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Singapore-based Transcelestial uses lasers to build affordable internet networks

TechCrunch

Transcelestial is on a mission to make the internet more accessible by building a network of shoebox-sized devices that send lasers to one another, creating a fiber-like network. This brings Transcelestial’s total raised since it was founded in 2016 to $24 million. Transcelestial plans to enter the U.S. and anywhere on earth.”

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Data center provider fakes Tier 4 data center certificate to bag $11M SEC deal

CIO

Another news report dated 2016 shows Jain as the Founder and CEO of AiNET, which “designs, constructs, operates, and supports Internet data centers, optical fiber networks, and easy-to-understand cloud solutions. His LinkedIn profile also says Jain is the founder of AiNET and claims the company’s data centers are Tier 4 certified.

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Microsoft’s latest OpenAI investment opens way to new enterprise services

CIO

A move that is likely to unlock similar investments from competitors — Google in particular — and open the way for new or improved software tools for enterprises large and small. Up to that point, OpenAI had only allowed enterprises and academics access to the software through a limited API.

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Starry’s SPAC part of Chet Kanojia’s mission to shake up broadband

TechCrunch

Eight years after starting Starry to change the way the home internet is delivered, CEO Chaitanya “Chet” Kanojia announced this week that the company completed its special purpose acquisition with FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp. You can read more about Starry’s origins in a 2016 interview with Kanojia.

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South African startup Talk360’s seed funding hits $7M after new backing

TechCrunch

Months after the initial close of its seed round, Talk360 , a South African Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) startup, has raised an additional $3 million, bringing the total investment raised in the round to $7 million. The company said its internet calling app has connected 2.3 seed funding.

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Lidar company Quanergy to go public via $1.4B SPAC deal

TechCrunch

The company generated a lot of hype after it announced in 2016 that it had developed a lidar that cost $250 or less (for reference, around the same time Velodyne was selling a lidar sensor for $75,000). Quanergy says it has more than 350 customers and 40 partnerships globally, across both the automotive and internet of things sectors.

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The End of Programming as We Know It

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Big data, web services, and cloud computing established a kind of internet operating system. Services like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Stripe made it possible to do formerly difficult, high-stakes enterprise tasks like taking payments with minimal programming expertise. But quality will have its place in the market. It always does.