China’s call to foster semiconductor independence has sent investors chasing after chip startups of all sorts. Moffett AI, a Shenzhen-based chip design company, has received a fresh Series A injection. The company did not disclose the exact amount, only saying that the proceeds were in the “several tens of millions of dollars.” The round was […]
Gradient, 10xFounders back Zowie’s no-code, e-commerce customer service tool
Customer service tickets tend to fall into the same few buckets — returns, refunds or quality control questions. Not only are these repetitive, but it leaves little time for customer engagement on more complex requests, like relaying information on products or helping a customer find the best product for them. Maja Schaefer and Matt Ciolek, […]
タンパク質の構造を予測するAIが、「オミクロン株」の特異性を見通していた
感染が拡大している新型コロナウイルスの「オミクロン株」。その特異な構造を、タンパク質の構造を予測するAIプログラムで予測できていたことが明らかになった。AIを活用することで、サンプルが物理的に届く前に新たな治療の標的候補を探せるようになるなど、生物学の分野において研究のあり方を変える可能性を秘めている。
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Daasity investing $15M in data so consumer brands can do more with it
Brands can collect customer data from dozens of touch points, analyze it and make smarter decisions about how to market their products.
China’s robotaxis charged ahead in 2021
Autonomous driving startups in China are in an arms race to put passengers in their machine-driven vehicles. Every few weeks, news arrives that another major player has got the greenlight to launch a new pilot program or a small-scale service. These press releases, often dotted with regulatory jargon and flowery language to aggrandize the companies’ […]
5 essential factors for attracting angel investment
From my point of view as an angel investor and former entrepreneur, here are five essential factors I look for when considering my next investment.
ロボットの最適な設計をアルゴリズムが考えると、驚くほど「奇妙な形状」ができあがる
ロボットの設計には、どうしても人間の先入観が入りがちだ。こうしたなかマサチューセッツ工科大学（MIT）の新しいオープンプラットフォームは、アルゴリズムにロボットを自動で設計させることにより、そのタスクに最適な形状をはじき出そうと試みている。そこから生まれた奇妙な形状の“ロボット”の数々をご覧にいれよう。
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The metaverse will be filled with ‘elves’
The most dangerous part of the metaverse will be agenda-driven artificial agents that look and act like other users but are actually simulated personas controlled by AI.
Pendulum raises $5.9M to help organizations track harmful narratives
Pendulum helps companies, governments and other organizations track harmful narratives on social media platforms and elsewhere on the web. The company today announced that it has raised a $5.9 million seed round led by Madrona Venture Group, with participation from Cercano Management and others. The service was incubated inside Madrona Venture Labs. “Pendulum’s platform applies […]
Four weeks as an Ultrahuman ‘Cyborg’
For four weeks during 2021, this TechCrunch reporter took the plunge and tested a “metabolic fitness” service from Bangalore-based startup Ultrahuman. The tracker program, branded Cyborg, uses arm-mounted medical grade hardware to get a real-time read-out of your blood glucose — using that dynamic data-point to power a quantified health service that scores what you […]