Hexa, a 3D asset visualization and management platform, today announced that it closed a $20.5 million Series A round from Point72 Ventures, Samurai Incubate, Sarona Partners and HTC. CEO and co-founder Yehiel Atias said that the cash will be put toward product development and expanded customer acquisition efforts well into 2023.HTC’s participation in the round might seem curious. After all, t...

Tilt is not your conventional hairdryers, it’s your abled-assistant hairdryer. This concept project has been designed based on usability and ergonomics benefits, especially for people with limited mobility in one or both arms. Tilt a concept hairdryer that offers a new topology, presenting a friendly ergonomic product within the constraints of modern hairdryer components. Can you imagine when...

While we’re on the topic of blockchain, a few of eBay’s recent patent filings show how it wants to be a one-stop shop for both luxury sneakers and NFTs.First up, eBay filed a patent application for a system for “fingerprinting physical items to mint NFTs.” Basically, this tech uses several photos of a product to create and mind a “digital twin NFT,” as well as to authenticate the item. On...

Renewed interest in reusable packaging is gathering momentum. However, the concept is complex, and stakeholders should understand the impact of cost and environmental factors.The concept of reusable packaging is not new. Over the past century, reusability systems were in place for commodities such as milk and wine, among others. Today, as industries around the world aim to reduce their carbon e...

The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and plans for an all-new one.Google’s employees were shocked when they learned in March that the South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung was considering replacing Google with Microsoft’s Bing as the default search engine on its devices.For years, Bing had been a s...

Elon Musk founds new AI company called X.AI. The company was incorporated in Nevada.Elon Musk has created a new company dedicated to artificial intelligence — and it’s called X.AI, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The company, which a Nevada filing indicates was incorporated last month, currently has Musk as its director and Jared Birchall, the director of Musk’s family office,...

Infogrid, a startup that uses AI to collect and analyze data on things like air quality, occupancy and energy consumption, today announced that it raised $90 million in a Series B round led by Northzone. William Cowell de Gruchy, Infogrid’s CEO, says that the cash will be put toward product development, strategic hires and customer acquisition efforts.“Now was the time to raise the capital an...

Here’s why that is no bad thing.After decades of blue-collar jobs being snatched up by machines, advanced chatbots are now breathing down white collars. “Generative” artificial-intelligence (ai) tools, such as ChatGPT, have made significant progress in crafting human-sounding language and grasping context. So much so that they have leapfrogged humans in some tasks. This could make as many as...

Open Architecture recently unveiled the stunning visuals for the Yichang Grand Theatre in China. Occupying almost 70,000 square meters, the theatre will be built at the Pinghu Peninsula in Hubei Province. The theater is located at the sight where the Yangtze River meets the Huangbai River tributary – making it an idyllic and unique location. The theatre will have quite an ambiguous and amorpho...