Phantom Auto raises $13.5M to expand remote driving business to delivery bots and forklifts

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Phantom Auto raises $13.5M to expand remote driving business to delivery bots and forkliftsRemote driving startup Phantom Auto has raised $13.5 million of financing in a Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners — capital used to expand a logistics business targeting sidewalks, warehouses and cargo yards, all the places where autonomy and teleoperation […]

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Spotinst, the startup enabling companies to purchase and manage excess cloud capacity, acquires StratCloud

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Spotinst, the startup enabling companies to purchase and manage excess cloud capacity, acquires StratCloudSpotinst, the cloud automation and optimization startup founded in Tel Aviv but now with offices in San Francisco, New York, and London too, has acquired AWS partner StratCloud. Terms of the deal remain undisclosed, although I’m hearing it combines both cash and […]

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Congress readies for Mueller report to be delivered on CDs

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Congress readies for Mueller report to be delivered on CDsIf there weren’t enough obstacles already standing between Congress and the results of the special counsel’s multiyear investigation, lawmakers are expecting to need an optical drive to read the document. A Justice Department official told the Associated Press that a CD containing the Mueller report would […]

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Starbucks challenger Luckin’s fundraising spree continues with $150M investment

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Starbucks challenger Luckin’s fundraising spree continues with $150M investmentCoffee startup Luckin is continuing its fundraising spree as it sets its sight on becoming an alternative to Starbucks in China. The a-year-and-a-half old company announced on Thursday that it closed a Series B-plus raise totaling $150 million. The fresh proceeds valued Luckin at $2.9 billion post-money, […]

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Samsung responds to reviewer complaints about its Galaxy Fold phone

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Samsung responds to reviewer complaints about its Galaxy Fold phoneSamsung has issued a statement about its new, folding phone as early photos of tech reviewers with their shiny new toys were replaced on social media (and in numerous columns) with complaints from those same tech reviewers about problems with the phone’s screen. Apparently a number […]

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Consumers get another digital home health offering as Tyto Care and Best Buy launch TytoHome

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Consumers get another digital home health offering as Tyto Care and Best Buy launch TytoHomeBest Buy is partnering with the Israeli technology Tyto Care to become the official retailer for the company’s all-in-one digital diagnostics kit through its physical stores in California, the Dakotas, Ohio and Minnesota and through its online store. Tyto previously sold […]

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PathAI raises $60 million for its computer vision-based pathogen detection technology

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PathAI raises $60 million for its computer vision-based pathogen detection technologyWith a clinical version of PathAI‘s computer vision-based pathogen detection service still at least one year from coming to market, the diagnostic technology developer has snagged $60 million in its latest round of financing. The company’s tech is used by doctors to analyze cell samples […]

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