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Nickie Louise

Nickie is a writer, editor, and co-founder of TechStartups.com based in the Washington Metropolitan Area. She covers early-stage startups, AI, emerging technologies, cryptocurrencies, gaming, and gadgets. When she’s not writing about innovation, Nickie enjoys crafts, spending time with her family and children, hiking, and exploring God’s majestic creation.


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Monday, October 29
Nickie Louise Posted On October 29, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, October 29. British ad startup LoopMe raises $17 million as investors jump into AI. In the latest show of growing investors’ interest in the artificial […]


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IBM to acquire open source cloud company Red Hat for $34 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On October 28, 2018


IBM announced Sunday that its acquiring the world’s leading provider of open source cloud software Red Hat for $34 billion. The acquisition will completely changing the cloud landscape and make IBM the world’s number cloud provider. The two companies reached […]


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China’s ByteDance overtakes Uber to become world’s most valuable startup; now valued at $75 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On October 26, 2018


On September 28, we reported that China’s news-aggregation app Bytedance was seeking to raise $3 billion from SoftBank Group Corp. and private-equity firm KKR & Co at $75 billion valuation. This morning, Bytedance, the owner of popular karaoke video app TikTok […]


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LiDAR startup Innovusion raises $30 million in Series A funding led by Chinese automaker Nio ; starts shipping the world’s first Image-grade LiDAR system for autonomous vehicles
Nickie Louise Posted On October 26, 2018


With the autonomous vehicle market expected to reach US$80 billion by 2035, LiDAR — the sensor technology that allows self-driving cars to efficiently detect and measure the objects on the road around them — is essential for reliable, safe Level […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Friday, October 26
Nickie Louise Posted On October 26, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Friday, October 26. Innovusion raises $30 million in Series A Round and starts shipping the world’s first image-grade LiDAR system for autonomous vehicles. China’s NIO co-led a […]


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Amazon Web Services to Open Data Centers in South Africa
Nickie Louise Posted On October 25, 2018


Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) announced today that it will open an infrastructure region in South Africa in the first half of 2020. The new AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region will consist of three Availability Zones. Currently, AWS provides 55 […]


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DataRobot raises $100 million in Series D funding to expand its product portfolio and support global operations
Nickie Louise Posted On October 25, 2018


DataRobot, a provider of an AI-driven enterprise automated machine learning platform that empowers users to develop and deploy machine learning and AI faster, has raised $100 million in Series D funding  to address the demand for its proven approach to automating data […]


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Bike Theft Might Become a Thing of the Past with The Boomerang V2
Nickie Louise Posted On October 25, 2018


According to the national bike registry, over 1.5 million bicycles are stolen every year, and the number does not seem to be decreasing. With concern for greener forms of transportation rising, bicycles have become an affordable alternative for many commuters. […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Thursday, October 25
Nickie Louise Posted On October 25, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Thursday, October 25. Tesla plans to roll out a ride-hailing service that will be in direct competition with Uber and Lyft. Tesla is taking on Uber […]


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AI chip startup Syntiant secures $25 million in Series B funding led by Microsoft’s M12
Nickie Louise Posted On October 24, 2018


The global artificial intelligence chip market continues with no sign of cooling down. According to a recent report published by Allied Market Research, the global artificial intelligence chip market is projected to reach $91.19 billion by 2025 from  $4.52 billion […]


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Blockchain-based e-commerce verification platform simplyBrand partners with COBINHOOD to stop online counterfeiting 
Nickie Louise Posted On October 24, 2018


Counterfeiting is a global menace and according to research, counterfeit-induced losses amounted to $323 billion in 2017. The rise of e-commerce has compounded the already huge problem. Customers are looking towards e-commerce platforms to offer authentic products, but many platforms […]


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Fintech startup Alpaca unveils world’s first commission free API stock broker for automated investing and trading; closed a $3 million Pre-Series A funding
Nickie Louise Posted On October 24, 2018


Just as technology transformed institutional trading on Wall Street, now retail investing is about to be disrupted and transformed by algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) that automate trading into process that can easily execute thousands of trades a day. Alpaca […]


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AI powered cybersecurity startup CYR3CON raises $1.5 million in Seed Round to predict and prevent future cyber attacks before they occur
Nickie Louise Posted On October 24, 2018


Every day we wake up to the news of yet another cyber attacks. With ubiquitous of hacking tools, hackers are getting more sophisticated and  it’s becoming increasingly difficult for organizations and government to stay ahead of the bad guys. Having […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, October 24
Nickie Louise Posted On October 24, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, October 24. Zoox has raised about $800 million to create a safer vehicle for our roads. About 40,000 people are killed in car crashes in the […]


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K4Connect, a startup founded by one of the inventors of Apple Fingerprint Sensor, has raised $12 million Series B Funding to bring the latest tech to senior communities
Nickie Louise Posted On October 23, 2018


In 1998, Scott Moody co-founded AuthenTec, a fingerprint sensor and security solutions company. He later sold the company to Apple in October, 2012 for $356 Million. Unlike any other previous acquisitions, AuthenTec is the only public company ever acquired by Apple. The […]


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Data governance and analytics startup Promethium raises $2.5 million in Seed Round for its its context automation software platform
Nickie Louise Posted On October 23, 2018


As the variety and volume of data grow, it presents a big challenge for companies to find, leverage, and govern their data across the enterprise. Blindly using AI and Machine Learning will simply return even more results that are already […]


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Berkeley SkyDeck Launches First Official ‘Chip Track’ for Startups to Help Bring Silicon Back to Silicon Valley
Nickie Louise Posted On October 23, 2018


Berkeley SkyDeck Collaborates with TSMC, Cadence, and SiFive to Provide Expertise and Support for its New Accelerator Chip Track Berkeley, CA – October 22, 2018 — UC Berkeley SkyDeck, the premier startup accelerator of the University of California at Berkeley […]


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Cloud-based image management solutions startup Ambra Health launches mobile app for instant access to medical images
Nickie Louise Posted On October 23, 2018


With advances in information technology coupled with maturity of cloud computing, more organizations than ever are now moving their traditional software applications into the cloud. Even though cloud computing has been around since about 2002, mainstream medical applications are somewhat behind […]


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Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Tuesday, October 23
Nickie Louise Posted On October 23, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Tuesday, October 23. Cloud9 is now the most valuable professional esports startup. Cloud9, eSports startup which fields teams in Rocket League, League of Legends, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and […]


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Energy intelligence platform startup METRON secures $9.2 million funding to accelerate its international growth and further the development of its AI-based energy solutions
Nickie Louise Posted On October 22, 2018


METRON, an energy intelligence platform startup that allows users to process and analyze industrial energy usage data and insights,  has secured a new $9.2 million (€8 million) funding to accelerate its international growth, and the further development of its AI-based energy […]


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