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“Black Semiconductor from Germany Secures $273M in Funding for Revolutionary Graphene Chip Technology”

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Tech sovereignty has become a looming priority for a number of nations these days, and now a startup working in semiconductors has received a major boost in aid of that effort for Germany and Europe. The sum is one of the largest to date raised by a European startup working in semiconductors. Black is a spin-out from the University of Aachen co-founded by brothers Daniel and Sebastian Schall (respectively the CEO and CFO). The funding, a Series A, is important not just for its size but also because of the intention behind it. Porsche Ventures and Project A Ventures are co-leads, with participation from Scania Growth, Capnamic, Tech Vision Fonds, and NRW.BANK.

‘Enhancing Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: The Continuous Progress of FLO’

Manhattan's Ev Charging Sites Now Outnumber Gas Stations 10 To 1
The lack of charging infrastructure is a major barrier to entry for those looking to convert gas-powered vehicles to electric. Founded by Louis Tremblay, FLO is looking to build robust EV charging infrastructure that will create a reliable web for drivers to get to where they need to go. Since then, however, the company has raised more than $334.4 million and become Canada’s largest EV charging provider. “Hardware is important because it’s the infrastructure that lasts [and] software is to make a great experience,” said Tremblay. It seeks to keep chargers up-to-date and has a suite of charging software that provides valuable data to — and about — drivers.

“Collaborative Journals Come to Life with Retro: The Premier Photo-Sharing App for Best Friends”

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It’s a flexible way to share photos with your favorite people and create visual records of whatever matters in your life. Retro’s main feature is a way to share your most important photos of the past week with your favorite people. Retro’s answer to this use-case is journals: A new flexible way to share photos as a group. You can also have a journal with your partner to share important moments you’ve spent together without spamming all your friends on Retro. Building a social consumer app involves many experimentations — and journals are one of those experimentations.

Modex Continues to Question Reliability of Humanoid Robots

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It’s not a flat-out refutation of the form factor, so much as an acknowledgement that — in spite of investor enthusiasm — it’s not the ideal tool for every job. This week’s Modex supply chain show inAtlanta told its own story — one populated by very few humanoids. A number of the players I spoke with continued to express skepticism around the widespread adoption of humanoid robots in the workplace. I heard very few outright rejections of the humanoid form factor. These instances, which now require human intervention, could be the ideal scenario for humanoids, whether operating autonomously or teleoperated, as in the case of Reflex, the other humanoid robotics firm present at Modex.

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