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Spore.Bio raises $23M to apply machine learning to microbiology testing Feb 24, 2025

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Recalls in the food and beverage industry due to contamination incidents can have catastrophic effects. Not only do companies have to pay fines and damages, but the impacts on the brand’s reputation can be long-lasting.

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IVF insurance startup Future Family promises a baby or your money back Feb 24, 2025

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For decades, couples going through in vitro fertilization have had to spend tens of thousands of dollars on the procedures with no guarantee of success. It’s not only an emotionally draining process, but a financially exhausting one as well.

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Hyperlume wants to make chip-to-chip communication faster and more efficient Feb 21, 2025

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Data centers consumed 4.4% of U.S. electricity in 2023 and are estimated to use up to 12% by 2028. The majority of the energy data centers suck up is used to help transfer data from chip to chip. A company called Hyperlume is looking to make that process more energy-efficient while also speeding it up.

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Augury raises $73M on a $1B+ valuation for AI to detect malfunctions in factory machines Feb 21, 2025

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As companies like Nvidia and SoftBank make industrial robotics into a key focus for future R&D, a startup has raised funding today for another facet of how AI is being used on the factory room floor. Augury, which develops AI-based hardware that measures vibrations, sound, temperature and other factors to understand how machines are working

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Level Zero Health banks $6.9M to prove wearable medtech can take the strain out of hormone testing Feb 20, 2025

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Level Zero Health, a female-founded medical device startup that’s aiming to break new ground by developing a device for continuous hormone monitoring, has closed an oversubscribed $6.9 million pre-seed funding round despite being only a little over a year old.

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Legal tech startup Luminance, backed by the late Mike Lynch, raises $75M Feb 20, 2025

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Generative AI is getting better at interpreting dense texts, and this progress has proven to be a boon for startups attacking one of the most complex sets of texts there is: the law. It makes sense then that we’ve been seeing a new burst of activity in the legal tech space

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Germany’s Helsing doubles down on drones for Ukraine, scales up manufacturing Feb 19, 2025

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Helsing, the German defense tech startup backed by Spotify’s Daniel Ek and others, is producing 6,000 HX-2 strike drones in addition to the 4,000 HF-1 strike drones financed by Germany that are currently being delivered to Ukraine. “We are scaling up production of HX-2 in response to additional orders from Ukraine.”

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Mistral releases regional model focused on Arabic language and culture Feb 19, 2025

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The next frontier for large language models (LLMs), one of the key technologies underpinning the boom in generative AI tools, might be geographical. On Monday, Paris-based AI startup Mistral — which is vying to rival the likes of U.S.-based Anthropic and OpenAI — is releasing a model that’s a bit different from its usual LLM.

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Tofu is building an omni-channel marketing platform for enterprises Feb 18, 2025

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When EJ Cho started his first company in 2018, he was exposed to what it takes to market a product. He was surprised to find a market filled with different single-use tools. “It was a very frustrating experience,” Cho told TechCrunch.

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Phase raises $13M to speed up the UX design process with its no-code platform Feb 18, 2025

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UX and UI designers work closely with engineers throughout product development to build and implement design concepts and wireframes for functional user interfaces. Regular communication, feedback and testing are required for the collaboration to work smoothly and deliver a user experience that aligns with the intended design goals.

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