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Katerra Inc., a construction manufacturing startup led by the former CEO of Flextronics, is reportedly looking for $200 million in new funding. The Menlo Park-based company disclosed in a regulatory filing last week that it raised about $28 million of a planned $30 million round. But Axios cited unnamed sources on Tuesday that said the actual goal is to raise about $200 million. Katerra raised $16...
The Internet giant will acquire Target Corp., Loup Venture co-founder Gene Munster wrote in a report highlighting eight predictions for the technology industry in 2018. (Bloomberg)—Amazon.com Inc.’s shakeup of the retail landscape may not be over, according to one well-known technology analyst. The Internet giant will acquire Target Corp., Loup Venture co-founder Gene Munster wrote in a report...
Over the past few months, blockchain has taken over the headlines. Industry specialists, serial entrepreneurs and influential technologists have not stopped buzzing over the long term implications of cryptocurrencies and decentralized systems. Though many predict an imminent bubble, there are many tangible, actionable use cases for blockchain that will significantly affect the greater startup ecos...
In a sign that computers will be able to perform image analysis as fluently as text analysis, a group of Stanford-based researchers were able to make accurate predictions about neighborhood voting patterns based on millions of pictures collected from Google Street View, reports The New York Times. While other academic projects have used artificial intelligence to mine Google Street View for socioc...
A commercial real estate development in Dubai became the first of its kind to accept the digital currency Bitcoin. Aston Plaza and Residences, developed by The Knox Group, is a 2.4M SF property consisting of two residential towers and a shopping mall. The project is expected to be completed in 2019, but Bitcoin is well on its way to making inroads in the commercial real estate mainstream. Knox...
This year has been a tough one for many young companies. But the problems faced by the founders, investors, and managers of companies such as Uber, Snap, and Blue Apron hasn't dissuaded other entrepreneurs from building new companies with the hope of disrupting existing industries or garnering a coveted billion-dollar unicorn valuation. Among the rookies were these seven companies, all of w...
Holy hell, it’s been a year for Amazon. Jeff Bezos’ former-online-bookstore dumped $13.7 billion to buy a bunch of grocery stores, that speaker you talk to in your living room that Amazon makes is really popular and a bunch of server farms Amazon runs generate more than $10 billion in revenue annually. The confluence of all these things has led to an incredible rise in its stock on the year ...
RIYADH (Reuters)- Apple and Amazon are in licensing discussions with Riyadh on investing in Saudi Arabia, two sources told Reuters, part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s push to give the conservative kingdom a high-tech look. A third source confirmed that Apple was in talks with SAGIA, Saudi Arabia’s foreign investment authority. Both companies already sell products in Saudi Arabia via th...
Amazon's HQ hunt, Diller's pier park and other winners of the 2017 Golden Bricks By Lois Weiss View author archive email the author follow on twitter Get author RSS feed Name(required) Email(required) Comment(required) December 27, 2017 | 9:51am | Updated December 27, 2017 | 10:59am Modal Trigger Shutterstock MORE FROM: Lois Weiss FAO Schwarz is teaming up with manufacturers for its com...
LONDON, Dec. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/-- Download the full report: https://www.reportbuyer.com/product/4226790 The global blockchain market size is expected to grow from USD 411.5 million in 2017 to USD 7,683.7 million by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 79.6%. The demand for distributed ledger technology, reduced total cost of ownership, rising cryptocurrencies market cap and initial ...