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Merlyn Mind emerges from stealth with $29M and a hardware and software solution to help teachers with tech

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We’ve chronicled, in great detail, the many layers of technology, services and solutions that have been wrapped around the world of education in recent years — and especially in the last year, which became a high watermark for digital learning tools because of COVID-19.

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CIOs’ lack of success metrics dooms many AI projects

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Many organizations have launched dozens of AI proof-of-concept projects only to see a huge percentage fail, in part because CIOs don’t know whether the POCs are meeting key metrics, according to research firm IDC. The potential cost can be huge, with some POCs costing millions of dollars, Saroff says.

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Nvidia points to the future of AI hardware

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During its GPU Technology Conference in mid-March, Nvidia previewed Blackwell, a powerful new GPU designed to run real-time generative AI on trillion-parameter large language models (LLMs), and Nvidia Inference Microservices (NIM), a software package to optimize inference for dozens of popular AI models.

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How we pivoted our deep tech startup to become a SaaS company

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Initially, we approached this as a hardware challenge until we determined that the key to meeting next-generation electric motor demand actually lies in software. Pivoting from hardware to SaaS was the right move for our electric motor design startup, but the process wasn’t precisely linear. An assessment of global trends (e.g.,

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Gather AI secures new cash to scan inventory in warehouses using drones

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The trio had the idea to use drones to gather data — specifically data in warehouses, such as the number of items on a shelf and the locations of particular pallets. Arora co-founded Gather AI in 2019 with Daniel Maturana and Geetesh Dubey, graduate students at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute.

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Hyundai invests in teleoperations startup Ottopia as part of $9M round

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Ottopia’s software is combined with off-the-shelf hardware components like monitors and cameras to create a teleoperations center. The company’s software also includes assistive features, which provide “path” instructions to the AV without having to remotely control the vehicle.

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Paladin publicly launches Knighthawk, a first response drone for cities

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Houston-headquartered Paladin is a startup building a custom drone hardware and software solution for cities to be able to respond to emergencies faster and with better data. Back then, the focus was on building software to integrate with an off-the-shelf DJI drone. Image Credits: Paladin Drones.