Pangea Cyber wants to simplify security for developers with an API approach

Pangea Cyber wants to simplify security for developers with an API approach

When developers are creating a new application, they may build security features over time or take advantage of commercial offerings or open source libraries to implement certain security functions such as authentication or secrets management. Pangea Cyber wants to change that with an API-driven approach to adding security to an application, making it as easy […]

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Meta is raising the price of Quest 2 virtual reality headsets by $100

Google’s GV backs SideQuest, an unofficial Meta Quest app store

While the broader virtual reality industry earnestly waits for Meta’s next announcements around new VR products at its Connect event next week, Google’s venture arm GV is placing an interesting bet in a startup building up an ecosystem around some of Meta’s hardware. GV has led a $12 million Series A investment in SideQuest, the […]

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Autonomous flight startup Merlin Labs nabs $105M and US Air Force partnership

Autonomous flight startup Merlin Labs nabs $105M and US Air Force partnership

Autonomous flight is a grand challenge in aviation — and a gold mine. The first company to crack it at scale stands to reap handsome profits from transportation and logistics alone. In 2020, the size of the global cargo airline industry was $110.8 billion, according to Statista, and one source estimates that it’ll generate hundreds […]

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Fyto combines automation, robotics so aquatic ‘superplants’ can grow almost anywhere

Fyto combines automation, robotics so aquatic ‘superplants’ can grow almost anywhere

The company’s pilot program showed that farms are able to generate 10 to 20 times more protein per acre and use five to 10 times less water than other crops, like alfalfa.

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Modular closes $30 million seed round to simplify the process of developing AI systems

Modular closes $30 million seed round to simplify the process of developing AI systems

AI has transformative potential. But if you ask the co-founders of Modular, a startup emerging from stealth today, the software used to develop it is “monolithic,” fractured into silos piled with layers of complexity. Big Tech companies have made helpful contributions, like TensorFlow and PyTorch — AI development frameworks maintained by Google and Facebook, respectively. […]

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What the NFT? VC David Pakman dumbs down the intensifying digital collectibles frenzy

What the NFT? VC David Pakman dumbs down the intensifying digital collectibles frenzy

Non-fungible tokens have been around for two years, but these NFTs, one-of-one digital items on the Ethereum and other blockchains, are suddenly becoming a more popular way to collect visual art primarily, whether it’s an animated cat or an NBA clip or virtual furniture. “Suddenly” is hardly an overstatement. According to the outlet Cointelegraph, during […]

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