Tag: Innovation

(Innovation/Technology) Now approved in LA, Abodu’s backyard homes can now go from contract to completion in as little as 30 days (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Abodu, one of a slew of startup companies pitching backyard homes and office spaces to Californians in an effort to help address the...
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(Innovation/Technology) Facebook showcases wrist-worn AR interface concept (Brookings)

Brian Heater Facebook’s hardware strategy often looks pretty opaque from the outside. The company has done fairly well with Oculus sales amid pandemic demand. Even...
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(Innovation/Technology) Sidekick Browser wants to be a productivity-honed ‘work OS’ on Chromium (TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas The paradox of connected computing is how much information is made available to us in just a few clicks or taps — but...
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(Innovation/Technology) Superpedestrian positions itself as the go-to partner for cities with new e-scooter safety upgrades (TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan Superpedestrian, the startup that makes e-scooters equipped with self-diagnostic software, is upgrading its product as it prepares for a major expansion into 10...
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(Innovation/Technology) 5 trends in the boardrooms of high-growth private companies (TechCrunch)

Ann Shepherd, Jocelyn Mangan “Your board will never be the same.” With that prediction, Nigel Travis, board director and former CEO of Dunkin’ and Papa John’s, kicked...
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(Innovation/Technology) Uber under pressure over facial recognition checks for drivers (TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas Uber’s use of facial recognition technology for a driver identity system is being challenged in the U.K., where the App Drivers & Couriers...
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(Innovation/Technology) Cloud infrastructure spending passed on-prem data centers in 2020 (TechCrunch)

Ron Miller There is a prevailing notion that while the cloud infrastructure market is growing fast, the vast majority of workloads remain on premises. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/19/cloud-infrastructure-spending-passed-on-prem-data-centers-in-2020/
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(Innovation/Technology) Fetcher raises $6.5M to automate parts of the recruiting process (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha Fetcher, a startup that promises to make the recruiting process easier while also diversifying the candidate pool, is announcing that it has raised...
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(Innovation/Technology) Brian Brackeen returns as an advisor to facial recognition startup Kairos following his ouster as CEO (TechCrunch)

Megan Rose Dickey Brian Brackeen, the founder and former CEO of facial recognition startup Kairos, has made his way back to the company following his ouster...
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(Innovation/Technology) New markets emerge for carbon accounting businesses as cities like LA push proposals (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software...
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(Innovation/Technology) SpaceX nears final assembly of its first massive testing rocket booster for Starship (TechCrunch)

Darrell Etherington SpaceX has completed what’s known as the “stacking” of its first Super Heavy prototype, the extremely large next-generation first-stage rocket booster that it...
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(Innovation/Technology) India asks court to block WhatsApp’s policy update, says new change violates laws (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh As WhatsApp spends months to address users’ concerns and confusion about its planned policy update, there is evidently one entity it hasn’t had much...
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(Innovation/Technology) Brazilian startup Tractian gets the Y Combinator seal of approval for its equipment monitoring tech (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Igor Marinelli and Gabriel Lameirinhas were raised around manufacturing plants. Marinelli’s father worked for International Paper in a plant outside of Sao Paulo...
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(Innovation/Technology) Nordetect’s system to monitor soil and water for indoor agriculture raises seed funding (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber As indoor farming expands, a number of new companies are cropping up to provide better data and monitoring tools for the businesses aimed...
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(Innovation/Technology) Blackstone just closed its inaugural growth equity fund, and it’s a doozy (TechCrunch)

Connie Loizos The private equity giant Blackstone is today announcing the final close of its first growth equity fund — Blackstone Growth — with $4.5...
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(Innovation/Technology) Nigeria’s Termii raises $1.4M seed led by Future Africa and Kepple Africa Ventures (TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor Ideally, it is expected of every business to reach its customers effectively. However, that’s not the case as limiting factors that hinder proper digital...
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