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ICON lands $207M Series B to construct more 3D-printed homes after seeing 400% YoY revenue growth

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Creating single-family homes for the homeless using 3D printing robotics. Delivering what is believed to be the largest 3D-printed structure in North America — a barracks for Texas Military Department. ICON was founded in late 2017 and launched during SXSW in March 2018 with the first permitted 3D-printed home in the U.S.

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AI creative platform D-ID, the tech behind those viral videos of animated family photos, raises $25M

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Deep Nostalgia and LiveStory, both collaborations with MyHeritage, helped put D-ID’s name on the map, as the resulting animations went viral across social media platforms like TikTok, thanks to users sharing their emotional reactions to seeing their loved ones again in this new format. They’re true pioneers in a pioneering market.

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MyHeritage and D-ID partner to bring photos to life with both animations and voice

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D-ID’s technologies, available to developers through APIs, have been used by a range of licensees, across media, education, marketing, and more. z International, advertising agency Publicis, and Digitas Vietnam partnered with D-ID on marketing efforts for a local festival. Warner Bros., tech from D-ID directly to consumers.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

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Markets: 39 new countries (169 in total). The company continued hiring developers and marketers and raised the team by around 10%. Numo provides a social to-do list that people with ADHD use to complete daily tasks. Employees: 877 new people (2,620 in total). Other ADHDers can endorse them for added or completed tasks.

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Radar Trends to Watch: March 2023

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Make-a-video (MAV3D) demonstrates an AI system that generates 3D video from text description. Vue is a fast and lightweight alternative to React that relies on classic web technologies rather than turning everything to JavaScript–a point made by Alex Russell in The Market for Lemons. It originated in Meta’s AI lab.

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

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Major brands are experimenting with it, using the AI to generate ad and marketing copy, for example. They would then promote these malicious extensions on social media and through sponsored search results to trick people into downloading malware.” And OpenAI is heavily investing in it. Nguyen and Ryan Victory in a blog post.

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The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy

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Look no further than the race between Lyft and Uber to dominate the online ride-hailing market. Most monopolies or duopolies develop over time, and have been considered dangerous to competitive markets ; now they are sought after from the start and are the holy grail for investors. How might that market have developed differently?