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

TechCrunch

The trio had the idea to use drones to gather data — specifically data in warehouses, such as the number of items on a shelf and the locations of particular pallets. Arora co-founded Gather AI in 2019 with Daniel Maturana and Geetesh Dubey, graduate students at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute.

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DIY cloud cost management: The strategic case for building your own tools

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He and his teams tried a few off-the-shelf tools but were never satisfied with the support for linking a cloud resource to a line of business to determine ownership. And that’s all before considering the need to fuel new AI initiatives , which can push cloud costs up further.

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AI chip startup Mythic rises from the ashes with $13M, new CEO

TechCrunch

While digital processors “pause” to swap data in and out of dedicated memory, Mythic’s hardware can perform calculations in parallel without stopping, leading to performance and efficiency gains, particularly for AI applications — or so the company claims, at least. So what went wrong? But funding is drying up.

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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

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They also received $7 billion in pandemic aid and performed $5.6 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. 19-28 far exceeded any other airlines’ operational impacts.

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NJ Transit creates ‘data engine’ to fuel transformation

CIO

In early 2020, the company’s infrastructure was an amalgam of “everything,” Fazal says, including mainframe, client/server, and SaaS systems, as well as 140 applications of all “flavors,” some customized, some off the shelf, some from big companies and some from small companies, he says. Data engine on wheels’.

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Want More Runway? Consider Your Infrastructure Costs

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You probably don’t want to unnecessarily create a situation where a high-performing team takes a morale hit. Using Stripe also lets you avoid the cost, complexity and compliance burden of maintaining your own payments infrastructure, while simplifying and standardizing your accounting and back-office reporting.

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CaptivateIQ raises $46M for its no-code sales commissions platform

TechCrunch

A big part of our growth is that we can help any company that offers a performance-based compensation plan, so we don’t have any restrictions with the types of businesses we work with,” said co-CEO Mark Schopmeyer. “We CaptivateIQ must be doing something right. 3 steps to ease the transition to a no-code company. “We