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WHILL brings its autonomous wheelchairs to North American airports
After trials in Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, Tokyo’s Haneda airport, and Abu Dhabi airport earlier this year, WHILL, the developer of…
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Yahoo Japan and Line Corp confirm merger agreement
SoftBank Corp announced today that it has reached an agreement to merge with Z Holdings (the SoftBank subsidiary formerly known…
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AI Medical Service raises $42.9 Series B for AI-based software that checks endoscopy scans for signs of cancer
AI Medical Service, a Tokyo-based company developing AI-based software to help detect gastric cancer, announced today that it has raised…
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Data storage company Cloudian launches a new edge analytics subsidiary called Edgematrix
Cloudian, a company that enables businesses to store and manage massive amounts of data, announced today the launch of Edgematrix,…
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Elliptic banks $23M to shrink crypto risk, eyeing growth in Asia
Crypto means risk. To UK company Elliptic it also means business. The startup has just closed a $23M Series B…
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Energy Vault raises $110 million from SoftBank Vision Fund as energy storage grabs headlines
Imagine a moving tower made of huge cement bricks weighing 35 metric tons. The movement of these massive blocks is…
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Through a new partnership and $72 million in funding, LanzaTech expands its carbon capture tech
For nearly fifteen years LanzaTech has been developing a carbon capture technology that can turn waste streams into ethanol that…
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Tencent brings cloud service to Japan in global push
The world’s largest video game publisher is looking outside its home country for growth. Tencent, the Chinese internet behemoth that…
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Standard Cognition lands $35M at $535M valuation to battle Amazon Go
EQT Ventures, Initialized Capital, CRV and Y Combinator have fueled Standard Cognition with another $35 million to help retailers battle…
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