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TechCrunch+ roundup: Big Data’s cloud backlash, CVC pitch tips, de-risking hardware startups

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Yet we have also seen a significant increase in [average contract value] from purchase to renewal in mission-critical and sticky software categories, like CRM or email.” 10 tips for de-risking hardware products Thinking about pulling the plug on your startup?

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Atomic Industries closes $17M seed to exascale America’s industrial base

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” In its crudest terms, the former category includes businesses focused on things like hardware and manufacturing; the latter, software and financial services. In 2014, investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel infamously posed the distinction between companies that deal in “atoms” versus those that deal in “bits.”

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Nvidia AI Enterprise adds generative AI microservices

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They’re split into two main categories — Nvidia NIM, which covers microservices related to deploying production AI models, and CUDA-X, for microservices like cuOpt, the company’s optimization engine. and Nvidia-powered hardware can be found in servers and PCs from most major vendors, including Dell, HPE and Lenovo. the company said.

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5 lessons robotics founders can learn from the AV industry

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Image Credits: F-Prime Capital VC excitement for hardware businesses is higher than ever In the U.S. AI is making hardware much smarter, which is enabling companies to generate the kind of high-margin recurring revenues typically associated with software businesses. F-Prime State of Robotics Report.

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Indian electronics and lifestyle brand Boat raises $100 million from Warburg Pincus

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Boat, an electronics and lifestyle startup in India, has raised $100 million in a new financing round that many independent investors termed as the most successful hardware startup story in the world’s second-largest internet market. There aren’t many hardware startups in India. and AirPod-like earbuds at $27.

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The 20 best STEM toys and games to gift young learners and curious minds

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There’s no doubt the STEM toys category has lost a bit of its magic.

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Capitalizing on technology budgets: A CIO’s story

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Tech and tech-adjacent expenditures, including categories like Customer Relationship Management (CRM), cloud and data services, billing, software, network storage, business process outsourcing, telecommunications services, and data center technology, represent significant expenses.

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