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20 Years of Investing in Startups

Paul G. Silva

provides aquatic data collection services and aquatic drones that work in pods of 1- 20 to collect data at unprecedented scale at orders of magnitude less cost. They’re first starting with the high-complication, hand-cranked, most common neurosurgery: bedside craniotomy. Jaia Robotics Inc. Jaia Robotics Inc.

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AIMMO bags $12M Series A to advance data labeling technology  

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“The pandemic accelerated transforming contactless technology with AI deployment for intelligence surveillance, smart city, autonomous driving, smart factory and robotics where AI data is inevitably needed,” Doyle Chung, Head of Global Sales of AIMMO, said in an email interview. ScreenShot | AIMMO website.

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Why India Leads in Digital Payments

Andreessen Horowitz

In November 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a demonetisation initiative aimed at eradicating black money; Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes ceased to exist as legal tenders and ATM withdrawals were capped. Third, the government was actively trying to remove cash from the system. in a single database.

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Fintech companies must balance the pursuit of profit against ethical data usage

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After investing more than $1 trillion in new technology from 2016 through 2019, the majority of banks globally have yet to see any financial boost from digital transformation programs, according to Accenture. Never before has this gap been more prevalent than amid the pandemic as customers migrated online en masse.

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Healthie lands $16.5M to build the Stripe for virtual patient care

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The company officially launched in 2016 and has been FCF net income profitable since 2018. Digital health companies Talkspace and BetterHelp have been under watch as the Senate is reviewing potential privacy rights violations related to data mining. Healthie claims they are HIPAA compliant and say they try to ensure data privacy.

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Apptopia raises $20M to expand its competitive intelligence business beyond mobile

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These panels involve consumer-facing apps like VPN clients and ad blockers, which users would download not necessarily understanding that they were agreeing to having their app usage data collected. Rivals had more accurate data from about 2016 through 2018 because of their use of mobile panels, Kay says.

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What Is Green Innovation? – Types & Examples

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They contributed $10 million from Black Friday sales in 2016 to radical environmental groups. This energy can power local applications like lighting, sensors, and data collection and transmission or can be stored in batteries. . For example, Patagonia is one of the most well-known activewear brands in the world. Source: Pavegen.