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FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked

TechCrunch

Startups like FlexID remind us that distributed ledger technology has the potential to play other roles, including offering trusted records of identities without the need for a centralized authority. million in 2016. Zimbabwean serial entrepreneur Victor Mapunga founded FlexID in 2018 out of his frustration with the banking system.

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AgBiome lands $166M for safer crop protection technology

TechCrunch

Due to its safer formula, Howler can be used as the last spray in the program, and its differentiator is a shorter re-entry period — farmers can spray in the morning and be able to go back out in the field in the afternoon. The company saw 10x sales growth in 2020, Uknes told TechCrunch.

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Build generative AI applications quickly with Amazon Bedrock IDE in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio

AWS Machine Learning - AI

They have structured data such as sales transactions and revenue metrics stored in databases, alongside unstructured data such as customer reviews and marketing reports collected from various channels. The system will take a few minutes to set up your project. On the next screen, leave all settings at their default values.

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With fresh capital, Symend aims to build a better debt collection system

TechCrunch

A 2016 whitepaper from the Association of Credit and Collection Professionals International found that debt rose from $150 billion to over $600 billion in the previous five years. “This latest injection of growth capital allows us to meet the growing demand for our behavioral engagement technology around the world. .

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The Cake is NOT a Lie: 5 Java Frameworks to Support Your Microservices Architecture

OverOps

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on May 5, 2016. The microservices trend is becoming impossible to ignore,” I wrote in 2016. Higher frequency releases and increased collaboration between dev and ops is exciting, but it’s important to stay diligent.

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The 10 Biggest Rounds Of February: Saronic And NinjaOne Lead Big Month

Crunchbase News

Founded in 2016, Apptronik had previously raised $28 million, per the company. Apptronik, which competes with Tesla , has partnered with NASA and Nvidia , and has developed 15 robotic systems, including NASAs humanoid robot Valkyrie. Harvey develops AI tools that help legal pros with research, document review and contract analysis.

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Ghanaian fintech Dash raises $32.8M seed to build connected wallets for Africans

TechCrunch

But here’s the challenge: While both systems tend to work well when users make transactions within their unique environment, there’s no interoperability for transactions between them. Telecoms and banks lead the majority of online financial transactions carried out in the region via mobile money wallets and bank accounts.

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