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Intel backs $9M funding for robotics startup Figure to build advanced autonomous humanoid robots

Nickie Louise Posted On July 17, 2023

Robotics startups appear to be having a great week despite the ongoing funding drought. Earlier today, we wrote about Rice Robotics after the Hong Kong-based startup raised $7 million in pre-Series A funding to build the software and hardware infrastructure […]

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Hong Kong tech startup Rice Robotics raises $7M in funding to build production plant and expand its footprint in Japan

Nickie Louise Posted On July 17, 2023

Despite the ongoing funding crunch faced by many tech startups, billions of dollars continue to flow into generative artificial intelligence (AI) robotics startups. The latest startup to benefit from this influx of funding is Rice Robotics, a Hong Kong-based startup […]

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TLV Partners launches a $250 million fund to invest in early-stage Israeli-founded startups

Nickie Louise Posted On July 17, 2023

Last quarter, investors financed 3,011 startup funding deals in the United States. Investors spent $39.8 billion, down by nearly half from the same period a year ago. But the United States is not alone. Israel, known for having the highest […]

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Amazon lays off some staff in its Pharmacy business, 6 months after launching a pharmacy subscription plan

Nickie Louise Posted On July 14, 2023

Early this year, Amazon rolled out its $5 monthly pharmacy subscription plan for U.S. Prime members that covers a range of generic drugs and their doorstep delivery. At the time of the launch, the e-commerce giant said that the $5 […]

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Crypto surges after court rulings against the SEC that Ripple’s XRP sales were not securities under the law

Nickie Louise Posted On July 14, 2023

Yesterday, Ripple Labs Inc won its case against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after a U.S. judge ruled that the company “did not violate federal securities law” by selling its XRP token on public exchanges, setting a precedent […]

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Empowering Riders: Yadea Trooper 01, Electric Bike Variants with High-Octane Performance

Nickie Louise Posted On July 13, 2023

Ride with the Yadea Trooper 01 Electric Bike and easily step up your riding game! Yadea, a prominent name in the electric two-wheeler market, has just launched a new and improved edition of the Trooper 01, armed with a high-power […]

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Agents.ai, a new generative AI startup, acquired domain name Agents.ai for $125,000 to offer ultimate fleet of AI agents

Nickie Louise Posted On July 13, 2023

The artificial intelligence (AI) boom sparked by the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 last year shows no signs of abating as investors continue to pour billions into generative AI startups hoping to find the next big winner. Joining this […]

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EV tech startup Smart to raise around $300 million in Series A funding led by Tianqi Lithium

Nickie Louise Posted On July 13, 2023

While artificial intelligence continues to dominate the headlines, investors continue to pour billions into startups working on climate change, renewable energy, and electric vehicles as part of the efforts to accelerate the transition away from traditional combustion-based technologies and move […]

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Celsius founder and CEO Alex Mashinsky arrested and charged with fraud; sued by the SEC

Nickie Louise Posted On July 13, 2023

Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of the now-bankrupt crypto lending startup Celsius Network, was arrested and charged with fraud on Thursday morning by US authorities following a probe into the company’s collapse, Bloomberg reported. In another report confirmed […]

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Elon Musk launches xAI, a new AI startup company to ‘understand the true nature of the universe’

Nickie Louise Posted On July 12, 2023

Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO, today announced the launch of a new AI company called xAI with the goal of understanding the depths and the fundamental nature of the universe. According to the xAI […]

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Nvidia invests $50 million in biotech startup Recursion to train AI models for drug discovery

Nickie Louise Posted On July 12, 2023

Back in June, we wrote about Nvidia after the chipmaker, along with other tech giants poured $1.3 billion into Inflection, an AI startup founded by LinkedIn and DeepMind co-founders. Now, with Nvidia boasting a staggering market capitalization exceeding one trillion […]

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MarketAcross and Chainlink Labs Establish Channel Partnership To Support Chainlink BUILD Members

Nickie Louise Posted On July 12, 2023

MarketAcross, the world’s leading PR and content marketing solution for blockchain startups, today announced that it has entered into a channel partnership with Chainlink Labs, a developer of Chainlink, the industry-leading Web3 services platform. This channel partnership will help support […]

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Sapphire Ventures to invest over $1 billion in enterprise AI startups as AI boom picks up steam

Nickie Louise Posted On July 11, 2023

The AI boom sparked by the sudden success of OpenAI ChatGPT shows no signs of fading. Since the launch of ChatGpt in November of last year, investors have billions of dollars into generative AI startups. The latest is Sapphire Ventures, […]

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Microsoft confirms it’s laying off more workers in addition to the 10,000 job cuts announced in January

Nickie Louise Posted On July 11, 2023

While the tech stocks have had a great year so far, the same cannot be said about tech employees as they face more job cuts. In a surprised announcement on Monday, Microsoft confirmed that it is eliminating additional jobs in […]

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TPG to buy Forcepoint’s government cyber unit in a deal valued at $2.45 billion

Nickie Louise Posted On July 10, 2023

Private equity firm TPG is set to acquire the government cybersecurity business of Forcepoint, a software company owned by Francisco Partners, in a deal worth $2.45 billion, the company said on Monday. While the specific terms of the agreement have […]

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Alibaba launches Tongyi Wanxiang, an AI image-generation tool to compete with OpenAI’s DALL-E & Midjourney

Nickie Louise Posted On July 10, 2023

Chinese tech giant Alibaba on Friday announced the launch of its latest artificial intelligence (AI) tool called Tongyi Wanxiang. The tool is designed to generate images based on text prompts, putting it in direct competition with OpenAI’s DALL-E and Midjourney […]

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Israel’s consumer tech startup Oddity eyes $1.7 billion U.S. IPO

Nickie Louise Posted On July 10, 2023

Oddity Tech, an Israel consumer-tech startup that helps in the development and expansion of digital-first brands, is working with bankers to put together a plan for its initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. In an announcement made on Monday, […]

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EU and Belgium invest $1.6 billion in ‘brains-on-chips’ technology firm Imec

Nickie Louise Posted On July 7, 2023

Imec, a Belgian chip technology firm that is creating human-specific living brain models, has received a fresh capital infusion from the European Union and Belgium’s regional Flemish government to support its research in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology. The European Union and […]

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Twitter competitor Bluesky raises $8M; launches paid custom domains in a bid to remain sustainable

Nickie Louise Posted On July 6, 2023

Jack Dorsey’s backed Twitter competitor Bluesky said on Wednesday that it has raised $8 million in seed funding. The news of the funding follows its conversion from a public benefit LLC to a public benefit C Corp “in order to […]

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Meta launches Twitter rival Threads; gaining 30 million users in just one day

Nickie Louise Posted On July 6, 2023

After weeks of speculations, Meta finally launched its highly-anticipated Twitter rival called Threads on Thursday. The launch proved to be an instant hit, attracting over 10 million users within a matter of seven hours. The impressive user base accounts for […]

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