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The TechCrunch Prime 3
- What’s another word for Synonym?: Ever heard of a “fermentation farm”? Effectively you could have now. Christine lined Synonym Biotechnologies’ pre-seed spherical, with massive backer Andreessen Horowitz, during which the corporate plans to construct large fermentation farms so nonpharmaceutical corporations can mass-produce bioproducts like dairy proteins.
- A rose by any other name: “Advert,” “Sponsored,” no matter you need to name it, Google is making it so while you carry out a cellular search, you’ll positively know whether it is some sponsored content material or an natural search consequence. Ivan has extra.
- Legless for a while longer: We had been promised legs, however now Ivan writes that it may very well be one other yr for any Meta leg-equipped avatars to look in Horizon Worlds.
Startups and VC
Even the biggest landfills in Indonesia are at (or nearing) capability, and the federal government has set an bold goal of 30% waste reduction by 2025, experiences Catherine. Waste4Change is among the corporations that desires to assist by growing charges of recycling and enabling higher waste administration. The startup, which presently manages greater than 8,000 tons of waste yearly, introduced as we speak that it has raised $5 million in Collection A funding, co-led by AC Ventures and PT Barito Mitra Investama.
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DIY: 5 methods disruptive element startups can win over OEMs
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Ori Mor writes that {hardware} startup founders have a uniquely laborious time. Solely a small fraction of tech buyers will even take conferences with them, and constructing product pipelines is usually an irregular, even chaotic course of.
As a substitute of counting on gross sales and advertising and marketing groups to construct a buyer base for his {hardware} elements startup, Mor’s firm began constructing units that used his firm’s tech.
“There’s no level speeding when constructing a {hardware} startup,” says Mor. “As a substitute, begin by making only a single prototype that you need to use to point out OEMs.”
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Huge Tech Inc.
Rebecca acquired the news on Sono Motors’ new Sion solar electric vehicle and a few face time with Whoopi Goldberg (footage to show it). Although the family-friendly car is available in at $25,000, Rebecca factors out that the inside is roomier than it appears from the surface, but in addition that no cup holders within the again may not go over with some American households.
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- Extra layoffs: Jagmeet has extra on Momentive Global’s layoff announcement of 11% of its workforce. In case you’re considering, “Who?” that may be SurveyMonkey’s mother or father firm. Actual property valuation expertise firm Clear Capital is also reducing its staff by 27%, experiences Andrew.
- Get the popcorn prepared: Peacock is making the “Actual Housewives” franchise its guinea pig because it tests out some new interactive features that can give viewers prolonged clips and interviews, Lauren experiences.
- Don’t @me: In the meantime, over at Twitter, the corporate is growing a approach for users to control who can mention them, writes Aisha.
- It places the lotion on its robotic pores and skin: Brian experiences that Touchlab, which received the TC Sessions: Robotics pitch-off occasion a couple of months in the past, started piloting its robotic skin sensors in a hospital setting.
- Time, time, time, see what’s develop into of me: The owner of the Shein fashion e-commerce site was fined $1.9 million for not correctly dealing with a 2018 knowledge breach that compromised thousands and thousands of customers’ data, Rita writes.
