Qflow raises $9.1M to track construction receipts, making it easier to de-carbonize
In the same way that we now take pictures of receipts to expense that ‘important lunch’, construction tech startup Qflow allows the teams running construction sites to do the same for building materials. Sounds like a no-brainer, right? However, it’s more innovative and less trivial than it sounds. To date,
Read moreKlarna’s Q1 results show that the fintech unicorn’s turnaround is in full swing
Last year wasn’t an easy one for European fintech giant Klarna. The company saw its valuation being truncated in an $800 million funding round, and coverage of its 2022 results focused on contrasting its stiff losses against a more conservative market. This column argued at the time of its earnings
Read moreAdventureGPT: Using LLM Backed Agents to Play Text-Based Adventure Games
AdventureGPT: Using LLM-Backed Agents to Play Text-Based Adventure GamesUnlocking the magic of text-based adventure games with the power of language modelsPhoto by Holly Mandarich on UnsplashRecently, I decided to take some time to learn how to utilize ChatGPT and other OpenAI models. Like much of the world, I had played with OpenAI’s
Read moreUpCodes launches Copilot, an AI-based research assistant for building codes
For more than seven years, UpCodes has been making the complicated world of building codes easier to understand for people like industry professionals and homeowners. Its platform includes a searchable database covering regulations in all states and features like a “spellcheck” that flags code errors. Today, the startup is announcing
Read moreReviewing a thousand things
Suppose you’ve learned a thousand of something, maybe a thousand kanji or a thousand chemicals or a thousand species of beetles. Now you want to review them to retain what you’ve learned. Now suppose you have a program to quiz you, drawing items from your list at random with replacement.
Read more5 Important Reasons Why IT Must Upgrade Remote Work Solutions
Sponsored by Verizon Recent reports show that companies continue to embrace hybrid working and fully remote employees to drive productivity and improve work-life balance. Gartner forecasts that 51% of U.S. knowledge workers (39% globally) will work in hybrid mode by the end of 2023, and 20% will be fully remote.
Read moreWellplaece wants to put a smile on dentists’ face with new supply procurement marketplace
There are nearly 186,000 dentist businesses in the U.S., and at any given time, they are replenishing supplies. The process of doing so was traditionally fragmented, with offices relying on between three and seven suppliers, on average. This means someone sits at the computer with tabs open to vendor websites,
Read moreBlackrock, a minority investor in Byju’s, cuts startup valuation to $8.4 billion
Blackrock, a minority investor in Byju’s, has yet again cut the valuation of its holding in the Bengaluru-based startup, this time to about $8.4 billion, even as the most Indian valuable startup continues to raise capital at a better price. Blackrock cut the value of Byju’s share by 62% in
Read moreFirst they worked in tandem, now they’re in an e-bike patent suit
Grenoble-based eBikeLabs, a French startup that has been working on embedded software for electric bikes, is suing Cowboy for patent infringement and, more generally, copying eBikeLabs’ technology in its latest feature, AdaptivePower. Cowboy, the Belgian electric bike manufacturer, has refuted all the allegations and even said that eBikeLabs is running
Read moreOMERS Growth Equity leads Carrum Health’s $45M Series C to expand cancer care
Carrum Health, a value-based healthcare company enabling self-funded employers to buy specialist medical care, raised $45 million in Series C funding. When we last checked in with Carrum Health in 2021, the company had raised $40 million. Founded in 2014, the company provides surgical and cancer treatment guidance and coordination.
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