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Daily Crunch: Reddit raises $250M

TechCrunch

Mighty Buildings nabs $40M Series B to 3D print your next house — The startup says it can 3D print a 350-square-foot studio apartment in just 24 hours. million first fund in 2010 to its $100 million fourth fund in 2017.

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China’s game engine Cocos raises $50M, goes beyond games

TechCrunch

Cocos Technologies, a China-based game engine provider that has been around since 2010, just announced it has picked up $50 million in a Series B funding round in a bid to work on development and move beyond games. To play catchup, the Beijing-based company added 3D capabilities to its engine last year.

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John Carmack Biography

The Crazy Programmer

He is the co-founder of id Software, and the main programmer of popular games Wolfenstein, Commander Keen, 3D, Quake and Doom. The group released Wolfenstein 3D in 1992 and then Doom in 1993. Online gaming has encouraged the growth of the 3D rendering sector of the computer hardware market.

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Stability.ai gets new CEO and investment dream team to start rescue mission

CIO

He was also Facebook’s first president, a role in which he was portrayed by Justin Timberlake in the 2010 movie, The Social Network. The market opportunity in generative media — spanning images, video, 3D, voice and music — is just getting started.” Joining the board will be Sean Parker, co-founder of MP3 music icon Napster.

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Insider’s Guide to the New Holographic Computing

CTOvision

I’ve been blogging for years about a variety of research efforts which additively culminated in today’s announcements: HoloLens, HoloStudio for 3D holographic building, and a series of apps (e.g. I’ve worn it, used it, designed 3D models with it, explored the real surface of Mars, played and laughed and marveled with it.

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Singapore-based retail analytics company Trax raises $640M Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and BlackRock

TechCrunch

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Singapore, Trax also has offices in Brazil, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Israel, Mexico, Japan, Hungary, France, Russia and Australia. Despite limitations, 3D and AR are creating new realities in retail. The company says it serves customers in more than 90 countries.

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Why VCs Are Betting Robots Will Help Build Your Next Home

Crunchbase News

We’ve heard so many funds say SaaS was the wave of 2010 to 2020, and the opportunity that’s next will be automation of labor,” he said. Between 2021 and 2022, for instance, Austin, Texas-based Icon , known for its iconic 3D-printed homes, landed nearly $400 million in Series B funding.