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Tile secures $40 million to take on Apple AirTag with new products

TechCrunch

The funding will be put towards investment in Tile’s finding technologies, ahead of the company’s plan to unveil a new slate of products and features that the company believes will help it to better compete with Apple’s AirTags and further expand its market. Image Credits: Tile. AirTag doesn’t do that.).

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How to Think of R&D Spend

Andreessen Horowitz

And, especially when you’re considering integrating a new technology platform into your business—like AI today, or cloud a decade ago—how do you invest in innovation without losing control of your runway and budget? Some investments will generate returns within a few months, while others may take years to produce results.

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Convoy: The Future of Truck Freight

Y Combinator

They can accrue huge value by reducing friction and aggregating supply and demand — particularly because they have the ability to build network effects and economies of scale. In the last few years, incumbents have started to adopt technology to fix inefficiencies, but they’ve focused on tools to streamline individual tasks (e.g.,

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

TechCrunch

Execs from the two startups say the combined company will have processed over $5 billion in payments and built a network of over 500,000 connected businesses by creating B2B DeFi payment networks in both the U.S. Looking ahead, KPMG’s view on the prospects for financial services M&A over the next six to 12 months is mixed.

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Spryker raises $130M at a $500M+ valuation to provide B2Bs with agile e-commerce tools

TechCrunch

It plans to use the funding to expand its own technology tools, as well as grow internationally. “We integrate with hundreds of tech providers, including 30-40 payment providers, all of the essential logistics networks,” Lokschin said. ” The roster includes Metro, Aldi Süd, Toyota and many others.

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History of The MP3

Unvalidated Learnings

Not only did the incumbents fail to grasp the potential value, but it would have made no sense for them to go after such a small unprofitable niche, which would have been irrelevant to their top line, and eating away at their bottom line (CDs were 90%+ gross margin products back then). most of the value created would accrue to new entrants.

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“Customer First” Healthcare

abovethecrowd.com

Most frequently people use this phrase in association with personal technology devices (heart-monitors, exercise accessories, sleep monitors, etc) that allow consumers to take direct control of their health information. The subject of the “consumerization of healthcare” has been around for many years. If you were a U.S.

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