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  • The most promising 100 AI startups working across the artificial intelligence value chain, from hardware and data infrastructure to industrial applications.

    CB INSIGHTS

    CB Insights’ third annual cohort of AI 100 startups is a list of 100 of the most promising private companies providing hardware and data infrastructure for AI applications, optimizing machine learning workflows, and applying AI across a variety of major industries. Our research team selected the 100 startups from a pool of 3K+ companies based on several factors, including patent activity, investor profile, news sentiment analysis, proprietary Mosaic scores, market potential, partnerships, com…

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  • WeWork Deepens Technology Offering by Acquiring Spatial Analytics Leader Euclid

    WEWORK

    It’s human nature to draw energy from the environment that surrounds us. The workplace, where we spend so much time, can have a big impact on our productivity each day—whether we’re hunkering down in a brainstorming session, unwinding in a common area to enjoy a coffee break with colleagues, or participating in a lunch-and-learn program that empowers our career development. Today’s C-suite leaders, from CEOs to heads of real estate and HR, understand the need to create workplaces that inspire…

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  • These are the 20 DC-area startups worth watching this year: realLIST 2019

    TECHNICAL.LY

    The Washington, D.C. startup scene continues to grow, and we’re definitely noticing. After digging back through our own archive of startup coverage and receiving suggestions from the local tech community, we are confident these are the tech startups to follow in 2019. Since launching the realLIST in 2017, this article topped the charts again in 2018 as the most-read article for Technical.ly DC. Now in its third year, the realLIST is back with a new batch of startups we are most excited to wat…

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  • IBM planning new $2B AI research center in Upstate NY

    THE REAL DEAL

    New York City is developing a reputation for being a tech hotbed, but don’t sleep on Upstate. IBM is investing $2 billion into a new research hub in Albany focused on artificial intelligence. The new AI Hardware Center will focus on computer-chip research, development, prototyping, testing and simulation, according to Bloomberg. It will be located at the SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany. IBM, based in Armonk, has been pushing into new technologies like AI and cloud-computing and away f…

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  • Spending by SoftBank Vision Fund Raises Need for More Cash

    WSJ

    TOKYO— SoftBank Group Corp. 9984 -0.93% has spent at least half of its nearly $100 billion Vision Fund in less than two years, prompting executives to consider how the world’s biggest technology investor will raise more money to keep up that investment pace. The Vision Fund, which is backed by the sovereign-wealth funds of Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, has taken stakes in some of the world’s most valuable startups, including ride-hailing pioneer Uber Technologies Inc. and shared-office-space …

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  • Knotel signs on for 5-floor spread near Herald Square

    THE REAL DEAL

    Knotel is bringing 39,000 square feet of shared-office space to United Group’s 29 West 35th Street. The new lease spans five floors at the 12-story, 85,000-square-foot office building, located near Herald Square and Penn Station, Knotel announced Thursday. A Colliers International team of Michael Cohen, John Pavone and Jessica Verdi represented Knotel in the deal, while Roni Mova represented United Group in-house. Knotel now has more than 2 million square feet of deals in Manhattan and pla…

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  • Servcorp Signs Deal to Operate 36K SF of Coworking at Hartz’s 667 Madison Avenue

    COMMERCIAL OBSERVER

    Servcorp has penned an agreement to operate coworking, serviced office and virtual office space on two floors at Hartz Group’s 667 Madison Avenue, Commercial Observer has learned. This is the first such arrangement for the Australia-based office space provider in the U.S. market, as it generally signs leases for its real estate. Servcorp signed a master-service agreement to run a co-branded location with Hartz on the fourth and fifth floors, each 18,000 square feet, at the building between Ea…

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  • This is How Artificial Intelligence Tackles Today’s Top Two CRE and FM Challenges

    OKAPI

    Driving High Tenant Satisfaction Rates and Improving Preventive Maintenance If we had to pinpoint a single trend that seems to drive the disruptive transformation of the Commercial Real Estate world, it would be the shift from serving the building to serving the tenant. Though these two are inherently connected to one another, the focus has essentially moved from the physical maintenance of the buildings to ensuring their tenants enjoy a fast, easy, and comfortable experience in using thei…

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  • Canadian venture capital firm Framework Venture Partners launches $115 million AI startup fund

    VENTUREBEAT

    Canada’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup scene is certifiably red hot. Companies like Element AI, Rubikloud, Interset, Mnubo, and Maropost have collectively raised close to $200 million alone, and in the second quarter of 2018, Canadian AI startups attracted $169 million (CAD $222 million) in venture capital financing — up 104 percent year over year. That’s coming off of a record 2017, when venture investment hit $400 million. Some folks — like those at the new Canada-focused venture cap…

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  • Sarah Pontius Joins “Inside WeWork” Session at CREtech Los Angeles on March 27-28

    CREtech

    Largest conference in commercial real estate tech attracts leading speakers for its LA conference New York, NY (February 7, 2019) — CREtech (cretech.com), the largest event, data and content platform covering the commercial real estate tech industry, has announced that Sarah Pontius, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Real Estate Partnerships, WeWork as an additional speaker at their upcoming conference in Los Angeles on March 27-28. The session, “Inside WeWork” will feature four of WeWork’s…

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