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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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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] Reliability and security is paramount.

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Scaling Startups: The Ultimate Guide For Founders

Luis Goncalves

Learn more about the key differences between scale-ups and start-ups Why You Need a Framework for Scaling a Business Many businesses fail not because of poor products or insufficient market demand, but due to ineffective management of rapid growth. Scaling challenges can overwhelm even promising startups without a systematic approach.

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Daily Crunch: After buying Twitter, will Musk bite back at Apple’s in-app purchase fees?

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99 Twitter problems, and Apple might have one : It’s no secret that Elon Musk thinks Apple’s 30% IAP (“inventor assistance program” to those of us not up on tech lingo) transaction charge to developers is “a lot.” OTI raises $55 million for technology to remove screen obstructions. Big Tech Inc. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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Build generative AI applications quickly with Amazon Bedrock IDE in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio

AWS Machine Learning - AI

To address these challenges, we introduce Amazon Bedrock IDE , an integrated environment for developing and customizing generative AI applications. Consider a global retail site operating across multiple regions and countries. The following diagram illustrates the conceptual architecture of an AI assistant with Amazon Bedrock IDE.

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Founders of well-funded Egyptian B2B startup Capiter fired following fraud allegations

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Last September, Egyptian startup Capiter raised $33 million in Series A funding to compete in the country’s growing B2B e-commerce and retail space. Others described a workplace with poor management and no structure and a company finding it hard to onboard merchants to its platform while running out of money simultaneously.

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Extra Crunch roundup: 3 lies VCs tell, betting big on Kubernetes, NYC’s enterprise boom

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Although older adults are one of the fastest-growing demographics, they’re quite underserved when it comes to consumer tech. What’s driving the global surge in retail media spending? As the pandemic changed consumer behavior and regulations began to reshape digital marketing tools, advertisers are turning to retail media.