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LG announces the first 50 participants in its LG Nova program

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EKTO VR – Transforms workforce training by simulating the world’s most complex and hazardous environments with wearable technology. – Virtual reality brain training company that helps reclaim focus in an increasingly distracted world. NeuroTrainer, Inc. I-EMS Group, Ltd. Tanvas, Inc. Innovation for Impact.

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Ascend Elements Climbs To The Top

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The San Jose, California-based firm, which is developing its AI inference chip for both the generative AI and automotive industries, raised a $102 million Series C co-led by Celesta Capital and GreatPoint Ventures. Last year such startups saw only $1.2 billion in 66 deals — per Crunchbase data — after raking in more than $2 billion in 2022.

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A reading list from the Capgemini Research Institute – Issue 2

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Blockchain for Social Impact , Stanford Business School. A really interesting study of “Blockchain for good” with many projects that are leveraging blockchain to drive social impacts. But we find a paucity of good careers for workers without significant post-secondary training.” Have you heard of BanQu?

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From crypto trading and home workouts to EV batteries and microLED displays, CES’ Taiwan startups cover a wide range of tech

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To reduce trader risk, it uses smart contracts on the blockchain so traders only need to pay developers when they get profits. It has collected hundreds of thousands of driver images to train its AI system’s deep neural net for analyzing driver behavior. It can train AI models in parallel or distributed models on multiple GPUs.

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Mistaking performance for competence

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Consider that to develop a digitally native product like a surgical robot — and bring it all the way through to commercialization — costs will include both the classic and complex medical device innovation needs, but also investment in an entire ecosystem of services, support, training and market development. automotive industry).”

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

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Bankrolling the Blockchain with a16z Crypto. Launched in 2020, Solana gained worldwide renown for being one of the fastest blockchains with a rapidly growing developer ecosystem. Now, they need to completely rethink how they source, train, equip, motivate and reward workers. The Great Expectations of Crypto and Blockchain.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

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Cyber, automotive. Blockchain is a difficult sector because it lacks a clear regulatory environment, subsequently raising many questions. Which areas are either oversaturated or would be too hard to compete in at this point for a new startup? What other types of products/services are you wary or concerned about? More than 50%?