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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

The economy may be looking uncertain, but technology continues to drive the business and CIOs are investing big in 2023. At the same time, they are defunding technologies that no longer contribute to business strategy or growth. This technology will help our customers get started quicker and will also allow us to reach more people.”

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

TechCrunch

Alex Wilhelm dug into Discord’s possible $10 billion exit to Microsoft and explored IPO price ranges for real estate tech company Compass and Intermedia Cloud Communications, a unified-communications-as-a-service company. Automakers, suppliers and startups see growing market for in-vehicle AR/VR applications.

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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. Mixtape podcast: Making technology accessible for everyone. China watches and learns from the US in AR/VR competition. Across the week. TechCrunch. Survey: Americans think Big Tech isn’t so bad after all.

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