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Hexa raises $20.5M to turn images into 3D objects for VR, AR and more

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But HTC’s focus has increasingly shifted over the years from mobile to VR, and it evidently sees Hexa as aligned with its current — and perhaps even future — lines of business. We conducted an early round due to tripling our customer base in 2023,” Atias told TechCrunch in an email interview.

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7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020

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The reasons are plentiful, but all tend to circle around the idea that it’s too early for software and too expensive to try to take on Apple or Facebook on the hardware front. “We believe VR is still the largest long-term opportunity of the two. . “We believe VR is still the largest long-term opportunity of the two.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

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The numbers are higher from Foundry’s 2023 State of CIO survey , which finds that 91% of CIOs expect their tech budgets to either increase or stay the same in 2023. This applies to his IT group as well, specifically, in using AI to automate the review of customer contracts, Nardecchia says.

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10 most in-demand generative AI skills

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The recent AI boom has sparked plenty of conversations around its potential to eliminate jobs, but a survey of 1,400 US business leaders by the Upwork Research Institute found that 49% of hiring managers plan to hire more independent and full-time employees in response to the demand for AI skills.

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Researchers jailbreak a Tesla, the FCC fines robocallers and WeWork finds itself in trouble (again)

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Welcome, friends, to TechCrunch’s Week in Review (WiR), the newsletter where we recap the week that was in tech. Meanwhile, this week’s episode of Found focused on Anurupa Ganguly, the founder and CEO at Prisms, a startup designing VR math curriculum for middle and high school students. If you’re not, consider signing up.

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Meet the 11 startups graduating from the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator

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The company’s machine learning dashboard is able to detect improper payments more quickly, conduct clinical claim reviews and generate reports, speeding up and cleaning up a process that’s been mostly manual and inefficient. Alaffia automates the process of auditing health insurance claims. StartSure policies start at $25/month.

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8 founders, leaders highlight fintech and deep tech as Bristol’s top sectors

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Use discount code HARBOURSIDE to save 25% off an annual or two-year Extra Crunch membership. To get a better idea of the state of the tech ecosystem and the investor outlook for this city, we surveyed founders, leaders and executives involved in nurturing Bristol’s startup ecosystem. and Europe, and expires on August 31, 2021.

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