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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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Massachusetts startup OPT Industries is perfecting a 3D-printed nasal swab for COVID-19 tests

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One small company that stepped into the fray of swab production was the two-year-old OPT Industries, a Massachusetts-based company with 15 employees involved in additive manufacturing (think 3D printing) of dense microfiber structures. by creating a superior swab, and pivoting to a home-testing market. . Image: OPT Industries.

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Daily Crunch: New Point-E AI allows users to generate 3D objects from detailed text prompts

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Making 3D out of text : That’s OpenAI’s new thing as it releases Point-E, an AI that generates 3D models. And not just any models, Kyle writes — it “generates point clouds, or discrete sets of data points in space that represent a 3D shape — hence the cheeky abbreviation.”. Big Tech Inc. Christine and Haje.

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Covariant, MassRobotics and The Engine discuss the road from lab to market at TC Sessions: Robotics

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It’s a long road taking an idea from the R&D stage in a lab to successful commercialization, especially when you’re talking about technologies as complex and costly as robotics and artificial intelligence. Here’s what our panelists bring to the table, and why we can’t wait to get their take on the topic.

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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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star rating across some 42,300 user reviews — a large number of them praising the AI-powered animations. Though this technology is not quite advanced enough to enter deepfake territory, it’s akin to really good lip-syncing — or that’s how the company put it at the time. It’s worked with Warner Bros.

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Ensemble raises $100M debut fund to bet on startup teams — but not in the way you think

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West pointed out that this data-driven approach isn’t a silver bullet, though, which is why the team still conducts regular due diligence; Ensemble gets a smaller curated list as a jumping-off point. West said one example of that would be the firm’s investment in 3D home printing startup ICON Technologies.

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Will enterprises soon keep their best gen AI use cases under wraps?

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Similarly, clothing brand Under Armour recently produced an ad that used AI-generated 3D models of the British boxer Anthony Joshua, based on videos they took of him in the past. Normally, a CCO develops ideas about what the market needs and communicates them to a design team, which produces sketches to then be reviewed by the CCO.