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You.com ‘refocuses’ from AI search to deeper productivity agents with new $50M round Sep 05, 2024

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If you build an AI search product, you compete with Google. But Google has a lot easier time answering queries with a single, simple answer, such as “how many is a dozen?” than it does answering complex questions like “what influence did Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’ have on Enlightenment ideals?”x

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Dutch clean energy investor SET Ventures lands new €200 million fund, which will go toward digital tech Sep 05, 2024

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New climate tech VC firms have emerged in recent years, but existing ones are also raising larger funds. Founded in 2007, Dutch firm SET Ventures is one of the latter.

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‘Hospital at home’ startup Doccla raises $46 million for its European expansion Sep 04, 2024

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Hospitals around the world regularly face bed shortages — an issue that can get exacerbated to breaking point when a health scare or other large-scale disaster occurs. A startup called Doccla is bringing technology to bear address the issue: it’s building “virtual bed” tech to help doctors remotely manage patients who have either been discharged or not.

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Laptop-leasing startup Fleet wants to become the IT companion for small companies Sep 04, 2024

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Fleet is launching several software services on top of its hardware-as-a-service proposition, from device management to cybersecurity and insurance.

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Generative AI coding startup Magic lands $320M investment from Eric Schmidt, Atlassian and others Sep 03, 2024

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Magic, an AI startup developing models to generate code and automate a range of software development tasks, says that it’s raised a large tranche of cash from investors including ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt. In a blog post this morning,

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‘Emotion AI’ may be the next trend for business software, and that could be problematic Sep 03, 2024

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As businesses experiment with embedding AI everywhere, one area starting to gain more attention is Emotion AI.

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Atlassian acquires Rewatch as it gets into AI meeting bots Sep 02, 2024

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Atlassian plans to integrate Rewatch into its recently launched Rovo AI platform so that transcripts become searchable within the overall business context.

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The guy who sued NAR over real estate fees has co-founded a startup Sep 02, 2024

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One of the people who successfully sued the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to change real estate commissions has co-founded a new real estate startup. It all began in 2017 when Josh Sitzer and his wife listed their home for sale in Kansas City.

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Bluesky adds ‘anti-toxicity’ tools and aims to integrate ‘a Community Notes-like’ feature in the future Aug 30, 2024

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Bluesky on Wednesday introduced the ability to hide replies, as well as a way to detach your original post from someone's quote post.

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Fluid Truck’s board ousted its sibling co-founders amid allegations of mismanaging funds Aug 30, 2024

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Fluid Truck, a startup that was founded to disrupt the commercial vehicle rental industry, has ousted its sibling co-founders – CEO James Eberhard and chief legal counsel Jenifer Snyder – according to sources familiar with the matter.

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