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Telegram raises $330 million fresh capital through bond sales Mar 20, 2024

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Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov said on his channel today that the company secured $330 million in investment through bond sales last week.

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Poseidona is removing invasive algae from oceans and turning it into food Mar 20, 2024

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Poseidona is a Barcelona-based developer of sustainable food technology. It takes invasive seaweed and algal side-streams to make proteins. In this case, it's a soy protein alternative.

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Apple acquires AI startup specializing in overlooking manufacturing components Mar 19, 2024

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Apple has added another AI startup to its acquisition list with Canada-based DarwinAI, which specializes in vision-based tech to observe components during manufacturing to improve efficiency.

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ShopMy lands $18.5M to help influencers earn more money from promoting products Mar 19, 2024

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ShopMy, a marketing platform for content creators to connect with brands and monetize their content, announced today that it raised $18.5 million.

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Aethero wants to become the space industry’s Intel or Nvidia Mar 18, 2024

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Satellite sensors collect an incredible amount of raw data, but on-orbit compute limitations mean that operators have little way to process this data in space.

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WarpStream is building a cheaper, cloud-native data streaming service Mar 18, 2024

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When the open source streaming service Apache Kafka was created in 2011 at LinkedIn, it was a different world. Most companies were still on prem.

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AliExpress is first online marketplace to face DSA investigation by EU Mar 15, 2024

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The European Union has opened its third formal investigation of a very large platform under the Digital Services Act (DSA), with China’s AliExpress earning itself the dubious honor of being the first online marketplace to face formal probe by the Commission.

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Luminary Cloud’s simulator taps GPUs to help speed up product design Mar 15, 2024

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Simulations are an essential step in physical product engineering.

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Kolet makes travel eSIM cards easier to navigate Mar 14, 2024

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Kolet is a new French startup created by four experienced co-founders in the French tech ecosystem that wants to make it easier to stay connected when you travel.

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Pint-size pickup startup Telo Trucks finds unexpected niche in fleet customers Mar 14, 2024

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The young automotive company raised $5.4 million and added a Tesla co-founder to its board.

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