Emmie
@Emmie
449 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Assunta
@Assunta -
over 3 years ago
ConverseNow is targeting restaurant drive-thrus with new $15M round
One year after voice-based AI technology company ConverseNow raised a $3.3 million seed round, the company is back with a cash infusion of $15 million in Series A funding in a round led by Craft Ventures.The Austin-based company’s AI voice ordering assistants George and B...continued
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Emmie
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over 3 years ago
The Cost of Preventing Deaths by Climate-Driven Heat
A new formula measures the “mortality cost of carbon,” and how much would have to be removed from the atmosphere to save a single life.
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Kari
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over 3 years ago
Tesla’s solar and energy storage business rakes in $810M, finally exceeds cost of revenue
Tesla’s primary source of revenue comes from the sale of its electric vehicles, but its latest quarterly earnings report showed growth in its energy storage and solar business.The demand picture will get even sunnier for the division if the company can access enough chips...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Nelson
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over 3 years ago
Element, a messaging app built on the decentralized Matrix protocol, raises $30M
After Element acquired Gitter last year to bring in more users and features into its own decentralized, Matrix-based messaging app, the startup is announcing some funding to invest in its growth.Element has picked up $30 million in a Series B round of funding. Some of the...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Jimmy
@Jimmy -
over 3 years ago
Filing: Instant grocery startup Gopuff is raising $750M more at a $13.5B valuation
Gopuff, the “instant” grocery delivery startup that has been on an acquisition and expansion tear in the last several months to scale its business, is also racing to raise money to fuel those efforts. Documents uncovered by Prime Unicorn Index and shared with TechCrunch s...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Zackery
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over 3 years ago
Digital lending platform Blend valued at over $4B in its public debut
Mortgages may not be considered sexy, but they are a big business.If you’ve refinanced or purchased a home digitally lately, you may not have noticed the company powering the software behind it — but there’s a good chance that company is Blend. Founded in 2012, the startu...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Jerrold
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over 3 years ago
What does a future-proofed home look like?
But there are still some things that people renting, and those who can't afford to retro-fit their buildings, can do now. Households at risk of flooding, for example, can move their electrical appliances up higher, and generally create a flood plan and consider flood insu...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Webster
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over 3 years ago
Marketing With Video: The Definitive Guide
July 23, 2021 8 min Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their marketing is an effective tool that can help promote and sell any product. It's also a great way to build customer relationships in the digital age of communicat...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Elaina
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over 3 years ago
I Launched a PR Agency Even Though I'd Never Wanted to Start a Business
July 22, 2021 7 min Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their a teenager, I tried everything: community theater, basketball, cross-country skiing, social work, hours and hours of piano lessons, Aikido, horseback riding. Thi...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Anderson
@Anderson -
over 3 years ago
How global conferences are using tech to stay in business
Andrew Reed, managing director of Exhibitions at William Reed, the firm responsible for the events, says they looked at government data on Covid cases and at how the UK's vaccine rollout was progressing, before going ahead.Source: BBC NewsPowered by NewsAPI.org
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Emmie
@Emmie -
over 3 years ago
YouTube removes Bolsonaro videos for Covid misinformation
The tech giant said its decision was based on its content policies, not on ideology or politics.
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Rahsaan
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over 3 years ago
In growth marketing, creative is the critical X factor
Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. As we move toward a privacy-centric, less targeted future of growth marketing, the biggest lever will become creative on p...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Elvie
@Elvie -
over 3 years ago
3 critical lessons I learned while scaling RingCentral’s customer support team
3 critical lessons I learned while scaling RingCentral’s customer support Spivak is the senior director of Global Customer Support at RingCentral, a global leader in communication and call center software provider. There are many things I wish I knew when starting out ...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
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Pablo
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over 3 years ago
Stellantis picks Alexa Automotive's Curic as its technology boss - Reuters
A Stellantis sign is seen outside the company's headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File PhotoMILAN, July 20 (Reuters) - Carmaker Stellantis (STLA.MI) said on Tuesday that Amazon Alexa Automotive's (AMZN.O) Ned Curic would bec...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
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Liliane
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over 3 years ago
Lawsuit over Rite Aid infant acetaminophen marketing tossed - Reuters
A Rite Aid store at 1841 North Western Avenue is shown at in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 21, 2020. Picture taken January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File PhotoJudge finds reasonable consumers would not be misled The company and law firm names shown above are g...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Colin
@Colin -
over 3 years ago
Square launches business bank accounts
One step at a time, Square is creating a new bank from scratch. Today, the company is launching a new product called Square Banking that combines a checking account, savings accounts, debit cards and loans under a single roof. With Square Banking, the company wants to con...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Myles
@Myles -
over 3 years ago
No Need for Speed at Grants Pass Downs in Oregon
Scriver, however, has a dream.“I want to go to Kentucky and ride,” she said. “I want to ride at Churchill Downs — even a small race.”Scriver has been atop a horse since learning to walk — as a little girl in 4H in Curlew, Wash., and barrel racing at rodeos as an adolescen...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Jarod
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over 3 years ago
Moving Back to Brooklyn and Upgrading
When Matthew Tanner decided to move back to New York this summer after two years away, he found the hunting process far trickier than it was the last time he looked for a place.For much of the pandemic he had been living with his parents in Coral Gables, Fla., and missing...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Monserrat
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over 3 years ago
Zoom acquires an AI company building real-time translation
Zoom has announced that it’s acquiring a company known as Kites (short for Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions), which has worked on creating real-time translation and transcription software. Zoom says the acquisition is a move to help it make communicating with pe...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Liliane
@Liliane -
over 3 years ago
Can facial analysis technology create a child-safe internet?
Suppose you pulled out your phone this morning to post a pic to your favourite social network – let’s call it Twinstabooktok – and were asked for a selfie before you could log on. The picture you submitted wouldn’t be sent anywhere, the service assured you: instead, it wo...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Jaydon
@Jaydon -
over 3 years ago
GM to launch fleet charging service to power commercial EVs, even at home
GM to launch fleet charging service to power commercial EVs, even at and its new EV business unit BrightDrop are launching a fleet charging service as the automaker aims to ramp up its bet on connected and electric commercial vehicles.The service, branded Ultium Charge 3...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Cyril
@Cyril -
over 3 years ago
Aidoc raises over $66M for AI radiology analysis technology
Aidoc, an artificial intelligence company that develops triage and analysis software, is about to double its funding. On Tuesday, the company announced a round of $66 million. Before that the company had raised about $67 million in its five-year lifetime. Aidoc develops “...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Raoul
@Raoul -
over 3 years ago
Khashoggi murder: US softens towards Saudi leader
Over the course of two days Prince Khalid bin Salman held meetings with the Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken; the president's National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan; the Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin; and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen Mark Milley. That list...continued
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Emmie
@Emmie -
over 3 years ago
Volkswagen’s new business strategy puts software and autonomous driving front and center
Volkswagen will ramp up its software, mobility as a service and battery tech to stay competitive in the coming decades, as it and other automakers prepare for the largest transition in personal mobility since the invention of the car. Laying out the company s…
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Kristina
@Kristina -
over 3 years ago
Pet Startups Are Having a Field Day
Over the Fourth of July weekend, Americans filled airports and highways nearly as much as on holidays before the pandemic. For many people, the busy travel weekend will be followed by a return to the office and other activities out of the house. This ongoing transition pe...continued
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