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Deep tech startups in need of funding should consider federal grants

TechCrunch

who aim to power next-generation technology without the need for expensive hardware that takes billions of dollars to develop and years to deploy. For deep tech startups, the capital game can be a tricky one to play. applicants signals that your innovation has strong technical and commercial merit and the potential for broad U.S.

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‘Just-in-time’ AI: Has its moment arrived?

CIO

Just as Japanese Kanban techniques revolutionized manufacturing several decades ago, similar “just-in-time” methods are paying dividends as companies get their feet wet with generative AI. The timeliness is critical. You don’t want to do the work too much in advance because you want that real-time context. Google has come up with a RAG service.

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CIOs are rethinking how they use public cloud services. Here’s why.

CIO

Increasingly, however, CIOs are reviewing and rationalizing those investments. Over the past few years, enterprises have strived to move as much as possible as quickly as possible to the public cloud to minimize CapEx and save money. Are they truly enhancing productivity and reducing costs? We see this more as a trend, he says.

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Valence raises $25M to track team performance with continuous reviews

TechCrunch

Valence , a growing teamwork platform, today announced that it raised $25 million in a Series A round led by Insight Partners. Co-founder and CEO Parker Mitchell said that the tranche will be used to triple the size of the company’s team to 75, expand its sales footprint (particularly in Europe), and build out Valence’s product team.

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Understanding the Dynamics of Custom Software Development

The Crazy Programmer

Compared to commercial off-the-shelf software products (COTS), custom-developed software is built to meet a narrow, specific set of requirements. Commercial off-the-shelf products are obviously designed to appeal to the masses as they are commercially marketed and distributed. Why Choose Custom Software Development?

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Vercel raises $102M Series C for its front-end development platform

TechCrunch

Older solutions, Rauch argues, were built in isolation from the cloud platforms and serverless technologies, leaving it up to the developers to deploy and scale their solutions. “So instead of just spending all your time in code review, we’re shifting the equation to spending your time reviewing or experiencing your front end.

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Off the Shelf vs Custom Software: Making the Right Choice for Your Business

Trigent

Here’s all that you need to make an informed choice on off the shelf vs custom software. While doing so, they have two choices – to buy a ready-made off-the-shelf solution created for the mass market or get a custom software designed and developed to serve their specific needs and requirements.