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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

Hot: AI and VR/AR With digital transformations moving at full throttle, and a desire to stay innovative, it should come as no surprise that use cases for virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence continue to grow in several verticals. Enterprise communications services saw slow but steady 1.6%

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Extra Crunch roundup: Clubhouse UX teardown, YC Demo Day favorites, proptech VC survey, more

TechCrunch

But TechCrunch reporters spend a lot of time talking with startups, hearing pitches and telling their stories; if you’re curious about which companies stood out from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day, read on. Discord’s reported $10B exit; Compass and Intermedia Cloud Communications set IPO price ranges.

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Investors double down on tech stocks in massive DoorDash, Airbnb, C3.ai IPOs

TechCrunch

Gorny founded Nextiva in 2008, focused on what it describes today as “UcaaS,” or unified communications as a service. China watches and learns from the US in AR/VR competition. Calm raised $75 million , which felt pretty reasonable given reports and its fundraising history. What to expect while fundraising in 2021.

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