TREND REPORTS
ZAP Surgical Systems Raises $78M for Non-Invasive Robotic Brain Surgery
[Investing]
2024/11/14 09:08
ZAP Surgical Systems, a San Carlos, CA-based non-invasive robotic brain surgery company, raised $78M in Series E funding.The round was led by Qingdao Baheal Medical Inc., with participation from other strategic investors.The company intends to use the funds to advance the commercialization of its ZAP-X® Gyroscopic Radiosurgery® platform.Led by John R. Adler, MD, Professor Emeritus of Neurosur...
(PDF) BCG - Who’s Winning the Global Race for STEM and AI Talent ?
[Consumer]
2024/11/14 09:07
Leadership in technology and business relies heavily on one factor: access to the world’s top talent.That’s why countries and companies increasingly compete for the world’s best and brightest. But real-time numbers capturing the pulse of this competition are hard to come by—much of the movement of this highly mobile group remains hidden from official statistics. BCG’s Top Talent Tracker fi...
How Marathons Became Fashion Shows
[Business]
2024/11/14 09:06
This year’s New York City Marathon will witness an unprecedented slew of fashion-related activations like branded run clubs, sneaker drops and even a beauty sponsorship as the industry goes all in on running culture.Key insightsWith fashion and running culture increasingly intersecting, major marathons provide perfect venues for brands to market both performance and lifestyle products to a poo...
Fleek, A Marketplace for Wholesale Second-hand Clothes, Sews Up $20.4M
[Investing]
2024/11/14 09:05
Second-hand clothing has exploded as a category over the past couple of decades. A London startup that’s built a first-of-its-kind platform to improve how this very fragmented industry operates is now announcing funding to double down on the opportunity. Fleek, an online marketplace that connects second-hand clothing wholesalers with those who sell it at retail, has raised a $20.4 million ($14...
This New Solar-Powered Scooter is Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before
[Product]
2024/11/14 09:03
The Lightfoot scooter comes with two large solar panels so it doesn’t have to plug in.With a typical electric bike, charging the battery can be a little annoying—you have to remember to bring the battery or the whole bike inside, plug it in, and wait hours for a full charge. If you live in an apartment, it might mean carrying a heavy bike upstairs. Some apartment buildings no longer allow e-b...
(PDF) 2024 State of OpenCloud Report - The Battery Ventures
[Business]
2024/11/13 09:10
Inside the Coming AI Market “Supercycle” and How Cloud Startups Can Benefit: The Battery Ventures 2024 State of OpenCloud Report.Has it finally happened? Have fledgling AI “experiments” inside companies finally morphed into real technology deployments, paving the way for big new efficiencies and streamlined workflows across all manner of industries and business processes?The answer, accordi...
Apple’s Next Device Is an AI Wall Tablet for Home Control, Siri and Video Calls
[Product]
2024/11/13 09:09
Apple is planning on launching a wall-mounted display that can control appliances, handle video conferencing and use artificial intelligence to navigate apps, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the effort.The product, code-named J490, could be announced as early as March, the report said, adding that it will spotlight the new AI platform, Apple Intelligence.Appl...
Red Dot Winner 2023 - 3D Vein Viewer Locator
[Design]
2024/11/13 09:08
The Adison vein viewer features a tiltable screen so that it can be used in a variety of positions.If a medical professional has ever had a hard time getting a needle into your veins, you'll welcome this new gizmo from Adison Technology. By effectively turning your skin transparent, it makes needle sticks more accurate and therefore less painful.Blood draws are often one of the first tests a do...
AI Takeoff Turns Data Centers Into America’s New Building Boom
[Business]
2024/11/13 09:07
US companies are plowing money into building data centers as they race to get ahead in artificial intelligence.Private construction spending on data centers has surged close to $30 billion a year, according to the most recent numbers from the Census Bureau, more than double what it was in late 2022 when OpenAI’s ChatGPT was released to the public.Corporate America now allocates a bigger buildi...
