One week left: Apply to TC Disrupt Startup Battlefield 200
Time is relentless and, right now, it’s no friend to procrastination-prone early-stage startup founders. The application window for Startup Battlefield 200 (SB 200) at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 slams shut in just one week. Can you afford to miss this potentially life-changing opportunity? We think not. Startup Battlefield 200 applications close
Read moreCloudera acquires Verta to bring some AI chops to its data platform
Cloudera, the once high flying Hadoop startup, raised $1 billion and went public in 2018 before being acquired by private equity for $5.3 billion 2021. Today, the company announced that it is acquiring Verta, an AI startup that helps customers manage machine learning models, including large language models used in
Read moreSony updates its camera app to offer multi-cam monitoring
The new Multi-Cam feature is only available to iPadOS users. | Image: Sony Sony has released a new update for its Monitor & Control (M&C) mobile app that makes it easier for users to remotely observe and operate camera feeds on smartphones and tablets. Most notably, version 2.0.0 of the
Read moreComputing logarithms of complex numbers
The previous post showed how to compute logarithms using tables. It gives an example of calculating a logarithm to 15 figures precision using tables that only allow 4 figures of precision for inputs. Not only can you bootstrap tables to calculate logarithms of real numbers not given in the tables,
Read moreElon Musk is taking on Tesla ‘oathbreakers’ in fight for his $56 billion pay package
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Photo by STR / NurPhoto, Getty Images The fight for Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s enormous pay package is heating up. On June 13th, Tesla shareholders will decide the fate of Musk’s compensation package, which is estimated to be worth as much as $56 billion.
Read moreSpend management startup SiFi raises $10M to grow further in Saudi Arabia
The global spend management sector is experiencing a tailwind of sorts. North America is arguably the biggest market in this space, but spend management companies have seen demand rise across the world, thanks to increasing internet penetration, tech advancements and businesses’ increasing focus on making sure they spend wisely. Indeed,
Read moreUsing a table of logarithms
My favorite quote from Richard Feynman is his remark that “nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.” This post will look at something that seems utterly trivial—looking up numbers in a table—and show that there’s much more to it when you dig a little deeper.
Read morePioneering Digital Transformation: Simplify from Industry 4.0 to Government
Manufacturing, construction, and government have a few things in common. These companies and institutions lag other industries in deploying technologies while having a key opportunity to connect the physical world with digital back-office workflows and develop actionable intelligence. These businesses have other similarities. They have understaffed
Read moreSwiss startup Neural Concept raises $27M to cut EV design time to 18 months
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Read moreDon’t miss StrictlyVC in DC next week
The StrictlyVC roadtrip continues! Coming off of sold-out events in London, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, we’re heading to Washington, D.C. for a cozy-vc-packed, evening at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre on Tuesday, June 11 in partnership with Revolution. StrictlyVC events are known for delivering exclusive insights and fostering meaningful connections
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