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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. Working at a big company is honorable and I don’t believe the narrative that all of this tech disruption is to kill off big companies. Leadership over backbenchers? ” **. To root for failure is not what our industry does.

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

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began demoing an accelerator chipset that combines “traditional compute IP” from Arm with a custom machine learning accelerator and dedicated vision accelerator, linked via a proprietary interconnect, To lay the groundwork for future growth, Sima.ai After emerging from stealth in 2019, Sima.ai “Sima.ai

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Formwork Labs aims to build ‘the YC of construction tech’

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Historically, the industry has been reluctant to embrace technology, but as there have been generational shifts in leadership, that has slowly changed. Fixing a foundation after the superstructure is built is a costly, disruptive and sometimes impossible task,” Bechtel said. billion and $40.5 billion , respectively.

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Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch)

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We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. Our team is on a mission to drive disruptive innovation in chronic disease care.” But one event that we try to catch every year is that of Pear , which is held annually each fall and features (blessedly) just a dozen or so very nascent startups. ” Bonfire.

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

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Disrupt is turning 12 years old. We’ll have the new Discovery Stage featuring in-depth demos and speaker Q&As, roundtables, networking, breakout sessions and more. And in the name of coming back bigger and better than ever, the Disrupt Startup Battlefield has grown by 10x. Disrupt Stage Agenda.

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Here’s what’s happening on day two of Disrupt

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Day one of TechCrunch Disrupt is in the rearview mirror, and what a great day it was! You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage locations and times listed in the Disrupt agenda — and in your handy event app. Expo Hall & Demo Booths. Women of Disrupt Breakfast . Disrupt Stage | 10:55 am & 2:40 pm.

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

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Mike believes the reason AltaVista didn’t become Google ( despite their market leadership position ) was because they didn’t focus on search. Before they even launched, Mike and his team started bringing in hundreds of influencers from NYC’s technology ecosystem to their office to give them a private demo. were doing.