Episodes

  • Pendulum’s AI-driven platform helps enterprises better predict supply and demand

    Pendulum’s AI-driven platform helps enterprises better predict supply and demand
    Feb 7 2025
    Supply chains have had a tumultuous few years, beginning in 2020, when COVID-19 upended legacy global supply chains. More recently, the “TikTok-ification” of retail has companies like Shein and Temu creating new products constantly as consumer demands change at the same rapid pace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • European AI startups have raised $8 billion in 2024

    European AI startups have raised $8 billion in 2024
    Feb 7 2025
    In just a few days, France will host the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, with heads of state flocking to Paris to meet global tech leaders. They’ll most likely announce some big investments and diplomatic agreements focused on safety or the environmental impact of artificial intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Neuralk-AI is developing AI models specifically designed for structured data

    Neuralk-AI is developing AI models specifically designed for structured data
    Feb 6 2025
    Tabular data is a broad term that encompasses structured data that generally fits into a specific row and column. It can be a SQL database, a spreadsheet, a .CSV file, etc. While there has been tremendous progress on artificial intelligence applied to unstructured and sequential data, these large language models are fuzzy by design. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • Archive raises $30M to solve fashion’s pollution problem and Sotira landed $2M to help brands offload and monetize their surplus inventory

    Archive raises $30M to solve fashion’s pollution problem and Sotira landed $2M to help brands offload and monetize their surplus inventory
    Feb 6 2025
    The fashion industry has concerned Emily Gittins since adolescence. The sector is, after all, one of the most polluting in the world. According to some sources, it is responsible for nearly 10% of the earth’s CO2 emissions and more than 20% of all water waste. Yet people still want more, fast.; Also, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    7 mins
  • Waabi and Volvo team up to build self-driving trucks at scale

    Waabi and Volvo team up to build self-driving trucks at scale
    Feb 5 2025
    Self-driving truck startup Waabi is partnering with Volvo Autonomous Solutions to jointly develop and deploy autonomous trucks, an important milestone as it gets closer to a commercial launch. The tie up also marks Volvo’s second partnership to co-develop self-driving big rigs with a startup partner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • AI agents could birth the first one-person unicorn — but at what societal cost?

    AI agents could birth the first one-person unicorn — but at what societal cost?
    Feb 5 2025
    Thanks to the advent of cloud computing and distributed digital infrastructure, the one-person micro-enterprise is far from a novel concept. Cheap on-demand compute, remote collaboration, payment processing APIs, social media, and e-commerce marketplaces have all made it easier to “go it alone” as an entrepreneur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Riot raises $30 million for its cybersecurity product suite focused on employees

    Riot raises $30 million for its cybersecurity product suite focused on employees
    Feb 4 2025
    French startup Riot has raised a $30 million Series B round after reaching $10 million in annual revenue in 2024. Originally focused on educating employees about cybersecurity risks, the company now wants to go one step further and nudge employees so that they minimize their attack surface. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • Custom feed builder Graze is building a business on Bluesky, and investors are paying attention

    Custom feed builder Graze is building a business on Bluesky, and investors are paying attention
    Feb 4 2025
    A startup called Graze, which lets you build your own feeds for the Bluesky social network, has caught investors’ attention. In addition to offering tools to easily build, customize, publish, and manage Bluesky feeds, Graze will soon allow feed creators to monetize their efforts with advertising, sponsored posts, and subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    6 mins