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How Chef Robotics found success by turning away its original customers Apr 15, 2025

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A few years ago, Chef Robotics was hurting. But founder

Rajat Bhageria turned it around by doing something that early-stage founders fear to do.

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AI insurtech Ominimo bags its first investment at a $220M valuation Apr 15, 2025

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How do you get talented engineers to work for a startup in a mundane field at a time when more exciting companies are paying well and hiring aggressively?

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Microsoft inks massive carbon removal deal powered by a paper mill Apr 14, 2025

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The purchase covers 12 years of emissions from CO280’s first carbon capture project at a mill on the Gulf Coast.

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Revent rocks the boat with a fresh $100M to invest in people and the planet Apr 14, 2025

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It would appear the environment and society remain relevant, whatever you might hear in some other quarters. At least, that’s one conclusion to be drawn from the news that European specialist VC Revent has closed a €100 million ($109 million) Fund II to invest in “planetary and societal health” startups.

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Google’s enterprise cloud gets a music-generating AI model Apr 11, 2025

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On Wednesday, Google rolled out updates to several of its first-party media-generating AI models available through its Vertex AI cloud platform. Lyria, Google’s text-to-music model, is now available in preview for select customers, and the company’s Veo 2 video creation model has been enhanced with new editing and visual effects customization options.

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Governments identify dozens of Android apps bundled with spyware Apr 11, 2025

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The advisories say the spyware apps are used to target members of civil society who may oppose China’s state interests.

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Amazon says its AI video model can now generate minutes-long clips Apr 10, 2025

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Amazon has upgraded its AI video model, Nova Reel, with the ability to generate videos up to two minutes in length. Nova Reel, announced in December 2024, was Amazon’s first foray into the generative video space. It competes with models from OpenAI, Google, and others in what’s fast becoming a crowded market.

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Blackbird gobbles up $50M for its blockchain-based payment-loyalty app for restaurants Apr 10, 2025

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A founder who has carved out a name for himself building products to help restaurants connect better with would-be diners has $50 million for his latest startup: a new take on the idea of customer loyalty. Blackbird Labs has built a payments-meets-loyalty-meets-blockchain platform for restaurants to grow repeat business while reducing some of the friction

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IBM releases a new mainframe built for the age of AI Apr 09, 2025

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IBM is releasing the latest version of its mainframe hardware that includes new updates meant to accelerate AI adoption. The hardware and consulting company on Monday announced IBM z17, the latest version of its mainframe computer hardware. This fully encrypted mainframe is powered by an IBM Telum II processo

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Want to stay young? Peter Diamandis says survive the next 10 years Apr 09, 2025

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Peter Diamandis, a futurist with degrees from both MIT and Harvard, has spent much of the past two decades evangelizing a vision of an “abundant future” driven by exponential technologies that will lengthen our lives.

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