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JLL reinvents itself for the AI era

CIO

City skyscrapers and office parks may remain scarcely occupied in the post-pandemic work era, but commercial real estate player JLL’s business is not slowing down, thanks to the company’s embrace of technology and high-growth opportunities to adapt and prosper. Generative AI and LLMs are changing all that.

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Fresh from new round, Egypt’s proptech Nawy plans full-suite offering

TechCrunch

The startup’s co-founder and CEO Mostafa El-Beltagy told TechCrunch that the mortgage financing plan is part of their strategy to introduce new products that are aligned with clients’ needs, ensuring sustainability for their business. The real estate sector contributed 10.3%

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Acrew Capital, Jeff Bezos back Colombia-based proptech La Haus’ $100M debt, equity round

TechCrunch

La Haus , which has developed an online real estate marketplace operating in Mexico and Colombia, has secured $100 million in additional funding, including $50 million in equity and $50 million in debt financing. The management team…knows real estate in Latin America better than anyone we’ve met.”.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Generative AI for proptech, cloud vendor shopping, cybersecurity fairy tales

TechCrunch

The hype so far has largely centered on chatbots and avatars, but “ AI’s emergence will cut through material use cases in real estate tech ,” says Kunal Lunawat, co-founder and managing partner of Agya Ventures. In the meantime, someone needs to make fundamental decisions regarding cloud infrastructure and strategy.

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Lightspeed fuels Indian workspace interiors platform OfficeBanao with 6M funding

TechCrunch

Mittal co-founded OfficeBanao in January 2022 with Akshya Kumar (CTO) and Divyanshu Sharma (CBO and CPO) after spending years in the industry designing and building workspaces for multinational clients at real-estate developer DLF and interior design firm SKV.

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The C-suite is expanding — and IT leaders are stepping up

CIO

Maggie Peña, chief experience officer, Interlace Health Interlace Health The C-suite is expanding to include more IT leaders today, a reflection of how important technology is to the business. As a result of this shift, we have seen an emergence of new technology-focused roles becoming more commonplace.”

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From Batteries To Building Materials, Green Manufacturing Startups Are Raising Billions 

Crunchbase News

Battery recycling is also big, with outsize rounds in recent months for Redwood Materials , the Nevada-based battery recycling startup founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel , and Ascend Elements , a Massachusetts manufacturer of sustainable battery materials using elements from discarded lithium-ion batteries.