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“Revolutionary Eyebot Secures $6M Investment to Offer AI-Powered Kiosks for 90-Second Optometry-Free Eye Exams”

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That means that they first need an eye exam from an optometrist to receive that prescription. But, due to a nationwide shortage of eye care practitioners, it may take weeks, especially in rural areas, to get an appointment. Eyebot, a new startup coming out of stealth on Thursday, wants to reduce the time it takes to receive an eye exam to about 90 seconds without the direct involvement of an optometrist. But if they purchase glasses from one of Eyebot’s partner brands, the eye exam is free. The company hopes that major eyeglass brands will rent Eyebot terminals and put them in the retail locations of their choice.

Microsoft Delivers a ‘Favorable Outcome’ for Inflection AI Venture Capitalists, Fulfilling Reid Hoffman’s Pledge

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The big cloud vendors have all already lined up with other chatbot partners: Microsoft with OpenAI, Google and Amazon with Anthropic; Cohere picking up assorted others like Oracle and Salesforce. If and when Inflection ever perfected Pi on its enormous AI infrastructure, the race looked to be already lost. Despite close ties with OpenAI, Microsoft also has many reasons to be needing a backup for it’s all-important AI gambit. There are so many red flags with OpenAI that Microsoft is wise to wean its dependence. Then again, just like Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI, we wonder if regulators will also have something to say about this deal.

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