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Modular closes $30 million seed round to simplify the process of developing AI systems

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Big Tech companies have made helpful contributions, like TensorFlow and PyTorch — AI development frameworks maintained by Google and Facebook, respectively. ” Modular’s solution is a platform that unifies popular AI framework frontends via modular, “composable” common components.

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AI chip startup Sima.ai bags another $30M ahead of growth

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“Sima.ai’s software and hardware platform can be used to enable scaling machine learning to [a range of] embedded edge applications. billion by 2025. As over-100-employee Sima.ai works to productize its first-generation chip, work is underway on the second-generation architecture, Rangasaye said. “Sima.ai

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Daily Crunch: Binance reopens after bug forces platform to suspend spot trading, deposits and withdrawals

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billion factory in Tennessee in 2025, Kirsten reports. WebAssembly (Wasm for short) is an open standard that enables browser-based applications to run with near-native performance, Frederic reports. Previous users in the younger age range will be automatically migrated to Zigazoo Kids.

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Axio lands $23M to help companies quantify cyber risk

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Kannry led the cyber insurance team for several years at Aon, while Dave came from Carnegie Mellon and spent the bulk of his career architecting cybersecurity frameworks, including a model — C2M2 (Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model) — adopted by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Habitual is using digital support plus food replacement to help reverse type 2 diabetes

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The cost of diabetes-related healthcare has also been predicted to pass $1 trillion per year by 2025 by some estimates — so even just capturing a tiny fraction of this market could sum to a sizeable business. gallery ids="2212427,2212428,2212429,2212430,2212431"].

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Muslims come into the frame in Southeast Asia’s fintech boom

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enabling people to buy Bitcoin. In 2019, the Malaysian government also issued its Shared Prosperity Vision 2030, a 10-year framework for restructuring its economy that includes building an Islamic fintech hub as a key part of its strategy. As a practicing Muslim, however, Martin couldn’t use conventional loans.

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Plastic: Solutions in a Complex Industry

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Governments lay out the framework in which society moves — they also have the mandate to create a viable, sustainable, and positive future for its people and environment. Bottled water giant, Evian, will start manufacturing its bottles from recycled plastic by 2025. This new program has debuted in Paris and in the U.S.,