December 20, 2024

Pairing live support with accurate AI outputs

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…

Satellite servicing tech startup, led by former head of Ukraine’s space agency, lands $4M

March 6, 2024

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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Headspace brings meditation to Meta Quest

March 6, 2024

Mindfulness and meditation apps have tremendous potential in the world of extended reality. The full immersion created by headsets like the Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro offer great potential to kickstart such practices, which are notoriously difficult to both begin and maintain. As such, partnership between leading meditation app Headspace and Quest-maker Meta is […]

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Worldcoin hit with temporary ban in Spain over privacy concerns

March 6, 2024

Spain’s data protection authority has ordered Worldcoin to temporarily stop collecting and processing personal data from the market. It must also stop processing any data it previously collected there. The controversial, Sam Altman-founded eyeball-scanning blockchain crypto project started operations in the market last July, as part of a global rollout. The Spanish authority is using […]

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OpenAI fires back at Musk, and Monzo raises a megaround

March 6, 2024

In today’s episode, we talk about OpenAI bringing receipts to its tussle with Musk, Monzo’s big fundraise, a big startup deal, and new climate regulations.

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Babylon Micro-Farms is bringing vertical farming to K-12 classes

March 6, 2024

In an e-mail exchange, Babylon Micro-Farms CEO Alexander Olesson tells me “we’ll have these in every school and apartment one day.” It’s a nice vision, and really the level of belief/commitment required to run a startup – particularly in a field as oft-fraught at vertical farming. With a price point of $6,500, howver, the STEM […]

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Back to the Office: 6 Best Tips to Hire Employees Locally

March 6, 2024
Returning to the office is a chance for businesses to strengthen ties with the community through strategic hiring. Create a strong workforce that contributes to organizational success and community development with these tips.