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Smart contact lens startup Mojo Vision partners with Adidas and other sports brands

TechCrunch

The big news at this year’s show is a number of partnerships with brands across the sports spectrum, including: Adidas Running, Trailforks (cycling/hiking), Wearable X (yoga), Slopes (skiing) and 18Birdies (golf).

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Connected strength-training startup Vitruvian eyes US with $15M raise

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The company’s at-home strength-training system sports resistance-based weights up to ~440 pounds. Vitruvian touts “software-driven weight training,” which can dynamically adjust resistance to the user. The Trainer+, meanwhile, sits on the floor, with a pair of cables offering adaptable cable-based weight training.

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NEX raises $25M, launches Active Arcade to get people moving

TechCrunch

It also previously raised a $4 million seed round from Charmides Capital, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Ventures and Mandra Capital, Steve Nash, Jeremy Lin and Mark Cuban in 2018. Many other leaders in sports, media and technology have also baked NEX. This latest round comes after NEX raised an $8.5

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Accelerating generative AI requires the right storage

CIO

In other sports, such as basketball or soccer, there may be hundreds or thousands of players at the topmost levels. Organizations need massive amounts of data to build and train generative AI models. Advances in hardware boost the performance and scalability of generative AI systems.

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PORTL raises a neat stack of cash to teleport your likeness all over the world

TechCrunch

We’re in the University of Central Florida, so educators can train future healthcare providers how to treat and diagnose patients remotely. It’s also being used in sports stadiums so athletes can come and talk to the fans. . “Right now, it’s being used by educators.

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Motosumo scores $6M to spin up a challenge to Peloton

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” Motosumo applies its mobile-based quantification tech — which measures cadence, speed, distance and calorie burn — in a cycling training app that also offers interactive 3D games, team challenges and international leaderboards to up the motivational energy.

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Smart dumbbells? Sure, why not?

TechCrunch

Kabata joins a growing number of startups bringing connected strength training into the home. Today Kabata is announcing a $2 million round, featuring a bunch of names from the sports and VC worlds. But while offerings like Tonal and Tempo are focused on larger solutions, the dumbbell is really the thing for the Los Angeles startup.

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