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Markforged acquires Digital Metal for $40M as 3D printing space continues to evolve

TechCrunch

Infusing Digital Metal’s solution into The Digital Forge platform allows us to address new applications in the medical, automotive, luxury goods and other industries,” said Shai Terem, president and CEO of Markforged. Among other things, Protolabs acquired 3D Hubs , Desktop Metal snagged EnvisionTEC and Lumentum spent $5.7

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Hover secures $60M for 3D imaging to assess and fix properties

TechCrunch

Hover — which has built a platform that uses eight basic smartphone photos to patch together a 3D image of your home that can then be used by contractors, insurance companies and others to assess a repair, price out the job, and then order the parts to do the work — has raised $60 million in new funding.

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LexxPluss expands into US with its warehouse robots

TechCrunch

When Masaya Aso worked on autonomous driving technology at Bosch in Japan and Germany, he realized that “many tasks were still manual as over 85% of warehouses have almost no automation at all.” automotive industry),” said Duncan Turner, general partner at SOSV and managing director of HAX. In addition to the U.S.

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CommonGround raises $25M for immersive video avatar technology that doesn’t rely on VR gear

TechCrunch

Like “TrueSelf Scan,” the name of the initial application that’s used to scan a person’s image, the meeting software also will not require a VR headset to use and engage with — users will be “seated” in a room that will be shown on a video screen. .

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SAP aims for more digital and resilient supply chains

CIO

As a result, managers in manufacturing were more inclined than those in other industries to introduce intelligent technologies on a large scale in order to make better predictions. This is an important factor, especially in the automotive industry in the switch to electric vehicles because the quantities are smaller.

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LG announces the first 50 participants in its LG Nova program

TechCrunch

From 1,300 applicants, the company picked its first cohort to start building opportunities with the startups. “Our work with these companies will be guided by our role as a leading global innovator of next-generation products, technologies and services as we help them accelerate their growth and deliver positive impact to the world.”

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Lidar startup Aeva to go public via $2.1 billion SPAC merger

TechCrunch

Dozens of startups have popped up in the past several years aiming to carve away market share from Velodyne, each one pitching its own variation on the technology and business approach. As they come back, the direction of, and distance to, whatever those pulses hit are recorded as a point and eventually form a 3D map.