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Japan’s Terra Drone lands $70M Series B funding to accelerate global expansion 

TechCrunch

“Our airspace is going to get more crowded than ever, but most companies today are concentrating only on hardware development,” said Terra Drone CEO and founder Toru Tokushige , who is also serving as the CEO of Terra Motors, which develops electric vehicles. trillion by 2040, according to Terra’s IR deck. .

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Decentralizing the Electric Grid

Andreessen Horowitz

Currently, we face a critical challenge: our electricity demands — expected to nearly double by 2040 due to factors like AI compute, reshoring , and “electrification” — are soaring, but our grid infrastructure and operations struggle to keep pace. Of course, such evolutions breed new challenges, and we need innovation to bridge the gap.

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ZeroAvia’s hydrogen-powered vision for aviation nets $21.4 million from Amazon, Shell and Bill Gates-backed fund

TechCrunch

ZeroAvia is now developing and testing the certification-ready ZA-600 powertrain, which can fly a 10 to 20-seat aircraft up to 500 miles, the company said. The governments are going to come in and say we’re going to force the acceleration of the vehicle generation turnover,” he said. But] we are already too late.

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Nearly $4M in Grants to Support Offshore Wind Workforce Training Approved by NJEDA Board

American Entrepreneurship

(June 21, 2023) – In May , the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved five grant applications totaling more than $3.7 million under the Authority’s Offshore Wind Workforce and Skills Development Grant Challenge (Grant Challenge).

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

The main thing is getting construction companies and contractors to accelerate their adoption of the tech and the labor shortage issue is putting substantial pressure on them to act. Travis Connors, Building Ventures At Building Ventures, we see enormous opportunities developing for the use of robotics in construction over the next 20 years.

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Newsletter: Securing water against cyberattack

OurCrowd

This $5M Series A-1 round is being led by Israeli VC firm HIVE 2040 at a pre-money valuation of $11M. Israel and the UAE led the world in vaccinations, and I predict that we will continue to work together to lead global efforts on many fronts, powered by innovative high tech. Learn More. UAE: Gateway to half the world.