Tesla’s robot strategy is inextricably tied to its Autopilot strategy, for better or for worse

Tesla’s robot strategy is inextricably tied to its Autopilot strategy, for better or for worse

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Tesla unveiled its first actual prototype of its Optimus humanoid robot on Friday — an actual robot this time, by the strictest definition,...

Tesla’s robot is a real robot now, not just a guy in a suit

Tesla’s robot is a real robot now, not just a guy in a suit

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicked off its Tesla AI Day 2022 with a quick level set on expectations — “we’ve come a long way” — and then stepped aside...

ByteDance’s Pico debuts its Quest rival, but challenges remain

ByteDance’s Pico debuts its Quest rival, but challenges remain

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When ByteDance bought the Chinese VR headset maker Pico a year ago, the message it sent was clear: it was betting that the immersive device...

Uniswap Labs eyes over $100 million in new funding

Uniswap Labs eyes over $100 million in new funding

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Uniswap Labs is in early stages of putting together a new round, according to four sources familiar with the matter, as the parent firm of...

Amazon launches QVC-style livestream shopping in India

Amazon launches QVC-style livestream shopping in India

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Amazon has launched a QVC-style livestream shopping in India, broadening its offerings in the key overseas market where it has deployed over...

GV aims to help build a company that can sniff out disease, literally

GV aims to help build a company that can sniff out disease, literally

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Alex Wiltschko has what he thinks is a big idea. He wants to build a company that digitizes scent. It’s a natural step for Wiltschko, who has...

Here are some of the cringiest revelations in the Elon Musk text dump

Here are some of the cringiest revelations in the Elon Musk text dump

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A new, particularly juicy document has surfaced in discovery leading up to the Elon Musk v. Twitter trial, slated to take place in a few weeks....

Google Colaboratory launches a pay-as-you-go option, premium GPU access

Google Colaboratory launches a pay-as-you-go option, premium GPU access

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Google Colaboratory (Colab for short), Google’s service designed to allow anyone to write and execute arbitrary Python code through a web browser,...

Truepill, a digital health unicorn, conducts fourth round of layoffs in 2022

Truepill, a digital health unicorn, conducts fourth round of layoffs in 2022

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Truepill, a platform that helps other companies offer diagnostics, telehealth services and prescriptions, has conducted its fourth layoff of...

GGV Capital latest to back Workstream’s goal of filling software gap for deskless workers

GGV Capital latest to back Workstream’s goal of filling software gap for deskless workers

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Recruitment and onboarding for deskless and hourly workers has always been a challenge, and one that startups have taken on in recent years....

Can companies issue stakes in their success without using shares or options? This startup thinks so

Can companies issue stakes in their success without using shares or options? This startup thinks so

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So-called ‘stakeholder capitalism’ has not had the most illustrious of histories. Yes, there have been ‘Walmart Associates’ who were able to...

Former Revolut employees launch Solvo, an app that simplifies crypto investing

Former Revolut employees launch Solvo, an app that simplifies crypto investing

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Meet Solvo, a new mobile app that wants to make it easier to invest in cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency-related financial products. The...

‘Virtual ward’ startup Doccla gets Series A injection as it eyes AI tools

‘Virtual ward’ startup Doccla gets Series A injection as it eyes AI tools

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Doccla, a Sweden founded but London-headquartered health tech startup that sells a remote patient monitoring platform to hospitals to run so-called...

Pigment raises another $65M to build the modern business planning platform

Pigment raises another $65M to build the modern business planning platform

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French startup Pigment has raised a new round of funding less than a year after raising a $73 million Series B round. If you’re not familiar...

Apple reportedly readjusts iPhone 14 production targets after slow demand

Apple reportedly readjusts iPhone 14 production targets after slow demand

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Apple’s new iPhone 14 lineup isn’t proving to be as popular as the company would have hoped for. So it is readjusting its production targets...

Italy’s Satispay raises €320M at a €1B+ valuation with backing from Block, Tencent and more for its indy payment network

Italy’s Satispay raises €320M at a €1B+ valuation with backing from Block, Tencent and more for its indy payment network

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More signs that the economy is slowing down in Europe, and that costs are going up, are driving merchants and consumers to look for less expensive...

YC-backed fintech Numida raises $12.3M led by Serena Ventures to extend loans to MSMEs beyond Uganda

YC-backed fintech Numida raises $12.3M led by Serena Ventures to extend loans to MSMEs beyond Uganda

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Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) across Africa make up the bulk — over 90% — of businesses in the continent but are still...