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The Startup’s Guide to Waterjet Cutting: A Smarter Way to Build Without Limits
- Waterjet cutting offers flexibility and adaptability for startups by providing precision, material versatility, and budget-friendly solutions.
- It uses high-pressure water streams to cut various materials cleanly without heat, making it a preferred choice for early-stage manufacturers.
- Waterjet cutting can handle a wide range of materials including metals, composites, plastics, rubber, glass, stone, wood, and more.
- The process involves pressurizing water, adding abrasive for harder materials, focusing the jet through a nozzle, and eroding the material to create parts.
- There are pure waterjet systems for soft materials and abrasive waterjet systems for hard materials like metal, glass, and stone.
- Waterjet cutting offers competitive tolerances, high dimensional accuracy, and minimal material waste compared to other cutting methods.
- Benefits for startups include cold cutting without heat-affected zones, the ability to cut almost any material, and low setup costs.
- Design rules for waterjet cutting include avoiding sharp corners, accounting for kerf width, and incorporating safety precautions.
- Waterjet cutting is environmentally friendly with no toxic emissions, recyclable water, and reduced waste compared to other methods.
- Waterjet technology is widely used in aerospace, automotive, architecture, manufacturing, food, art, marine industries for various applications.
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Economic Times
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Agritech startup Halter becomes New Zealand's latest unicorn in $100 million fundraise
- Agritech startup, Halter, raised $100 million at a $1 billion valuation, becoming one of New Zealand's unicorns.
- The Series D funding was led by Bond and joined by NewView, Bessemer Venture Partners, DCVC, Blackbird, Icehouse Ventures, and Promus Ventures.
- Halter focuses on cattle management for dairy farmers, using smart collars, connectivity towers, and a mobile app to enhance grazing efficiency and reduce environmental impact.
- The company plans to expand in the US, where it works with 150 ranchers in 18 states, addressing labor shortages and improving herd management efficiency.
- Halter's technology helps ranchers manage herds more efficiently with fewer staff, catering to the aging farmer population and labor shortages in rural areas.
- The US farm industry is experiencing staffing challenges due to recent deportations, impacting an industry traditionally reliant on immigrant labor.
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Customer service AI startup Decagon raises $131 million
- Decagon, a customer service AI startup, raised $131 million in a funding round that valued the company at $1.5 billion.
- The Series C round was led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from existing investors A*, Bain Capital Ventures, and BOND.
- Decagon's funding round comes less than a year after a Series B round where it raised $65 million at a $650 million valuation.
- The company competes with giants like Salesforce and startups like Sierra, led by OpenAI board chairman Bret Taylor.
- Sierra, a competitor, raised $175 million in a funding round with a $4.5 billion valuation in October.
- Decagon has caught investor interest since OpenAI's ChatGPT model, with a focus on AI applications that generate steady revenue.
- Decagon's clientele includes Hertz, Duolingo, Eventbrite, and Chime.
- Chime experienced a 60% reduction in contact center costs and a higher net promoter score using Decagon's services.
- Decagon offers text-based AI customer support like chat and email, as well as AI voice agents for customer support calls.
- The company's tools enable enterprises to build their AI customer support solutions.
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Medium
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Joyce Shen’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, June 23, 2025
- Waymo is testing its cars in NYC and has applied for an autonomous driving permit.
- Midjourney has launched an AI video generator.
- Apple executives have discussed buying Perplexity based on reports from Bloomberg News.
- SoftBank is reportedly planning to launch a trillion-dollar AI and robotics industrial complex.
- Databricks CEO highlighted the company's focus on data and AI governance.
- Several papers on topics like Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Multi-Satellite Earth Observation and Lightweight Federated Tuning for Pretrained Multimodal Large Language Models were published.
- Deal highlights include financing raised by companies like Diskover, Ubyx, Quilt Health, Extend, Hoppr, Athena, RevelAi Health, Tensec, Sunrise Robotics, Alta, YieldClub, Stackup, GDI, and Nabla Technologies.
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PharmEasy founders launch new startup in interior design space, raise funding at $120 million valuation
- Three co-founders of PharmEasy have launched a new startup called All Home in the interior design space in India.
- All Home aims to modernize India's unorganized architectural and interior design market, estimated at $60 billion.
- The platform plans to partner with profitable brands in categories like sanitaryware, furniture, kitchen fittings, furnishings, lighting, and hardware.
- The founders stepped down from their roles at PharmEasy in January and defined new roles at All Home based on their strengths.
- PharmEasy, despite declining revenue, is reviving its IPO ambitions.
- All Home has already partnered with three brands and aims to onboard more, boasting both scale and operational profitability.
- The startup received funding that values it at around $120 million, led by Bessemer Venture Partners and other investors.
- All Home plans to offer partner brands a digital operating system, design insights, and tech-enabled procurement and manufacturing support.
- The interior design sector in India is poised for growth due to rising incomes, but faces challenges of fragmentation and inefficiency.
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ZOFF Foods partners with Reliance Retail to launch ready-to-cook ‘Quick Homestyle Food’ range
- ZOFF Foods partners with Reliance Retail to launch 'Quick Homestyle Food' range in the Ready-to-Cook food space.
- The new range includes 5-Minute Gravies and 1-Minute Marinades in various variants.
- Akash Agrawalla, Co-founder of ZOFF Foods, aims to simplify cooking without compromising traditional flavors with the new products.
- ZOFF Foods targets 400+ stores with the help of the Reliance Retail partnership by July 2025.
- The company emphasizes clean-label and innovation to cater to changing consumer lifestyles.
- ZOFF Foods, founded in 2018 by Akash and Ashish Agrawal, has become a leading spice brand in India.
- The company offers a variety of food products including spices, dry fruits, 5-minute gravy, and marinade mix.
- ZOFF Foods has experienced significant revenue growth from ₹80 crore in 2023 to ₹250 crore in 2024.
- The new Quick Homestyle Food range will be available online and through retail stores, focusing on quality and innovation.
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Medium
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Day 1: What is ChatGPT and How I’m Using It for 30 Days
- ChatGPT is an AI language model developed by OpenAI for generating human-like text, answering questions, writing articles, creating code, and more.
- It acts as a personal assistant, tutor, editor, and idea generator.
- The author is embarking on a 30-day challenge of using ChatGPT daily for tasks like writing, idea generation, learning, planning, and productivity.
- Goals for the 30-day challenge include learning to write better and faster, trying ChatGPT for learning new skills, using AI for blogging, SEO, YouTube ideas, and life planning, and sharing results on Medium.
- The author plans to use ChatGPT for various tasks such as writing, learning, business, etc.
- The challenge involves setting goals, using simple prompts to ask questions, reflecting daily, and sharing progress.
- The author is excited to commence the challenge.
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AllSpice’s platform is the GitHub for electrical engineering teams
- AllSpice.io developed a collaboration platform tailored for electrical hardware engineering teams, filling a gap between existing workflow tools like Slack and email.
- The platform enables collaboration on specialized documents such as PCB and electronic CAD files, allowing engineers to comment on design aspects.
- The co-founder and CTO, Kyle Dumont, highlighted the success of AllSpice in integrating with established tools in hardware teams' workflows rather than creating a new platform from scratch.
- The founding team conducted research to ensure the platform's usability, focusing on user feedback to shape a centralized platform for electronics teams.
- Valentina Ratner, co-founder and CEO, emphasized the importance of learning from what users didn't need or want to build a truly valuable solution.
- Ratner and Dumont's prior experiences at Amazon and iRobot highlighted the necessity for better collaboration tools in hardware design processes.
- The company saw a shift towards enterprise customers like Blue Origin and Bose, leading to a $15 million Series A funding round to expand and enhance their product offerings.
- AllSpice introduced an AI agent tool to assist engineers in validating designs and detecting errors, focusing on accuracy and efficiency in hardware development.
- The new AI agent tool is currently in closed beta to ensure precision given the high stakes of hardware mistakes compared to software errors.
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Investors see potential for young founders to dominate AI space
- Investors are examining the potential of young founders in the artificial intelligence sector.
- Young startup leaders are seen as driving innovation in AI.
- Investors expect AI applications tailored for industries like healthcare and physics.
- Devising models that run on the edge and addressing the current compute challenge are also anticipated.
- AI enables faster business establishment with lower revenue requirements, leading to a rapid proliferation of startups.
- Identifying long-term winners in the AI landscape may be straightforward based on growth criteria.
- New blood in the machine learning space is perceived positively by investors.
- AI-native consumer companies are awaited, with younger founders potentially excelling in this domain.
- Investors highlighted the importance of innovation and avoiding reliance on legacy practices.
- The rise of AI has impacted junior developer roles while offering opportunities for fresh ideas.
- Investors foresee continued demand for compute power and energy efficiency in AI applications.
- In an AI gold rush, young founders may have an advantage due to their fluency in AI and lack of legacy burdens.
- The article includes insights from investors like Aileen Lee and Sue Xu on AI startup potential.
- A video interview delves deeper into the discussions around AI at the event.
- SiliconANGLE Media, known for digital media innovation, is involved in AI through various initiatives.
- The company operates at the intersection of media, technology, and AI, with a focus on digital media brands and audience engagement.
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The AI Browser Wars
- The '90s saw the tech war between Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator over internet gateway control.
- Today's 'Browser Wars 2.0' focuses on owning the intelligence layer inside browsers, impacting user interactions.
- Shift from search-dominated browsing to AI-integrated tools like ChatGPT indicates user comfort with AI interfaces.
- Google, Microsoft, and Apple are integrating AI features in their browsers, altering how users interact with the web.
- New AI-native contenders like Dia, Opera Neon, and Perplexity Comet are reshaping browser functionality.
- These contenders offer AI-first browsers that move from reactive to responsive, search to synthesis, and tools to assistants.
- The competition revolves around developing AI layers that offer intuitive user experiences in accessing web-based information.
- The Browser Wars reflect a shift towards AI-mediated interactions, with startups vying to disrupt the browser market.
- Opportunities lie in creating seamless AI assistance in browsing experiences, potentially through app/agent stores.
- The evolving landscape of AI integration in browsers signals a significant change in how people engage with web information.
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TechCrunch
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Want to know where VCs are investing next? Be in the room at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
- TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 event on Oct 27 at 1:00 pm features VCs sharing their 2026 investment priorities.
- Nina Achadjian from Index Ventures focuses on automating 'forgotten' functions and industries.
- Jerry Chen of Greylock invests in product-driven founders across AI, Cloud, and Data.
- Viviana Faga of Felicis specializes in architecting brand categories and scaling go-to-market for cloud/SaaS.
- Event offers low pricing for attendees registering early, with up to $675 off tickets.
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Prosus Eyes 5 Public Listings In India In FY26, Defers PayU IPO
- Global investor Prosus, after Swiggy's IPO success in 2024, plans for 5 more public listings in India this year.
- Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi emphasizes India's importance in its investment strategy for tech companies.
- Expecting India to produce the next $100 Bn tech company, Prosus aims to replicate Tencent's success in India.
- Key companies from Prosus' India portfolio looking at public listing include BlueStone, Urban Company, Meesho, Captain Fresh, and PayU India.
- PayU India's IPO plans have been deferred to enhance business, with a focus on profitability after recording losses.
- In FY25, Prosus saw robust returns from its investments, with ElasticRun giving the highest IRR in its India portfolio at 28%.
- Prosus remains focused on ecommerce, fintech, AI, and SaaS sectors in India, backed by a strong pipeline of IPO-ready businesses.
- While Swiggy's IRR stood at 23%, Meesho's was at 20%, and PharmEasy faced a negative IRR of 29% due to financial challenges.
- India is a key part of Prosus' long-term investment strategy, evolving into a multi-stage platform across various sectors in the country.
- Overall, Prosus eyes India as a significant market for tech investments and public listings in the upcoming financial year.
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Italian EdTech startup Wibo raises €500k for its upskilling and leadership programmes
- Turin-based EdTech startup Wibo has secured a €500k funding round to enhance its upskilling and leadership training programs in Italy.
- The funding round was led by a group of notable business leaders and supported by Talent Garden and VC fund Techstars.
- Wibo aims to combine human and tech skills through live sessions, exercises, and practical tools in its training model.
- The startup plans to expand its team, focus on AI training areas, and develop proprietary technology with the new funding.
- Founded in 2019, Wibo transitioned from a quiz app to a live quiz platform before pivoting to HR and Learning & Development training.
- Its model integrates human skills like leadership and communication with AI practical use, partnering with over 150 corporates and training 14,500+ individuals.
- Wibo's programs are designed to be immediately applicable to everyday work, aiming to create a memorable and practical learning experience.
- The startup addresses the perceived ineffectiveness of traditional corporate training by providing business-oriented, experiential programs led by industry executives.
- With insights from executives of major companies like Nike, Amazon, and Google, Wibo's training includes simulations, role-playing, and actionable steps for participants to implement.
- Wibo emphasizes bridging the gap between human and AI skills to drive business success by leveraging real-world experiences in its training.
- The startup plans to hire 5 new team members in product, tech, and customer success areas, aiming for continued growth and impact.
- Wibo has launched a pre-registration list for its Wibo Humans+AI Mini-Academy, offering free access to interested individuals.
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EV infrastructure startup Kazam raises $6.2 million in round led by International Finance Corporation
- EV infrastructure startup Kazam raises $6.2 million in a funding round led by International Finance Corporation (IFC), with participation from existing investors.
- This brings Kazam's total funding to $19.2 million, focusing on expanding its presence in domestic and international markets.
- Kazam provides software and hardware solutions for EV charging and battery swapping operators.
- The company plans to use the funds to scale its digital infrastructure for EVs toward clean mobility transition.
- Kazam, founded in 2020, helps manage and optimize charging assets, enabling over five million charging sessions so far.
- The platform has onboarded 68,000 chargers, facilitating 45 gigawatt hours of energy and reducing 46,000 tons of carbon emissions.
- Kazam's revenue surged from $1.5 million in FY24 to $6 million in FY25, targeting $12 million in revenue this fiscal.
- The company's platform operates in 80 cities across 10 countries, aiding in 25 million electric kilometres in a month.
- IFC's investment in Kazam supports the growth of electric mobility, especially in developing economies lacking EV charging infrastructure.
- The backing from IFC signals confidence in Kazam's potential to contribute to decarbonizing transport, especially in emerging markets.
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Medium
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Why Most Product Launches Fail: The Missing Bridge Between Features & Personal Stakes
- The article discusses the common reasons for product launch failures in B2B marketing.
- It highlights the importance of understanding the personal stakes behind user decisions for successful adoption.
- The author shares a case study of launching an AI-powered accounting solution during lockdown in France.
- The focus was shifted from product features to addressing personal struggles and fears of the target users.
- The Bridge Builder Framework is introduced as a systematic way to identify personal stakes driving behavior change.
- The importance of addressing underlying personal stakes rather than just solving the business problem is emphasized.
- Creating smart constraints to drive action and commitments to ensure meaningful adoption is recommended.
- A case study of AMI Compta illustrates the effectiveness of setting high standards for adoption rather than offering free trials.
- The article suggests that people adopt new behaviors, not just products, and behavior change occurs when personal stakes are understood.
- The article concludes by emphasizing the importance of creating a bridge between user reality and business ambition for successful product launches.
- The author advises focusing on how the product improves the user's daily life rather than just the features.
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