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Dow turns to AI to accelerate chemical search

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With several million compounds to choose from, chemists often must resort to intuition when trying to solve complex problems around chemical processes. US multinational Dow Chemical was working with a pulp and paper manufacturer to improve inefficiencies in its chemical process with a goal of producing a better, safer pulp yield.

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The era of software-defined battery startups is here

TechCrunch

Designing and manufacturing pouches, slabs or cylinders filled with volatile chemicals that are capable of recharging ever more quickly is far from easy. Enter artificial intelligence. “Batteries are hard,” an expert once said. He wasn’t kidding. It gets even harder when you consider the realm of possibilities.

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Shauntel Garvey of Reach Capital will join us to judge this year’s Startup Battlefield

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They know firsthand about engagement and how to get it; connecting with larger ecosystems of stakeholders; learning to work with public and private bodies; and the ins and outs of tapping into the latest innovations in areas like streaming, artificial intelligence and graphics to get the most out of a concept.

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Your future shrimp meal could come from Atarraya’s farming technology

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The three-pronged technology includes biofloc technology, which creates an ideal environment to protect shrimp from disease and so they can grow without the need for antibiotics or harsh chemicals and with minimal need for water discharge.

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What is S/4HANA? SAP’s latest ERP system explained

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SAP Business Technology Platform: Extending and enhancing S/4HANA The SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) is an integrated offering for extending and enhancing S/4HANA.

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Goldman Sachs leads $202M investment in project44, doubling its valuation to $1.2B in a matter of months

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Customers hail from a variety of industries, including CPG, retail, e-commerce, manufacturing, pharma and chemical. The company also aims to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) and data science capabilities and broaden sales and marketing reach globally.

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Molecule.one grows its drug synthesis AI platform with a $4.6M seed round

TechCrunch

Molecule.one creates a workflow starting with ordinary off-the-shelf chemicals and provides step by step instructions using known methods of how to go from A to B… and to C, D, and so on (it’s rarely simple). “In each move of this game, instead of moving a piece on a board, we break a chemical bond between a pair of atoms.

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