Framework’s repairability philosophy is set to expand beyond the laptop

December 20, 2024

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A live agent spends hours each week manually documenting routine interactions. Another combs through multiple knowledge bases to find the right solution, scrambling to piece it together while the customer waits on hold. A third types out the same response they’ve written dozens of times before. These repetitive tasks can be draining, leaving less time…

April 23, 2024

Framework Computer was ahead of the curve. The company was founded in 2019, as 20 U.S. states began exploring potential right to repair bills. It delivered its first product, the Framework 13, in 2021, a year before New York enacted its landmark (if flawed) Digital Fair Repair Act. Today, the company sells its repairable laptops […]

Y Combinator alum Matterport is being bought by real estate juggernaut Costar at a 212% premium

April 23, 2024

The transaction represents a premium of a whopping 212% over Matterport’s last closing share price before the deal was announced on April 22.

Fintech Fundid was shut down over interest rates and a strained cap table

April 23, 2024

To keep going, Fundid “needed to put up a lot more collateral because of the changing environment,” Stefanie Sample said.

10 Big Ways to Shine for National Small Business Week (and 5 Things to Avoid)

April 23, 2024

Every year, the U.S. Small Business Administration takes time to honor America’s top small businesses. As one of the country’s 33 million small businesses, you are the engine of the nation’s economy. Share your story and grow new business by leveraging your connection with your community.

Texture makes a bid to become the world’s go-to platform of the energy transition

April 23, 2024

The startup, founded by an Arcadia alumnus, seeks to become a common data collection and sharing platform for renewable power sources like wind, solar, and batteries.

With Easel, ex-Snap researchers are building the next-generation Bitmoji thanks to AI

April 23, 2024

Easel is a new startup that sits at the intersection of the generative AI and social trends, founded by two former employees at Snap. The company has been working on an app that lets you create images of yourself and your friends doing cool things directly from your favorite iMessage conversations. There’s a reason why […]

The Download: the future of geoengineering, and how to make stronger, lighter materials

April 23, 2024

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why new proposals to restrict geoengineering are misguided —Daniele Visioni is a climate scientist and assistant professor at Cornell University The public debate over whether we should consider intentionally altering the climate system…

Successful Businesses Have This One Thing in Common

April 23, 2024

I’m a professor of global healthcare entrepreneurship — here’s what my research told me about a key component of a successful venture and how to leverage it.

Two widow founders launch DayNew, a social platform for people dealing with grief and trauma

April 23, 2024

After losing their husbands in devastating and unexpected ways, Karine Nissim and Eloise Bune D’Agostino discovered there were no suitable places where people could go to face all the challenges that surface during the grieving process, including daunting tasks such as organizing a funeral ceremony and donating belongings, as well as scouring the internet for […]

Amazon wants to host companies’ custom generative AI models

April 23, 2024

AWS, Amazon’s cloud computing business, wants to be the go-to place companies host and fine-tune their custom generative AI models. Today, AWS announced the launch of Custom Model Import (in preview), a new feature in Bedrock, AWS’ enterprise-focused suite of generative AI services, that allows organizations to import and access their in-house generative AI models […]

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