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Human.ai nabs $3.2M seed to build personal intelligence platform

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“I think overall the messaging of what we delivered at TechCrunch Disrupt regarding an individual personal AI that is secured by blockchain to retain and recall [information] really set the stage for what the company is all about, both from a user standpoint as well as from an investor standpoint,” Kanuganti told me.

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A blueprint for successfully executing business-aligned IT strategies

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CIOs must take an active role in educating their C-suite counterparts about the strategic applications of technologies like, for example, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, blockchain, and cloud computing. Vipin Jain, founder and chief architect of Transformation Enablers Inc. federal agencies.

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Daily Crunch: India’s Central Bank says cryptocurrency ‘may even be worse’ than Ponzi schemes

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We have a busy slate for you today, including news sure to annoy the blockchain faithful, new funds, Facebook’s latest rebrand and more. India continues to debate the fate of cryptocurrencies : A nation’s regulatory and banking bodies debating blockchain technology and its related tokens is a daily occurrence. Big Tech Inc.

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Three months ago, he was laid off from Twitter. Now, his competing app Spill is funded.

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Spill plans to incorporate blockchain technology to credit and pay creators who start trends and wide-ranging conversations, though Terrell is adamant that Spill is not a crypto project and will not pay in crypto. Historically, studies have shown that tweets written in AAVE (African American vernacular English) were 2.2

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Startup studio eFounders reaches portfolio valuation of $2 billion

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Instead of copying Rocket Internet altogether, they altered the business model quite drastically on three different aspects: They try to come up with original startup ideas, not copycats; They want to work with entrepreneurs, not consultants-turned-entrepreneurs; Their portfolio companies should be able to operate on their own after 12 to 18 months.

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Fintech Roundup: How going Fast and furious can ruin your startup

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One day later, on December 7, it was revealed that CTO Diane Yu was transitioning from her role as Chief Technology Officer – a position she had just assumed in January 2021 – into an advisory position. While Vareto is mainly targeting larger, enterprise businesses, Clockwork.ai And $12 billion is still A LOT of money.

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IBM Blockchain Platform now live in Melbourne

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IBM has made its blockchain platform available out of the IBM data center in Melbourne, allowing customers to run their applications on the company’s cloud and abide by data sovereignty requirements.