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Blockchain startup Fetch.ai grabs $40M to provide monetization and other tooling for AI-generated information

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AI is riding high on a curve of hype, which means some of the practical questions that might grow louder over time — the many costs (financial and social), the business models — may not be the most front of mind right now. is built on blockchain technology and it has created a FET token that will be used on its platform.

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Makers Fund-backed virtual social app MEW woos comic fans in the US

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Raven Gao didn’t set up virtual social platform MEW to ride the metaverse wave. He began working on MEW in mid-2019 with a Tencent veteran because he wanted to build a virtual safe haven for socially awkward introverts like himself. Rather than “signup”, MEW calls it “create your traveling file.”

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Insurance Technologies: 13 Disruptive Ideas to Change Insurance Companies with Telematics, Blockchain, Machine Learning, and APIs

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However, the forefront of innovations are insurtech startups and technology consulting companies which employ the power of AI, Blockchain, and IoT technologies. Personalized Insurance Pricing with IoT and Social Media. But today, endpoint devices and social media can provide large amounts of more personal data. Self-Governance.

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Seven Seven Six, the new venture firm from Alexis Ohanian, closes $150 million Fund 1

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So, as he was establishing a business, he was also traveling to see the people he loved who needed him. QuickNode , a leading Web3 developer platform for building and operating blockchain-powered applications. Itsme , an Avatar-based social platform. Transparency is also a key part of Seven Seven Six’s philosophy.

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Daily Crunch: Unknown hacker drains millions of dollars from thousands of Solana hot wallets

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Among the changes are the closing of its Hong Kong office and the acceleration of Salesforce’s relationship with Alibaba, which includes helping companies establish a social commerce presence. Uber and Omio join forces in the UK so that users can book trains, coaches and bus travel, Natasha L reports. Startups and VC. Big Tech Inc.

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Twig takes $35M to turn stuff you own into a way to pay

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Typically from the funds that are being transferred to Twig we see that roughly 42% of them get used for new experiences — that might be travelling, it might be… experience-led — so it doesn’t mean that if you increase liquidity you necessarily increase consumerization of things that have a negative impact on the environment.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

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It’s one reason why the region is home to many fintech businesses born elsewhere that need proximity to a large banking ecosystem, as well as the blockchain/crypto crowd, which have found a highly amenable regulatory environment in Zug, right next door to Zurich. I think travel is a big question mark still.