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Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar industry

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Allison Xu is an investor at Bain Capital Ventures, where she focuses on investments in the fintech and property tech sectors. In the wake of COVID-19 this spring, construction sites across the nation emptied out alongside neighboring restaurants, retail stores, offices and other commercial establishments. A construction tech boom.

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Cyber Monday scams? Fakespot says it can identify fraudulent reviews and sellers online

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The pandemic has made it all but impossible for a retail company without an online presence to survive. It’s using AI to notify online shoppers when the products they’re looking to buy are fake listings or when reviews they’re reading on marketplaces like Amazon or eBay are a fiction. It also tracks fake upvotes.).

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YC-backed Namibian startup JABU gets $3.2M for its B2B e-commerce and retail play

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As a last-mile distribution e-commerce company, JABU joins a list of startups across the continent that help small retailers order and stock their products and, at the same time, provide data-driven services to suppliers and manufacturers. Then, he stumbled on the country’s B2B e-commerce retail opportunity. “We

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IT leaders: check out how 2D barcodes and RFID are reinventing retail

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The retail landscape has undergone massive shifts in recent years to adopt self-checkout systems. But major retailers like Walmart, Target, and Dollar General are starting to phase out self-check in some locations because they’ve contributed to higher rates of shoplifting and inventory loss. The benefits are potentially huge.

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Unlocking the full potential of enterprise AI

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Research from Gartner, for example, shows that approximately 30% of generative AI (GenAI) will not make it past the proof-of-concept phase by the end of 2025, due to factors including poor data quality, inadequate risk controls, and escalating costs. [1] 4] On their own AI and GenAI can deliver value.

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Backed by Accel, Minoan Experience is creating a new category of e-commerce called ‘native retail’

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Instead of asking the property owner where it’s from and tracking it down, Minoan Experience lets you order the product by scanning a QR code. The “native retail” startup announced today that it has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Accel. Then Minoan’s tech gives them an easy way to buy those products and also collect reviews.

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Use radical objectivity to create and retain an inclusive workforce

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James Nash is CEO and founder of inbeta , a tech-enabled talent specialist using data, social listening and human science to help corporations overcome bias. Technology and data analysis can help you here, providing robust insights on the messages you’re sending. Technology and training in tandem can help with that.