TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

As pressure grows on companies to reduce reliance on gas and oil, established processes even at industrial scales are being questioned, offering an opportunity for tech to step in. That has applications in any industry that still uses distillation due to the fragility of old membrane processes — and there are a lot. million in 2019.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Enter Aurora Propulsion Technologies. million ($2 million) seed round to bring its technology to market. Aurora will also test its Plasma Brake technology, which could be used to de-orbit satellites or even to conduct deep space missions. Image Credits: Aurora Propulsion Technologies (opens in a new window).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

Standard Energy , a vanadium ion battery developer, announced today it has raised a $8.9 Instead of serving as a replacement for lithium ion batteries, however, Standard Energy chief executive officer Bu Gi Kim said they complement each other. million Series C from SoftBank Ventures Asia. VIB cannot be as compact as lithium ion.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Last year, round sizes for climate tech startups quadrupled, with more than 600 investments totaling over $40 billion. Shayle Kann , partner, Energy Impact Partners. What is your climate tech investment thesis in H1 2022? Which technologies are you paying attention to right now? Robert Downey Jr. ,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Four years ago when Zach Jones went to do due diligence on C-Zero , a startup out of Santa Barbara, California commercializing a new approach to producing hydrogen, for the small family office he was working for, he had no idea he’d wind up as the company’s chief executive officer. Image Credits: Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Generation Z is stereotyped as being materialistic, mistrustful and extremely reliant on personal technology. Tech investors born after 1996 “have raised funds, garnered social media followings and profited from the Gen Z mentality,” says Andrew Chan, a senior associate at Builders VC. It was a mistake.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

wants to help recruiters find technical talent by inferring skills from GitHub code, Paul reports. million of funding for its AI-powered customer video review tool , Kate reports. Today, wind power and wave action are just two technologies leading investors to take a closer look at ocean conservation technology, reports Tim De Chant.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

VAE Labs co-founders Chaim Weinerman and Orri Bogdan (Image credit: VAE Labs) Bogdan, Chaim Weinerman and Mohand Khouider, based out of Canada, created VAE Energy Spray a few years ago. Bogdan touts the device as “delivering a cup of coffee’s worth of energy in just three sprays.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

Our clients are often very focused on the hardware side, which requires us to be more diligent when working on the software/firmware side of the project to ensure everything will work together smoothly. What percentage of your clients are non-technical people who have an idea, but no coding experience?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

million “ pre-Series B ” round led by climate-tech investor TRIREC. The new cash will help the startup scale production of its recycling tech, which the firm says can process “100% of all used lithium batteries” and pop out precursor cathode active material that’ll eventually go into fresh lithium-ion batteries.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, mass tech industry layoffs, and the demand to keep pace with constantly evolving technology are all prominent factors contributing to a state of exhaustion among IT pros, according to industry surveys. Burnout is quickly becoming a widespread problem for IT organizations.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Kevala , the startup that collects and analyzes energy grid infrastructure data for utility companies, renewable energy providers, EV charging companies, regulators and other energy industry stakeholders, has raised $21 million in a Series A round. Today, there is a greater range of energy sources and receptors than ever before.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

Welcome, welcome, folks, to Week in Review, TechCrunch’s regular column that recaps the last week in news. With tickets starting at $99, it’ll be a worthwhile stop along the Eastern conference circuit, packed with expert-led workshops, case studies and deep dives with technical founders. Read the full review for more.

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

And the importance of energy efficiency for enterprise IT cannot be overstated. With the paradigm shift from the on-premises data center to a decentralized edge infrastructure, companies are on a journey to build more flexible, scalable, distributed IT architectures, and they need experienced technology partners to support the transition.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Amid disruptive leaps in technology, leaders who will succeed in the near future, say experts, are the ones who stay focused on a decidedly low-fi resource: their employees. Hot: Soft leadership skills Tech leaders frequently mention soft skills as a key aspect of successful teams, and they prioritize those skills when hiring. “In

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CIO

JUNE 9, 2023

In the US, authorities are now using new laws to enforce instances of discrimination due to prejudicial AI, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau currently investigates housing discrimination due to biases in algorithms for lending or housing valuation. After the code is developed, it’s also reviewed.

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Mobilunity

APRIL 9, 2024

As today’s tech-based industries expand and develop at a rapid pace, recruiting the best technical talent – and retaining them – is a critical element in a business’s continued success. Technical recruitment is proving a challenge for enterprises of all sizes however, despite the large pool of potential candidates available.

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Mobilunity

APRIL 9, 2024

As today’s tech-based industries expand and develop at a rapid pace, recruiting the best technical talent – and retaining them – is a critical element in a business’s continued success. Technical recruitment is proving a challenge for enterprises of all sizes however, despite the large pool of potential candidates available.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Kickstarter announced today it will now automatically hide from public view comments reported by creators until its Trust and Safety team has reviewed them and made a decision as to whether the comment should remain or be deleted, in an effort to curb the number of abusive comments visible on the platform.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“When I joined Graded IT to drive digital transformation, management was convinced of the centrality of change,” says Gennaro Ardolino, head of digital innovation and CISO of the Neapolitan energy saving company. Top management is aware of the importance of the role of the CIO and technologies for the institution.”

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

“IT middle managers play a critical role, and companies often neglect and underinvest in them,” says Dan Roberts, host of the Tech Whisperers Podcast and author of Confessions of a Successful CIO. Tech leaders say relationship building is the key. That suggests why they’re struggling.” What can be done to help?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

StoreDot , the Israeli next-generation battery technology startup touting an “extreme fast charging” (XFC) battery for electric vehicles, has secured the first close of its latest funding round led by Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast. The Series D round is due to close at up to $80 million.

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CIO

JANUARY 22, 2024

Cloud is the dominant attack surface through which these critical exposures are accessed, due to its operational efficiency and pervasiveness across industries. Interestingly enough, high-tech companies were also among the top organizations targeted by threat actors. Address cloud misconfigurations head-on.

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In the Equinix 2023 Global Tech Trends Survey (GTTS), 68% of global IT leaders said that the environmental impact of their IT equipment and infrastructure is something they measure and actively try to limit. This means you can’t always choose to deploy in a particular location based solely on how energy-efficient it is.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

If you’re not an electrical engineer, it’s hard to understand quite how big of a deal the company’s innovation is — and it’s hard to overstate how important this tech may turn out to be. With this technology, these light switches could be a hundredth of the size and a fraction of what they cost today.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

Priyanka Srinivas is the co-founder and CEO of Live Green Co , a Chilean food tech startup that uses artificial intelligence to suggest plant-based alternatives for meat and artificial additives in food. Priyanka Srinivas. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. Aiming to create a gender-equitable startup landscape?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

When it comes to sustainable infrastructure development, technology is making terrific leaps and bounds. With its $25 million Series B funding — which takes its total funding to over $42 million — Banyan Infrastructure is seeking to align sustainable project finance with the technology it is meant to support and develop.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2024

That quote aptly describes what Dell Technologies and Intel are doing to help our enterprise customers quickly, effectively, and securely deploy generative AI and large language models (LLMs).Many As with both open-source and proprietary models, you must do your due diligence. Training LLMs is expensive and energy-intensive.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2023

Now that organizations have returned to a new (somewhat) normal, CIOs appear to be focused on getting back to basics — and untangling tech debt incurred in making it through the past few years. Recruiting, retainment, and yes, adoption of lead-edge technology, are back on the radar of IT leaders. How do we get the talent we need?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

TechCrunch sat down with investors who cover a range of growth stages and industry sectors, with a bent toward mobility and climate tech, to hear how they’re looking at the funding environment today and what their red flags — and green flags — are for startups looking to raise another round. ”

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CIO

JANUARY 16, 2023

Choice Hotels International’s early and big bet on the cloud has allowed it to glean the many benefits of its digital transformation and devote more energies to a key corporate value — sustainability, its CIO maintains. It also helped reduce energy consumption and costs. I am in the business of hospitality.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2023

Welcome, friends, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering the major events in tech over the past few days. Natasha, who reviewed it for TC, found it to be an improvement upon the original in several ways, including (very importantly) in the form-factor department. Not to worry.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

42Crunch, an API security startup, has raised $17 million in a Series A round led by Energy Impact Partners. They all came about due to API vulnerabilities. Now, a significant player in the cybersecurity of APIs is super-charging its offering. Adara Ventures also participated.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The way Incooling CEO Helena Samodurova sees it, the IT world is experiencing two major crises: an energy crisis and a supply chain crisis. For IT teams, satisfying new climate-friendly energy budgets is presenting a challenge, particularly when dealing with older computer hardware. It’s hardly a new technology.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

As Austin’s skyline expands, the city continues to solidify its standing as a tech hub. It’s a city of unicorns and tech giants. Austin is also home to secondary offices of many of the largest tech companies in the world, including Google, Apple, Oracle, Amazon, Facebook and SpaceX. And the numbers are there to back it up.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Koop Technologies (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) — Presenter: Sergey Litvinenko, co-Founder and CEO. “Koop Technologies is an insurance platform for autonomous vehicles and robotics. It is produced from 100% reclaimed carbon fiber, enabling new, high-volume, energy-efficient products that have a low carbon footprint.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

The energy-intensive process of separating and purifying chemicals and gases is a big reason why industries like plastic manufacturing cause so much pollution. The round, which UniSieve said was oversubscribed, included participation from the Amadeus Apex Technology Fund, Wingman Ventures, CIECH Ventures and Zürcher Kantonalbank.

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