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FPGA startup Rapid Silicon lands $15M to bring its first chip to market

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Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) , or integrated circuits sold off-the-shelf, are a hot topic in tech. The global FPGA market size could reach $14 billion by 2028, according to one estimate, up from $6 billion in 2021. ” Rapid Silicon is developing two products at present: Raptor and Gemini. .

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Next Best Action Marketing: How to Implement Hyper-Personalization with Machine Learning

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As described by marketing consultant Mark Schaefer, the situation when humans can no longer consume an ever-growing amount of content is the content shock. Most marketing-centric content is perceived as an interruption to a customer-oriented experience. This changes the game for marketers. Source: Deloitte.

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Predibase exits stealth with a low-code platform for building AI models

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-based companies, 44% said that they’ve not hired enough, were too siloed off to be effective and haven’t been given clear roles. “The major challenges we see today in the industry are that machine learning projects tend to have elongated time-to-value and very low access across an organization.

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Gather AI secures new cash to scan inventory in warehouses using drones

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The proceeds bring the company’s total raised to $17 million, which CEO Sankalp Arora says is being put toward expanding Gather’s deployment capacity and go-to-market plans as well as hiring new machine learning engineers. ” Gather isn’t the first to market with a drone-based inventory monitoring system.

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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

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In 2017, Fast Company wrote that Southwest Airlines’ digital transformation “takes off” with an $800 million technology overhaul, but only $300 million was dedicated to new technology for operations. The investment seems minuscule given that Southwest Airlines was a $33-$38 billion market capitalization airline in 2017.

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Taktile raises $20M to help fintech companies test and deploy decision-making models

TechCrunch

“The round was preempted by Tiger Global and Index Ventures as they saw strong indications of product-market fit and believed that the time was right to start scaling the business,” Wehmeyer said. “This round will help us further accelerate our ongoing expansion in the U.S., ” Image Credits: Taktile. .

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Generative AI is a make-or-break moment for CIOs

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And, in fact, McKinsey research argues the future could indeed be dazzling, with gen AI improving productivity in customer support by up to 40%, in software engineering by 20% to 30%, and in marketing by 10%. Hardly a day goes by without some new business-busting development on generative AI surfacing in the media.