was bigger than me.”
[[{“value”:” “It felt like a moment that was bigger than me.” Published: Excluded from mainstream school at 11-years-old, Tier Blundell left a pupil referral unit at 16 without any qualifications. But this did not stop him from pursuing education as a mature student and, recently, starting his doctorate at the University of Oxford in the UK. An inspiring role model…
Uber Freight and self driving trucks startup Aurora partner for the long haul
[[{“value”:” Uber Freight and Aurora Innovation have announced a multi-year collaboration that will see Aurora’s autonomous driving technology offered on the Uber Freight network through 2030. The deal gives Aurora access to shipping customers as it prepares to launch its fully driverless commercial service later this year. It also helps Aurora also secure longer-term customers through […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
EU accuses Microsoft of competition breach over Teams bundling
[[{“value”:” The European Union accused Microsoft of breaching competition rules Tuesday. In a formal statement of objections the bloc said it suspects the software giant of abusing antitrust rules by bundling its real-time comms and collaboration tool, Teams, with popular productivity apps, including its cloud-based suites for businesses Office 365 and Microsoft 365. The EU opened […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
H Venture Partners launches venture studio focused on microbiome tech
[[{“value”:” The firm said on Friday that it will source talent who can solve health problems like depression, cancer, eczema and neurodegenerative diseases. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]