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Amy, A Israel-based AI-Driven Sales Intelligence Solution Raised a $6 Million
[Investing]
2022/06/22 09:06
Amy, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based AI-driven sales intelligence solution that automates pre-meeting prospect research and enables meaningful business connections, raised a $6 million Seed funding.The round was led by Next Coast Ventures and Lorne Abony, with participation from Jim Mellon and Eric Ludwig, Micha Breakstone, Joey Low, and James Kong, among others.The company intends to use the funds to...
The Cost of Buying Green
[Consumer]
2022/06/22 09:05
As concerns around personal finances rise globally, more shoppers face choices between what’s sustainable for the planet and what’s sustainable for their wallets.Societal beliefs around climate change have come a long way. Globally, most believe that human actions have created a climate change emergency.1 Roughly half are worried or even anxious about it.2But belief doesn’t always result in...
The Tesla Mobile Resort Hotel
[Design]
2022/06/22 09:04
Designed and envisioned by China-based artist ‘LOONGT’, the Tesla Mobile Resort Hotel is more than just a Roadster shot in space. It’s a mammoth-like structure on wheels that cruises along on Mars’ landscape, giving occupants a stunning view of the red planet.Although purely sci-fi in nature, the Tesla Mobile Resort Hotel does paint a pretty vivid picture of the future. Imagine a building t...
This Shape-Shifting Kick Scooter Transforms Into Electric Bicycle and Vice Versa
[Design]
2022/06/22 09:03
Commuting in crowded spaces demands a swift and agile ride that’s easy to store when not needed. A city bicycle, or even better a kick scooter is the best option for an urban lifestyle. If these commuters are high on style and function while not overcomplicating things, it’s the red cherry on top.When it comes to personal commuters, less is more and vice versa too. So, what if you get the per...
(PDF) BCG - Streaming Video Heads Back to the Future
[Business]
2022/06/21 09:10
Consumers are in control, and company strategies are shifting as the market matures. Is the streaming-video marketplace of the early 2020s beginning to resemble the linear-TV landscape of 40 years ago?Back then, ad-supported television still reigned, while cable, satellite, and other video distributors offered consumers a rapidly expanding number of paid-TV channels, the most popular of which w...
A.I. Software Called DALL-E Turns Your Words Into Pictures
[Tech]
2022/06/21 09:09
Google and OpenAI are among companies that have developed artificial intelligence models that generate images based on text.Pictures from a publicly-available tool called DALL-E Mini have become trendy on social media.As with other AI technologies, there are moral and ethical concerns about how the products will be used.The DALL-E Mini software from a group of open-source developers isn't perfe...
Amazon Starts Monthly Book Club
[Business]
2022/06/21 09:08
Amazon has entered the book club world with the creation of Sarah Selects. Named after Amazon’s editorial director for books Sarah Gelman, the club’s first selection is Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith, which will be released on May 31 by Grand Central Publishing. The book club, which is the first to feature a selection by a prominent Amazon executive, is available on Amazon Book Clubs, a...
The Big 4 Accounting Firms have been Steadily Growing
[Investing]
2022/06/21 09:07
For the best part of the last two decades the "big 4" — made up of EY, Deloitte, PwC and KPMG — have dominated the world of professional services. Do business, or even just look at the accounts of, any major multinational company and you're likely to cross paths with the work of one of the audit, advisory, consulting, corporate finance, legal or tax divisions of the big 4.Indeed, in just over...
Autonomic Materials Raised $3M for ESG Compatible Smart Coatings
[Investing]
2022/06/21 09:06
Autonomic Materials, a Champaign, IL-based developer of self-healing, ESG compatible smart coatings incorporating proprietary and patented microencapsulation technology, raised $3M in funding.The round was led by Burwell Management Company and Camino Real Capital Partners with participation from CSR Investments, Phoenix Venture Partners, and Solvay Ventures.The company intends to use the funds...
