Our timeline visualizes AI company exits valued at $1B+ at acquisition or IPO, including electric AV company NIO's public offering and Roche's massive acquisition of cancer tech company Flatiron Health.Artificial intelligence is a sector that attracts big investor checks: Q2’19 recently saw record quarterly funding to AI startups at $7.4B. This included several $100M+ mega-deals to companies l...

TuraQshare, described as the “Airbnb for parking spaces,” aims to reduce traffic congestion by helping drivers find parking. The platform is mostly used by drivers looking for a parking space close to their workplace.Kazakhstan startup TuraQshare has developed an app that allows users to register and rent out their empty parking spaces. The concept was created in July 2018 for the Astana Inno...

Another new month, another new experimental garment from the inimitable creative apparel powerhouse that is VolleBak… except this time they haven’t made a hoodie that glows, or can be worn on Mars, or is made from graphene or carbon fiber. This time they’ve created a garment that doesn’t consciously last thousands of years, but rather, turns into worm-food when you’re done wearing it. Voll...

Moreover, 61% say they're likely to switch brands if they realize theirs isn't environmentally friendly.Some brands are wary of factoring eco-friendliness into their strategy, but as climate change becomes less of a debate and more accepted as a crisis, consumers are prioritizing the environmental impact of their purchasing decisions, according to new research from data insights company GlobalW...

Apple has recently been granted some patents which could be crucial in making the company’s first electric car. If it goes into production, the Project Titan car would be able to have an adaptive automated driving system and a new door opening mechanism. Potentially, Apple could offer these new features to the electric car industry soon.As seen on the patents found on the US Patent and Tradema...

An age-old chemical process may be a major missing link in the solution to one of our most persistent modern problems, plastic waste.Plastics are essential to modern life, though environmentalists and NGOs have also long warned of the impact that plastic waste has on land, water, and air. Today, regulators, industries, and society alike recognize the need to limit waste and identify solutions....

As a greater portion of the world begins to live more of their life online, the world’s top 100 websites continue to see explosive growth in their traffic numbers.To claim even the 100th spot in this ranking, your website would need around 350 million visits in a single month. Using data from SimilarWeb, we’ve visually mapped out the top 100 biggest websites on the internet. Examining the ran...

Align Technology (ALGN) answered the prayers of millions of teenagers by creating “invisible” braces. Instead of shiny metal brackets cemented to your teeth, Align’s Invisaligns are made of transparent plastic. It sold over 80 million pairs last year.Invisalign was a godsend for people with crooked teeth. Not only could they fix your smile with far less pain and embarrassment. They made earl...

It’s all about investing in the future. With Amazon, “profit” is not as simple as looking at the top and bottom lines. Amazon skeptics have long repeated a narrative about the e-commerce behemoth now worth $891 billion: that it doesn’t make money, that its razor-thin margins meant to crush competitors are unsustainable, and that its business model will surely, eventually, fail.And pretty mu...