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10 life science startups to watch
“Early-stage companies advance precision medicine by applying AI, clinical genomics, and other new technologies.” | learn more
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tech, startups, internet
Another day in Katerradise
This is about the recently-defunct Softbank-backed construction company. “I worked at Katerra for 2.5 years, from early 2018 to the end of 2020, and had a first-hand look at how a company that seemed so promising ended up where it […]
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Can Apple change ads?
By Benedict Evans: “Once upon a time, Apple was the iPod company. iPods were a much bigger business than the Mac, and they also made Apple a dominant force in the music industry. Then, as we all know, Apple jumped […]
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Why bioplatforms matter and can even save the world
By Avak Kahvejian, partner at the incubator behind Moderna: Flagship Pioneering. “This ability to understand, devise, manufacture, test and distribute antidotes and vaccines to a novel virus was due in large part to the development and maturation of bioplatforms.” | learn more
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Jason Calacanis on 2021 startup valuations
“The market is scorching hot, with startups across all growth stages getting funded faster and at higher valuations.” | learn more
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People are waking up to the importance of sleep.
“With sleep playing such a big role in a person’s metabolic, immune, mental and overall health, it’s time for people to start taking their sleep seriously. How do you do that? According to Chicago entrepreneur Jeff Kahn, two actionable ways […]
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What’s smaller than a nanometer?
About twenty years ago we switched from megahertz to gigahertz when talking about processor speed. Soon it might be time for a new scale for transistor size. “The combined research brainpower at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Taiwan […]
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Silicon Valley wants dogs to live longer so humans can, too.
“[Startup company] Loyal is holding out the possibility of eventually expanding its business to humans. In the meantime, [founder Celine] Halioua is happy not to be working only with mice. “We have extended the life spans of mice hundreds of times,” […]
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The cost of cloud, a trillion dollar paradox
“However, as industry experience with the cloud matures — and we see a more complete picture of cloud lifecycle on a company’s economics — it’s becoming evident that while cloud clearly delivers on its promise early on in a company’s […]
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Pinterest’s use of AI drives growth
“Pinterest Inc. is boosting its user and ad-revenue numbers at a much faster pace than most of its social-media peers—and it has artificial intelligence to thank for it.” | learn more