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Overcoming the infrastructure challenges to accelerate AI success

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But for many, simply providing the necessary infrastructure for these projects is the first challenge but it does not have to be. Another problem is that the adoption of automation in infrastructure is not at the level required. Already, leading organizations are seeing significant benefits from the use of AI.

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2021

TechCrunch

When we penned the intro for this piece last year , little did we know that — in many ways — we’d still be deep in it by the time 2021’s feature rolled around. 2021 also largely lacked the kind of blockbuster crashes we saw last year, courtesy of names like Quibi and Essential. Abundant Robotics (2016-2021).

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Color raises $167 million funding at $1.5 billion valuation to expand ‘last mile’ of US health infrastructure

TechCrunch

This brings the total raised by Color to $278 million, with its latest large round intended to help it build on a record year of growth in 2020 with even more expansion to help put in place key health infrastructure systems across the U.S. including those related to the “last mile” delivery of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Ecuadorian payments infrastructure startup Kushki lands $100M at a $1.5B valuation

TechCrunch

Ecuadorian payments infrastructure company Kushki has raised $100 million in an extension to its Series B round, more than doubling its valuation to $1.5 The startup had raised $86 million in the first tranche of the financing in June of 2021 at a post-money valuation of $600 million. Europe, APAC and Brazil.

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5 key innovations taking e-scooters to a half-billion rides in 2021

TechCrunch

Today, they’re on track to surpass half a billion rides globally by 2021, far outpacing early growth in the carbon-heavy ride-hailing industry founded by Uber in 2009. Responsible data-sharing standards and practices to help cities build new infrastructure for bikes and scooters. #4: Share on Twitter.

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Announcing the Startup Battlefield companies pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

Selected from the most competitive batch in TC history, selected founders from across the globe will pitch on the virtual stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. It’s apparent that this next wave of founders are very much focused on building unicorns and also building deeply impactful technologies. With just over a 1.5%

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Gartner projects major IT spending increases for 2025

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growth this year, with data center spending increasing by nearly 35% in 2024 in anticipation of generative AI infrastructure needs. This spending on AI infrastructure may be confusing to investors, who won’t see a direct line to increased sales because much of the hyperscaler AI investment will focus on internal uses, he says.