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A/O PropTech offers giant sandbox for startups disrupting real estate
A/O PropTech is a European VC that officially launched last week after raising €250 million in what it describes as…
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Impala raises $20 million to build the API of the hotel industry
Impala has raised another round of funding just a few months after raising an $11 million Series A round. This…
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Tesla ramps up solar tile roof installations in US, eyes China and Europe expansion
Tesla appears to be ramping up installations of its solar tile roofs in the San Francisco Bay area and will…
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Facebook quietly acquired another UK AI startup and almost no one noticed
Over the last few years, Facebook has been busy building out AI capabilities in areas like computer vision, natural language…
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UK public sector failing to be open about its use of AI, review finds
A report into the use of artificial intelligence by the UK’s public sector has warned that the government is failing…
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UK’s Tiney raises $6.5M to source, train and connect childminders to improve early-years care
A shortage of good teachers and carers is an acute problem in the world of education. Getting smart people into…
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Starling Bank raises another £60M from existing backers
Starling Bank, the U.K.-based challenger bank founded by banking veteran Anne Boden, has raised another £60 million from its existing…
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Index Fund’s portfolio is driving long-overdue innovation in femcare
U.K. startup Daye is rethinking female intimate care from a woman’s perspective, starting with a tampon infused with cannabidiol that…
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California’s new privacy law is off to a rocky start
California’s new privacy law was years in the making. The law, California’s Consumer Privacy Act — or CCPA — became…
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