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Quick Hits
AI vs. Maverick: AI wins first dogfight.
Bitcoin ‘halving’: Crypto optimism climbs.
Cybertruck stalls: Tesla issues recalls.
FTCurveball: Noncompete loses in court.
HQ shift: Oracle moves to Nashville.
Meta, too: AI assistant debuts.
Mining maneuver: Block goes bigger.
New sequence: CRISPR adds AI.
Living in 3D: Printer handles houses.
Privacy pause: Dutch ditch Facebook.
Search surge: Perplexity valued at $1B.
Space junk: NASA apologizes to Fla. man.
Time’s ticking: TikTok’s hours numbered in U.S.
Tiny techies: 1 in 4 kids has a smartphone.
Trending Startups
‘Game on’ for gaming startups
After a slow period, gaming startup funding rebounded to the start the year, driven by early-stage deals and optimism around indie studios.
Automating the Paris Olympics
The IOC detailed its "AI Agenda" to revolutionize the Paris 2024 Olympics, with AI capturing athlete movements to help judges score and using mobile videos and AI to identify potential future Olympians in remote places.
Can AI save education?
The BBC is investing millions to use AI to transform its education platform. The company’s mission is to “inform, educate, entertain.” The broadcaster's head of education said: "Education is the jammy bit in the middle; it's really important.”
Autonomous delivery expands in U.S.
With 1M flights completed, drone delivery pioneer Zipline expands across the U.S. to deliver food and medical supplies.
L.A. automates homeless services
The Los Angeles Homelessness Prevention Program uses predictive AI to identify and aid people at risk of homelessness, helping 86% retain housing.
Recently Funded
- Lithuania-based Softloans Secures $1M for SME Lending
- Berlin's Langdock Lures $3M for Private LLMs
- San Francisco's Zeko Labs Raises $3M for Blockchain Innovations
- India-based Accacia Attracts $6.5M for Decarbonization Tools
- California's dataplor Gathers $10.6M for Geospatial Tools
- California-based Clarity Pediatrics Collects $10M to Fight Chronic Conditions
- Bengaluru's Beyond Odds Technologies Bags $11M for Workforce Training
- Miami's Exowatt Raises $20M to Power On
- Paris-based Payflows Secures $25M for Finance SaaS
Weekly Pulse
What We’re Reading
The Rise of the Carbon Farmer (Wired)
‘Miss AI’ is billed as a leap forward – but feels like a monumental step backwards (The Guardian)
In Silicon Valley, You Can Be Worth Billions and It’s Not Enough (NYT)
How a Jack Dorsey-backed bitcoin miner uses a volcano in Kenya to turn on the lights in rural homes (CNBC)
The ChatGPT of Robotics is Coming (Bloomberg)
Can touchless tech create 'equitable' gaming? (BBC)
Poll of the Week
Post of the Week
Podcasts of the Week
Crafting A Human-Centric Workplace with Watchen Nyanue Hampton (HR Superstars)
How to Go Slow to Go Fast with Sami Inkinen of Virta Health (For Starters)
Startups Hiring Now
Angi: We’re on a mission to help everyone love where they live | 88 open roles
Templafy: Templafy helps companies perfect every aspect of business document creation | 19 open roles
Moveworks: AI that unifies all enterprise systems | 3 open roles
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