Ian Allison / CoinDesk: Australian Securities Exchange is working with Digital Asset to convert part of its settlement process to blockchain, invests in the startup’s $35M Series C — Digital …
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Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Palantir wins a one year $111M contract to connect US Army’s operations systems into a single dashboard; Palantir reportedly took over Project Maven — – Company …
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Reuters: Argo AI CEO says the company plans to charge per mile for using its autonomous tech in commercial vehicles; sources: Ford and VW each own around 40% of Argo …
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Tom Simonite / Wired: Researchers: deep learning, which led to great advances in AI over the past decade, is nearing its limits and new approaches are needed for further progress …
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The Economic Times: Flipkart and Walmart invest in Ninjacart, a Bangalore-based fresh produce supply chain startup; sources had said earlier that Walmart could invest up to $50M — India’s largest …
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Michelai Graham / Technical.ly DC: Arcadia, an app that can help US consumers lower their electricity bills by connecting their accounts to clean energy options, raises $30M Series C led …
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BuzzFeed News: Distracted Boyfriend, Blinking White Guy, Pepe the Frog, and more: a rundown of 100 influential memes from the 2010s — 100. Yodeling Walmart Kid — 99. Moth Memes …
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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Airbnb rival WhyHotel, which operates temporary hotels out of unrented luxury apartment buildings, raises $20M Series B, bringing total raised to $35M — Airbnb has emerged …
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Michael Hytha / Bloomberg: China-based autonomous air taxi company EHang closed at $12.49 in its first day of trading on Thursday, down one cent from its US IPO price after …
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Business Wire: Imply, a real-time analytics company, raises $30M in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Late Stage Venture Fund, bringing its total funding to $45.3M — Andreessen Horowitz-backed firm plans …
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