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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

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. China watches and learns from the US in AR/VR competition. What to expect while fundraising in 2021. 3 ways the pandemic is transforming tech spending.

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