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Waymo to retrofit 200,000-square-foot autonomous vehicle factory in Michigan
Waymo will soon ramp up its assembly of self-driving cars in Detroit, Michigan, the company announced today. The Alphabet subsidiary…
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Breakdown of biggest VC raises in Midwestern states in 2018
As the new year gets underway, 2018’s fundraising numbers are rolling in, allowing us to get a snapshot of how…
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TaxJar gets $60 million for software that automates ecommerce sales tax calculations
TaxJar, a subscription software company that helps businesses automate their sales tax calculations and filing, today announced that it has…
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Walmart, Toyota, and others join CTA and IBM in coalition to create tech apprenticeships
As the rising cost of higher education in the U.S. makes it more difficult for people to gain the skills…
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Attracting tech talent to the Heartland starts with building a better startup culture
News cycles haven’t been kind to tech talent in the Heartland lately. Amazon’s choice of New York and Arlington for…
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Censys, a search engine for internet-connected devices, raises $2.6 million led by GV and Greylock
Ann Arbor-based cybersecurity startup Censys today announced that it has raised a $2.6 million seed round led by GV and Greylock.…
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Heartland Tech Weekly: Midwest startup communities still struggle to welcome outsiders
Included in this week’s “Beyond VB” section is a blog post that got a decent amount of pickup in my…
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Wisconsin’s Understory raises $7.5 million for on-the-ground weather stations
Understory, a Madison, Wisconsin-based weather analytics company, announced today that it has raised $7.5 million in new funding. The round…
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