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Treepz founder Onyeka Akumah on how to succeed in transportation tech

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In sub-Saharan Africa, only 33% of the urban population has access to public transportation, compared to 75% in Europe and North America, according to UN statistics. This lack of access to transportation is in stark contrast to other upward metrics on the African continent, like its growing access to equitable education and healthcare.

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Joby Aviation acquires Avionyx to accelerate aerospace software certification

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Joby Aviation , a California-based company developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOL) for commercial passenger service , announced the acquisition of Avionyx , an aerospace software engineering firm, on the TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility stage on Wednesday.

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Korea’s Portlogics makes international shipping easier for merchants with its software tool

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This includes all the administrative processes, from shippers to importers, and covers logistics, customs, charges and transportation booking. In addition, Portlogics is in talks with B2B SaaS security companies to help it protect the customers using its software and bolster its own data security measures, Choi added.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: eVTOL takes off, pivoting with agility, when to hire a lawyer

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Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Transportation reporter Rebecca Bellan interviewed Tortoise co-founder Dmitry Shevelenko about his company’s transition “from using a hardware-as-a-service model to a take-rate scheme that gives it 10% of any sales made from its card payment-enabled bots.”.

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Helm.ai snags $31M to scale its ‘unsupervised’ autonomous driving software

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Helm.ai, a startup developing software designed for advanced driver assistance systems, autonomous driving and robotics, is one of them. co-founders Tudor Achim and Vlad Voroninski took aim at the software. developed software that can understand sensor data as well as a human — a goal not unlike others in the field.

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Pony.ai to issue recall of autonomous driving software

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it believed the software had a safety defect and requested a recall, the startup said in a filing. The software issue in the vehicle that crashed was also found in two other Pony.ai Pony also said it has updated its software code. While the startup hasn’t had the best of luck in the United States, due to its U.S.

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

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Increasingly, however, CIOs are reviewing and rationalizing those investments. As VP of cloud capabilities at software company Endava, Radu Vunvulea consults with many CIOs in large enterprises. Are they truly enhancing productivity and reducing costs? That said, 2025 is not just about repatriation. Judes Perry.

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