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Inside Seoul Robotics’s contrarian approach to autonomous vehicle tech

TechCrunch

Instead of developing and embedding the entire self-driving system, including sensors into a vehicle, Seoul is turning to surrounding infrastructure to do some of the heavy lifting. We now offer three plug-and-play LiDAR development kits that include all the components necessary for any organization to get set up with a 3D system.”

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Arcol aims to do for building design what Figma did for UI design

TechCrunch

Through all of this I saw firsthand how bad the tools we use to design buildings are and I thought that architects, engineers and contractors deserved better tools,” O’Carroll told TechCrunch. The product is currently in development and will be released later this year, and O’Carroll said the waitlist just passed 8,000 people.

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LiveKit co-founder believes the metaverse needs open infrastructure

TechCrunch

He dug into how the app was being powered by Agora and began developing a desktop app for his idea. D’Sa and his team, which includes co-founder David Zhao, developed a free, open source infrastructure for building and scaling real-time audio and video experiences, aka WebRTC, in applications. That’s how LiveKit was born.

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Juicy Marbles gets $4.5M to sizzle up plant-based steaks

TechCrunch

However, so often they’re met with poor substitutes, or they resist going fully plant-based because they’re not ready to give up on little luxuries, like whole cut meats. The team at Juicy Marbles acutely understands this. It’s also planning to expand its team and further beef up R&D efforts, including on developing new cuts.

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Dutch startup hub Utrecht emerges from Amsterdam’s shadow

TechCrunch

The investment scene is described variously as focusing on software, clean tech, life sciences, biotech, organoids, 3D bioprinting, AI and VR/AR. What is it weak in? What is it weak in? Weak: robotics, engineering, ag. What is it weak in? What is it weak in? One says: “In Amsterdam it’s ok.

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The Good and the Bad of Ionic Mobile Development

Altexsoft

Traditionally, you would develop an app for two main platforms, Android (using Java or Kotlin) and iOS (using Swift or Objective C ), natively. Native development offers high performance, easy access to hardware controls, API integration, and full functionality. Ionic isn’t new to the market of mobile applications development.

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Synthesis AI raises $17M to generate synthetic data for computer vision

TechCrunch

Synthesis AI , a startup developing a platform that generates synthetic data to train AI systems, today announced that it raised $17 million in a Series A funding round led by 468 Capital with participation from Sorenson Ventures and Strawberry Creek Ventures, Bee Partners, PJC, iRobot Ventures, Boom Capital and Kubera Venture Capital.

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