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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. A Biden presidency doesn’t need a Green New Deal to make progress on climate change.

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How the new AI executive order stacks up: B-

CIO

While the executive order takes a focused approach towards applying these standards to the largest model developers, reporting requirements should continue to mirror the progressive structure of other regulated industries such that the largest underlying infrastructure providers that affect every American carry the regulatory burden.

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This VC built a lab to make building biotech startups easier

TechCrunch

“I founded Portal Innovations really to address emerging needs for life sciences companies, particularly in ecosystems, like Chicago, that don’t yet have the infrastructure and community to support a growing life sciences community emerging from our research institutions,” Portal’s CEO, John Flavin, explains.

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Critical infrastructure is more vulnerable than ever—your industry could be a prime target

Lacework

One of the only major changes in cybercriminal operations is who their victims are—today, instead of targeting individuals, they’re targeting critical infrastructure. So, why did this shift occur, and which types of critical infrastructure are most at risk? Critical infrastructure is organized into 16 different sectors.

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DS Smith sets a single-cloud agenda for sustainability

CIO

We collect lots of sensor data on machine performance, vibration data, temperature data, chemical data, and we like to have performative combinations of those datasets,” Dickson says. AWS is not just a leader in the cloud-based infrastructure, but it provides a comprehensive set of technology for AI and analytics,” Burion says.

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How adopting sustainability as a service can drive business success and help the planet

CIO

Due to the complexity and scale of the challenge, not all businesses have the resources to move toward net-zero at the necessary pace, and many are lagging. Going green makes good business sense. Smart spaces can reduce energy use when unoccupied, while predictive/preventive maintenance can reduce wasteful downtime.

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Psychedelics startups are on a long journey to consumer markets, but these 5 VCs are taking the ride

TechCrunch

What are you more bullish about: Companies directly involved in developing and/or delivering psychedelics, or ancillary and infrastructure companies? Additionally, the IP around these opportunities will be far more defensible, as they will be new chemical entities (NCEs). billion in part due to their cannabinoid portfolios.

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