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Daily Crunch: Meta’s upcoming VR headset will track eye movements and capture facial expressions

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Asia’s crypto games and web3 investment powerhouse Animoca Brands is making inroads into Japan as its local unit picks up $45 million in financing at a $500 million pre-money valuation. Startups and VC. The investment comes at a time when the country is tightening regulations around the crypto industry, writes Rita. Flexible apartments?

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Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar industry

TechCrunch

Miscommunication and poor project data accounts for 48% of all rework on U.S. Lack of data transparency : Manual data collection and data entry are still common on construction sites. construction job sites, costing the industry over $31 billion annually according to FMI research.

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5 construction tech investors analyze 2022 trends and opportunities

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For example, we haven’t yet partnered with any companies in robotics, procurement and finance, and labor management, but we’re seeing a lot of interesting early players emerge. A lot of this tech is focused on job sites, but given the need for data collection and analysis, what advances are you seeing in back-end technologies?

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

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Over the last few years, we’ve seen many entrepreneurs begin to tackle challenges in the construction world using robotics and AI, ranging from data-collection to completion of actual construction tasks like electrical wiring, drywall installation, concrete pouring, pad leveling and much more. Under-heated.