But a new venture capital firm, funded by some heavyweight legacy construction companies, is out to change that.
Zacua Ventures has launched its inaugural $56 million fund targeting early-stage construction technology startups, backed by 19 of the construction sector’s biggest corporations.
Vivin Hegde, Mauricio Tessi Weiss and Juan Nieto started San Francisco-based Zacua in 2022.
Hegde was previously with construction tool maker Hilti Corp, while Tessi Weiss and Nieto were at Cemex Ventures.
Since the launch of its fund, Zacua Ventures has invested in over a dozen startups across the construction technology ecosystem.
The back of your phone is useless.
Sure, the cameras are back that, but what about all of that blank real estate monopolizing 90% of the surface area?
The Infinix E-Color Shift improves upon Yota’s phone somewhat, by adding color to the mix.
Like e-ink, however, the back panel does have the advantage of holding a static image even when the battery isn’t putting in the work.
It remains to be seen whether this gets licensed by a third party or simply shows up on an Infinix device.
Amba Kak is the executive director of the AI Now Institute, where she helps create policy recommendations to address AI concerns.
She was also a senior AI advisor at the Federal Trade Commission and previously worked as a global policy advisor at Mozilla and a legal advisor to India’s telecom regulator on net-netruality.
How do you navigate the challenges of the male-dominated tech industry and, by extension, the male-dominated AI industry?
The tech industry, and AI in particular, remains overwhelmingly white and male and geographically concentrated in very wealthy urban bubbles.
By exposing the power dynamics that the tech industry tries very hard to conceal.
Using a small model of the lander, Altemus demonstrated how engineers believe the spacecraft, called Odysseus, made its descent given the most recent telemetry data.
“The vehicle is stable near or at our intended landing site,” Altemus said.
Part of the reason for that is because the onboard camera, an instrument called EagleCam, was powered down during landing.
The company originally thought Odysseus was actually upright, but Altemus said that was based on “stale” telemetry data.
Much of the mission’s success came down to very quick thinking by Intuitive Machines’ mission controllers — and just a stroke of very good luck.
We can’t compete against our global peers with that engine throttled by last-generation digital infrastructure and policy.
They are already slowing investment in 5G network deployments and signaling their disinterest in 6G investment.
If we create more game-changing wireless applications — from advanced manufacturing, to smart cities, to autonomous transport, to remote sensing — we create demand that pulls digital infrastructure forward.
But we can’t compete against our global peers with that engine throttled by last-generation digital infrastructure and policy.
We must acknowledge new realities and play to our strengths to reverse digital infrastructure deterioration.
We’re announcing an exciting addition to our speaker lineup for StrictlyVC Los Angeles on February 29.
Lyu is an entrepreneur renowned for his work in human-machine interaction.
With rabbit, he leads a team dedicated to crafting intuitive experiences that redefine the way we interact with technology.
Faraz Fatemi, partner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersFaraz joined Lightspeed as a Partner in 2022 and is focused on investments in consumer platforms.
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The company is part of an increasing number of resume and skill apps that are trying to combat discrimination in the hiring process.
Hellohive hosts virtual networking programs between companies and candidates on the app, with clients including Goldman Sachs, American Express, and Morgan Stanley.
Hellohive’s holistic approach to hiring is important right now especially, as companies have been shifting away from DEI commitments.
Candidates also complete a course model that prepares them for the job recruitment process.
They then express interest in an employer on the app, and the hiring process formally kicks off.
U.S. healthcare technology giant Change Healthcare has confirmed a cyberattack on its systems.
Most of the login pages for Change Healthcare are inaccessible or offline when TechCrunch checked at the time of writing.
Michigan local newspaper the Huron Daily Tribune is reporting that local pharmacies are experiencing outages due to the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
Change Healthcare is one of the largest healthcare technology companies in the United States.
Both Optum and Change Healthcare are owned by health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group.
So it is with Nuview, a startup aiming to map the world from space using lidar, who announced today that its acquisition of analytics platform Astraea.
In a recent interview, Nuview CEO Clint Graumann also declined to specify how many of Astraea’s employee’s would be joining the company.
Nuview is relatively young to be executing on an acquisition; Graumann founded the company in January 2022, and has raised at least $15 million to date.
“I’ve always seen Earth observation companies who try to build every capability from the ground up, struggle,” he said.
Spoc”, though Graumann declined to specify whether Nuview had booked a firm launch date for that demonstration mission.
We’ve been hearing about the notion of customer experience forever, the idea that we could improve customer interactions with brands digitally.
Whether or not that’s true, the two founders fundamentally see AI agents as a new technology category, providing an entirely new way for customers to interact with brands to improve their overall experience.
Regardless, Taylor and Bavor recognize that there are some serious challenges and risks when it comes to humans interacting with these AI agents.
I think with AI we finally have technology that isn’t just making us more productive but actually doing the job.
Sierra clearly sees a big opportunity to transform customer experience with AI, but many obstacles stand in the way of success.
