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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. Leadership over backbenchers?

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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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Construction tech is one of those sectors that has not historically been considered “sexy” in a startup world that often favors glitzier technology. Historically, the industry has been reluctant to embrace technology, but as there have been generational shifts in leadership, that has slowly changed. billion and $40.5

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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.” Before Aklivity, the team pioneered WebSocket and founded a company that brought the technology to dozens of global enterprises. ” Bonfire. ” SAVVI.

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

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Disrupt is turning 12 years old. If it were a human, it would be addicted to technology (which it is) and starting to get an attitude (again, yes). We’ll have the new Discovery Stage featuring in-depth demos and speaker Q&As, roundtables, networking, breakout sessions and more. 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 . Latecomers still welcome: Buy a pass right here.

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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. Overture became intrigued by Quigo’s AdSonar technology and wanted help targeting ads for their content business. Why AltaVista Failed To Become as Successful as Google. were doing.