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Sports venues advance goals, enhance fan experience with data analytics

CIO

Sports fans today have more ways than ever to watch their favorite teams beyond the traditional, live stadium experience, including television, streaming services, even highlights on social media. In response, sports teams and venue operators are working hard to improve and differentiate the in-stadium experience.

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Getting infrastructure right for generative AI

CIO

of the overall AI server market in 2022 to 36% in 2027. IDC projects the worldwide infrastructure market (server and storage) for all kinds of AI will double from $28.1 Building on its current services, Papercup is exploring language translation and dubbing for live sports events and movies, says Ulmasov.

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Plastic upcycling startup Novoloop raises $10M Series A extension to accelerate commercialization

TechCrunch

The startup says the investors of Series A are in the decarbonizing energy, textiles, construction and other industries across Europe, Asia and the U.S. Its first product Oistre is a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), a technical material for use in durable products like shoes, apparel, sporting goods, electronics and cars.

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Scythe raises $42 million for its electric robotic mower

TechCrunch

52 to autonomously mow large-scale commercial properties like corporate campuses, parks, sports fields, and HOA complexes, all of which can have steep slopes and tough terrain. The round was led by Energy Impact Partners and features new investors like ArcTern Ventures, Alumni Ventures and the Alexa Fund. Our customers use M.52

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Metaverse: The time for CIOs to experiment is now

CIO

Goldman Sachs sees potential for the metaverse to grow into a US$8 trillion market by 2025. A heavily networked CIO at a major energy company explained, “None of the corporates are playing with it and it’s still pretty fringe outside of the Facebooks of the world.” The metaverse has the potential to change that. Emerging Technology

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Chiefs, 49ers Battle It Out On The Gridiron — And In Venture World

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The City By the Bay has been a marquee venture market since venture capital became a thing. The touchdown machine’s investments include Mexico City-based fantasy sports platform Draftea as well as Irvine, California’s, vapor-distilled alkaline water startup ZenWtr , and Park City, Utah-based bakery company Kodiak Cakes.

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Hydration brand Cure mixes new funding into its growth plans

TechCrunch

It’s been a hot minute since TechCrunch checked in on the brand — almost three years, actually — which is carving out a unique niche in the $10 billion functional drink mix market that founder and CEO Lauren Picasso told TechCrunch has “exploded” in the past 12 months. Cure Hydration raises $2.6M which was acquired by Unilever in 2020.

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