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Bild takes in funding to share, collaborate on hardware designs in the cloud

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When Pradyut Paul was a hardware engineering program manager at Apple, he saw firsthand the challenges of building and sharing hardware products using antiquated tools like email and spreadsheets. Users can use Bild’s web-based viewers to interact with 3D CAD, board files, bill-of-materials, schematics, drawings and simulation data.

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Korean 3D spatial data tool startup Urbanbase closes $11.1M Series B+ round

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Urbanbase , a Seoul-based company that develops a 3D spatial data platform for interior planning and design, announced today it has raised $11.1 Apple also waded into the area of virtual reality, working on developing a high-end VR headset. million (13 billion won) in a Series B+ round as it scales up.

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Austin-based ICON awarded $57.2 million NASA contract for lunar construction tech

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ICON , a construction tech company that’s raised more than $400 million in funding, has landed a new contract from NASA to develop new systems to build on the moon and Mars. This award will support the development of what ICON is calling “Project Olympus,” an ambitious plan to build structures on the moon and Mars using in-situ resources.

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Inside Seoul Robotics’s contrarian approach to autonomous vehicle tech

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Instead of developing and embedding the entire self-driving system, including sensors into a vehicle, Seoul is turning to surrounding infrastructure to do some of the heavy lifting. We now offer three plug-and-play LiDAR development kits that include all the components necessary for any organization to get set up with a 3D system.”

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Andreessen Horowitz backs SCiFi Foods as it develops cell-cultivated, plant-based burger

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million for hardware to scale the cell-cultivation process, while UPSIDE Foods grabbed $400 million to get its chicken product ready for market. The company raised a small seed in 2020, and since then has been working on the engineering of the cell line to take down the cost curve. For example, Unicorn Bio took in $3.2

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Daimler invests in lidar company Luminar in push to bring autonomous trucks to highways

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Daimler’s trucks division has invested in lidar developer Luminar as part of a broader partnership to produce autonomous trucks capable of navigating highways without a human driver behind the wheel. Luminar will become a publicly traded company through its merger with Gores, which is expected to close in late 2020.

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Home gym startup Tempo raises $220M to meet surge in demand for its workout device

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Tempo’s freestanding cabinet, which the company launched in February 2020, includes a 42-inch touchscreen with a 3D motion-tracking camera that consistently scans, tracks and coaches users as they work out. Other participants in the Series C round included Bling Capital, DCM, General Catalyst and Norwest Venture Partners. .

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