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As startups whip up a restaurant tech frenzy, is anyone close to Toast?

TechCrunch

Technology innovation often comes in waves, but the restaurant industry saw its surf get bigger and stronger due in part to the pandemic. As startups whip up a restaurant tech frenzy, is anyone close to Toast? Toast also said it is on track to generate revenues of $2.6 billion this year.

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Have we reached the end of ‘too expensive’ for enterprise software?

CIO

While useful, these tools offer diminishing value due to a lack of innovation or differentiation. Finally, chatbots are often inappropriate user interfaces due to a lack of knowledge about better alternatives for solving certain problems. Does the data from the receipts also need to include net and gross prices or tax rates?

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5 tips for better business value from gen AI

CIO

Set clear, measurable metrics around what you want to improve with generative AI, including the pain points and the opportunities, says Shaown Nandi, director of technology at AWS. CIOs should return to basics, zero in on metrics that will improve through gen AI investments, and estimate targets and timeframes.

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Proptech in Review: 3 investors explain why they’re bullish on tech that makes buildings greener

TechCrunch

We asked three venture capital firms investing at the intersection of proptech and climate tech about how a focus on reducing emissions can trim a building’s carbon footprint and offer new opportunities for returns. Spending on getting the world’s real estate to net zero will require $1.7 And the potential market is enormous.

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14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies

TechCrunch

Last year, round sizes for climate tech startups quadrupled, with more than 600 investments totaling over $40 billion. What is your climate tech investment thesis in H1 2022? I see it as a net positive that I don’t think there’s enough capital that we could put towards this to really find the underlying true issues here.

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Kenya-based aquaculture tech Victory Farms nets $5M funding to expand into new markets

TechCrunch

In 2015, Rehmann teamed up with his longtime business partner Steve Moran to explore Lake Victoria and perform some feasibility studies on how they could use technology to disrupt the country’s cold chain markets. We run a tech-enabled platform and have scaled 2x faster than any other African fish company. billion fish deficit.

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Mexico’s fintech success: How tech is driving the population to banking

TechCrunch

Mexico repeatedly tops most innovative fintech hub lists, and neobank and digital wallet transactions are consistently increasing — during COVID lockdowns they rose by an estimated 80%. And because many Mexicans have little trust in banks, the transparency of fintech options has played a big part in people adopting the new technology.

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