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Consensus raises $110M to inject automation into SaaS product demos

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Garin Hess, a tech entrepreneur based in Utah, experienced what he calls the “ demo bottleneck ” at a previous software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup while pitching to potential customers. Consensus lets engineering teams build a library of reusable, interactive video demos that sales teams can send out on demand.

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Coast, a demo platform for ‘API-first’ companies, lands $2.1M

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After developers kept tapping them to help with API integrations, they set out to build a tool for “API-first” companies to offer simpler integration experiences. Certainly, there’s other software demoing platforms on the market — many with substantial VC backing.

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The biggest moonshots from 500 Global’s latest Demo Day

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It’s demo day season. This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. Elsewhere on Demo Day, Lydia.ai walked through its health assessment service for insurance carriers.

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Demostack announces $17.3M investment for demo building platform

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Demostack , an early stage startup that wants to make it easy for companies to build software demos, announced $17.3 Software companies of all types face challenges in building a quality demo, one that doesn’t expose actual customer information, yet shows all of the functionality in a reasonably realistic way.

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Data Analytics in the Cloud for Developers and Founders

Speaker: Javier Ramírez, Senior AWS Developer Advocate, AWS

A live demo of lake formation. In this session, we address common pitfalls of building data lakes and show how AWS can help you manage data and analytics more efficiently. Javier Ramirez will present: The typical steps for building a data lake. Navigating idle clusters and bottlenecks.

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Gitai successfully demos autonomous robot inside the International Space Station

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The successful demo raised what NASA calls the “technology readiness level” of the Gitai robot to TRL 7. The Japanese startup is developing robots for a range of general purposes in space, including on-orbit servicing of spacecraft, construction, or manufacturing tasks. Gitai doesn’t want to just build robotic arms, however.

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Highlights from Berkeley SkyDeck’s virtual demo day

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With 17 startups participating, Berkeley SkyDeck’s Demo Day isn’t the largest cohort we’ve seen by any stretch. Founded in 2012, the accelerator is focused on developing early-stage companies tied to the University of California system. Here’s a closer look at six highlights from this Demo Day. Image Credits: EndoCrine Bio, Inc.