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Which emerging technologies are enterprise companies getting serious about in 2020?

TechCrunch

Scott Kirsner is CEO and co-founder of Innovation Leader , a research and events firm that focuses on innovation in Global 1000 companies, and a longtime business columnist for The Boston Globe. Big companies, often the target customers for startups, live in a much more near-term world. Startups need to live in the future.

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clicOH’s shipping technology provides Amazon-like logistics to e-commerce companies in LatAm

TechCrunch

For decades, e-commerce giants, like Amazon and MercadoLibre, have perfected the logistics and delivery technology for their marketplaces, but more recently, startups have developed similar technology to enable any sized e-commerce business to have equal footing. A year ago, the company had 40 employees, and that has now grown to 175.

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2020

TechCrunch

After the events of 2020, however, no doubt many already lean businesses are hanging on by the skin of their teeth. For every company that saw increased interest in their offerings during the pandemic, there were several that simply couldn’t make it through the finish line. Atrium (2017-2020). Essential (2017-2020).

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Accelerating Aerospace Organizational Innovation, Speed, and Resilience with Digital Technologies

CIO

Their products, research, and technologies are changing the way the world works. The impact of space technology, on other industries, is wide and vast, and the innovation ripple of research has spurred many high-profile products, including Teflon and CAT scans, as well as many more developments from NASA.

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Monetization Monitor: Monetization Models and Pricing 2020

Reliable insights aren’t getting easier as technology evolves. across varied companies and industries demands rapid adaptation. Tech companies must focus on how to take products to market, through effective pricing, delivery, and monetization. Fast innovation (SaaS, IoT, etc.)

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AIMMO bags $12M Series A to advance data labeling technology  

TechCrunch

AIMMO announced today it has raised $12 million in a Series A round to advance its data labeling technology and spur global expansions. The company expects its growth in 2022, with the global demand for the autonomous driving field continually increasing. AIMMO will compete with companies like Scale AI, Playment, Understand.ai

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Digging into the Alkami Technology IPO

TechCrunch

This morning, we’re adding Alkami Technology to a list that includes Coinbase’s impending direct listing and Robinhood’s expected IPO. After all, if Kaltura and others are going to hit the brakes, we must turn our attention to companies that are still putting the hammer down. The company raised $385.2

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Microservices: The Dark Side

Speaker: Prem Chandrasekaran

During the incremental, iterative move towards an ecosystem of focused, distributed services, it’s fair to say that the company discovered the challenges of distributing objects. How to choose what technologies/processes to adopt given the diverse and rapidly changing landscape. May 5th, 2020 11:00AM PDT, 2:00PM EDT, 7:00PM GMT