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Sequoia’s Jess Lee will demystify product-market fit at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024
Build something people want. It’s a simple concept — and one that Y Combinator loves to repeat — but one that can be hard to get right when building a startup. How strongly a technology good or service resonates with potential customers is often called “product-market fit,” or PMF. The more product-market fit you have, […]
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Satellite servicing tech startup, led by former head of Ukraine’s space agency, lands $4M
Kurs Orbital, a startup founded by Ukrainian space industry veterans, has closed a new tranche of funding to accelerate the commercialization of its satellite servicing technology. The two-year-old company aims to unlock a new era for human activities in space by enabling capabilities like satellite relocation and inspection, de-orbiting and space debris removal. Kurs does […]
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k-ID launches a solution that helps game developers comply with ever-changing child safety regulations
Making a video game successful is already hard. Doing so while complying with the growing number of child safety laws and regulations around the world is an almost insurmountable task. A new technology company called k-ID aims to make this process much easier for game makers, by offering a framework that protects publishers and developers […]
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Chinese EVs have entered center stage in US-China tensions
Google and XPRIZE Are Awarding $5 Million to Anyone Who Develops Quantum Computing Algorithms For Real Life. Here’s What The Technology Can Do.
Accenture to acquire Udacity to build a learning platform focused on AI
Accenture announced today that it would acquire the learning platform Udacity as part of an effort to build a learning platform focused on the growing interest in AI. While the company didn’t specify how much it paid for Udacity, it also announced a $1 billion investment in building a technology learning platform it’s calling LearnVantage. […]
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