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Hexa raises $20.5M to turn images into 3D objects for VR, AR and more

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Hexa , a 3D asset visualization and management platform, today announced that it closed a $20.5 After all, the company was once one of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers — not exactly entrenched in the 3D modeling space. They also can manage and assess the impact of their 3D content through our platform.”

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Ready, Set, Raise, an accelerator for women built by women, announces third class

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This year, as funding for female founders drops to 2017 levels , Feinzaig realized why accelerators, hers included, might not work for women as well as they work for men: demo day. Womp.ai : Founded by Gabriela Trueba, Womp wants to help anyone explore, create, and share 3D. It is based in Seattle, WA. ? It is based in Brooklyn, NY. ?

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CoreWeave, a GPU-focused cloud compute provider, lands $221M investment

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CoreWeave was founded in 2017 by Intrator, Brian Venturo and Brannin McBee to address what they saw as “a void” in the cloud market. “ We also work with a number of notable VFX and animation studios such as Spire Animation, and partner closely with 3D streaming and ‘metaverse’ companies such as PureWeb.”

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

TechCrunch

TechUkraine and Emerging Europe also published the results of a survey looking at the country’s start-up ecosystem. In 2017, MacPaw acquired The Unarchiver. Manna
 Co-creating fantastic lifelike avatar media like games, quests, cinema, shows, webcasts, social and business events in a 3D/AR/VR ecosystem.

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How Retailers Use Artificial Intelligence to Innovate Customer Experience and Enhance Operations

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In 2017, global eCommerce sales accounted for 10.2 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in their 2017 survey estimated that 6.5 In October 2017, the company started testing two unmanned stores in its Beijing headquarters. But before, in 2017, the eCommerce heavyweight made a buzz with its pop-up Tao Cafe.

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AI in Retail Industry: How Big Players Increase Customer Experience

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You don’t have to go to the shop anymore to ask for professional assistance about the trends or about what fit or combination is best for you (Planetachatbot, 2017). It means higher profitability and this is the most important for the retailer (Planetachatbot, 2017). AI Solves Zara’s Return Issues.

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Developer Hiring Trends in Mobile in 2018

Agile Engine

billion in 2017. In 2017, Stack Overflow named iOS and Android development among the top-3 high-demand skills. 20,4% of the 100,000 survey respondents identify as mobile engineers. Announced in September 2017, Swift 4 became the biggest news in iOS development in 2017. So how many of these 11.5

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