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As the AI boom gobbles up power, Phaidra is helping companies manage datacenter power more efficiently Jul 03, 2024

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Electricity demand is booming on account of AI. In a May 2024 report, Goldman Sachs predicted that data centers will use 8% of the U.S.’s total power supply by 2030, up from 3% in 2022, as cloud service providers expand to meet the demand for AI infrastructure.

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Sensorita uses digital twins to help waste management companies streamline construction waste Jul 03, 2024

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The amount of waste produced by the construction industry adds up to more than a third of the overall waste produced each year in the European Union. And it’s no better in the U.S. Stateside, the construction industry produces more than double the waste that households do each year.

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Illumex is using GenAI to ease pain of getting good data into LLMs Jul 02, 2024

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By now we know how crucial it is to have quality data for use by large language models (LLMs), but getting data ready for the models has been an early challenge for companies, an opening that represents an opportunity for an enterprising entrepreneur.

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Cold shipping might be the next industry that batteries disrupt Jul 02, 2024

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Artyc has raised $14 million to date and has a product on the market, Medstow Micro, that helps ship temperature-sensitive specimens.

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Rondo Energy funding shows a new way across the climate startup ‘valley of death’ Jul 01, 2024

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Climate tech startups especially those building hardware, face a particular challenge when trying to move beyond the prototype or pilot phase and start selling finished products to customers.

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Austin-based Ironspring Ventures raised $100m to invest in industrial revolution Jul 01, 2024

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When Ironspring Ventures launched in 2020 to back startups in industrial sectors like construction and manufacturing, it was one of very few early-stage venture firms paying attention to those capital-intensive sectors. Now, the firm is doubling down. The Austin, Texas-based firm raised $100 million for its second fund to focus on industrial startups.

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Sensi.AI grabs $31M Series B from Insight, Zeev to monitor seniors 24/7 Jun 29, 2024

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Older adults increasingly want to age in their homes rather than nursing facilities. A study by the American Association of Retired People (AARP) found that nearly 90% of people over 65 want to stay in their homes as they grow older.

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Rainforest lands $20M to challenge Stripe with embedded payments for SaaS providers Jun 28, 2024

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Rainforest, a startup that embeds payment processing into other software platforms, has raised $20 million in Series A funding — less than a year after announcing the close of its seed financing. Raising back-to-back rounds was more common in 2021 but we don’t see it happening as often in this new environment.

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Etched is building an AI chip that only runs one type of model Jun 28, 2024

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As generative AI touches a growing number of industries, the companies producing chips to run the models are benefitting enormously. Nvidia in particular, which commands an estimated 70% to 95% of the market for AI chips, wields massive influence. Cloud providers from Meta to Microsoft are spending billions of dollars on Nvidia GPUs

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Boeing’s Wisk Aero buys Verocel to boost software safety for self-flying eVTOL Jun 27, 2024

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Wisk Aero, a subsidiary of Boeing, has acquired Verocel, a software verification and validation company with 25 years of experience in the aerospace industry. Wisk has an autonomous-first approach to eVTOL. The company’s Generation 6 aircraft, which is slated to begin airborne tests this year, is designed to be supervised by humans, but not physically

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