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Billion Dollar Patent Solves a Trillion Dollar Problem

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화요일, 5월 7, 2024

SAN DIEGO, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- John Medcalf, CEO of Writrol Corp. (writrol.com), asks what you'd pay to keep your family safe from driver distractions in your car and other cars? Writrol's method for controlling vehicles while eyes are on the road will give drivers that safety buffer.

Key Points: 
  • According to the NHTSA report DOT HS 813 403 "the total value of societal harm from motor vehicle crashes in 2019 was $1.37 trillion."
  • Based on drivers reporting being distracted, the NHTSA estimates direct damages from distracted driver accidents at $98 billion for 2019.
  • Writrol Corp. knows the income value of this patent to auto manufacturers could be large.
  • Writrol Corp. sees that this patent might encourage large tech to buy the patent to exert their design influence in the biggest market in the world, light vehicles.

Oxford Science Enterprises welcomes Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes as an Entrepreneur in Residence to accelerate company creation

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목요일, 4월 18, 2024

Kirsty has over ten years’ experience in entrepreneurship across deep tech and consumer sectors with expertise in business development and scaling, operations, and fundraising.

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  • Kirsty has over ten years’ experience in entrepreneurship across deep tech and consumer sectors with expertise in business development and scaling, operations, and fundraising.
  • Kirsty was the CEO of Latent Logic, a spinout of Oxford University’s Department of Computer Science employing state-of-the-art deep learning to accelerate the development and scale out of autonomous car technology.
  • Latent Logic was acquired in 2019 by Alphabet subsidiary Waymo, the world-leading autonomous driving technology company.
  • The programme has resulted in the creation of innovative Oxford spinouts including neurology care platform Neu Health, photonic chip company Salience Labs, and neuromodulation company Amber Therapeutics.

Siri's First Head of Product and Design Launches Proemial, a New AI Startup Combating Misinformation

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월요일, 4월 29, 2024

Siri’s first Head of Product and Design, Mads Rydahl, has funneled his extensive knowledge of AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) into a new company; Proemial .

Key Points: 
  • Siri’s first Head of Product and Design, Mads Rydahl, has funneled his extensive knowledge of AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) into a new company; Proemial .
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240429945823/en/
    Based in Aarhus, Denmark, Proemial is founded by (from left) tech veteran Brian Pedersen, serial entrepreneur Geet Khosla, and Mads Rydahl, Siri's first Head of Product and Design.
  • proem adapts to users’ language style without sacrificing insight and without resorting to misleading info that plague some AI tools’ output.
  • The solutions to some of our biggest problems are being solved in research papers that nobody reads - until now.”

DTEX Partners with Mandiant for Insider Risk Management Capabilities

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월요일, 4월 8, 2024

DTEX Systems , the global leader for insider risk management, today announced its partnership with Mandiant under the DTEX Systems Global Partner Program .

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  • DTEX Systems , the global leader for insider risk management, today announced its partnership with Mandiant under the DTEX Systems Global Partner Program .
  • As the newest member of the DTEX partner network, Mandiant will have the ability to deploy the DTEX InTERCEPT™ platform to elevate its global insider risk consulting practice.
  • DTEX InTERCEPT complements several SIEM, SOAR, and EDR technology partners to provide complete visibility across the attack surface while enriching data to provide a comprehensive understanding of insider risk.
  • Ai3 is the evolution of InTERCEPT™, building on 20 years of insider risk experience to guide and expedite investigations in a matter of minutes.

Calico Appoints Michael Lenardo, M.D., as Chief Scientific Officer

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목요일, 3월 28, 2024

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Calico Life Sciences LLC (Calico), a biotechnology organization focused on the biology of aging and age-related diseases, and founded by Alphabet and Arthur D. Levinson, Ph.D., today announced the appointment of Michael Lenardo, M.D., as its new Chief Scientific Officer.

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  • SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Calico Life Sciences LLC (Calico), a biotechnology organization focused on the biology of aging and age-related diseases, and founded by Alphabet and Arthur D. Levinson, Ph.D., today announced the appointment of Michael Lenardo, M.D., as its new Chief Scientific Officer.
  • Dr. Lenardo is an accomplished molecular immunologist and geneticist whose medical research career spans four decades.
  • "Securing someone of Mike's caliber for the critical role of Chief Scientific Officer is a major achievement for Calico," said Dr. Levinson, CEO of Calico.
  • "The commitment to scientific excellence and integrity at Calico, coupled with the highly talented team, is truly impressive and reflected in the impactful progress they are making.

Space Resources Startup Interlune Raises $18 Million in Seed Capital

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수요일, 3월 13, 2024

SEATTLE, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Interlune, a natural resources company, emerged from stealth today, announcing that it has raised funding to further develop and operationalize technology to extract Helium-3 and other natural resources from the Moon. The funding is an essential milestone for Interlune in pursuing its mission to lead the world in sustainable, responsible harvesting and distribution of natural resources from space to benefit humanity.

Key Points: 
  • The funding is an essential milestone for Interlune in pursuing its mission to lead the world in sustainable, responsible harvesting and distribution of natural resources from space to benefit humanity.
  • Alexis Ohanian's venture firm Seven Seven Six led the most recent round of $15 million, adding to previous angel investments.
  • Katelin Holloway, founding partner of Seven Seven Six, will join the Interlune board of directors.
  • "For the first time in history, harvesting natural resources from the Moon is technologically and economically feasible," said Meyerson.

Let’s Not Wait Until More People Die: Texas Attorney Amy Witherite Urges Caution Amid Driverless Truck Rollout

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수요일, 3월 6, 2024

As companies prepare to introduce driverless trucks onto the nation’s roads, Amy Witherite, a prominent Texas attorney and founder of Witherite Law Group , is sounding the alarm on potential safety risks associated with autonomous vehicle technology.

Key Points: 
  • As companies prepare to introduce driverless trucks onto the nation’s roads, Amy Witherite, a prominent Texas attorney and founder of Witherite Law Group , is sounding the alarm on potential safety risks associated with autonomous vehicle technology.
  • "As an attorney and citizen who shares the highway with these vehicles, I am genuinely concerned about safety," says Witherite.
  • The complexities of navigating varied environments and interacting with diverse road users make achieving reliable and safe driverless operations a formidable task.
  • Witherite, whose firm specializes in accidents involving the trucking industry, brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the conversation.

DTEX Systems Raises $50M Led by Alphabet’s CapitalG to Disrupt Insider Risk Management Market Through AI-Enabled Innovations

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화요일, 3월 5, 2024

DTEX Systems , the global leader for insider risk management, today announced that it closed $50M in Series E funding.

Key Points: 
  • DTEX Systems , the global leader for insider risk management, today announced that it closed $50M in Series E funding.
  • CapitalG , the independent growth fund of Google’s parent company Alphabet, led the new investment round, bringing DTEX Systems’ total funding raised to $138M.
  • These new funds will continue to fuel significant company momentum and accelerate DTEX’s application of large language models (LLMs) and behavioral science research to disrupt the insider risk management market.
  • This funding underscores their confidence in DTEX's potential to lead the Insider Risk Management space, marking a significant milestone in our journey."

Evolved by Nature Announces New Chief Financial Officer, Commercial Vice President And Two New Board Members to Support Next Chapter of Growth for the Leading Biotechnology Company

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화요일, 2월 13, 2024

BOSTON, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolved By Nature, a biotechnology company designing performance-based peptides from nature that increase performance and sustainability of the living barriers and surfaces that surround us, from replacement coating for PFAS chemistry in leather finishing, to non-toxic bioactives in personal care, to drug discovery for epithial and inflammatory diseases, today announces the recent appointment of new Chief Financial Officer, Shalini Urankar and Vice President, Commercial, Germano Coelho. The company also welcomes two distinguished experts across beauty and technology to its Board of Directors: Christine Dagousset and Francis Ebong. 

Key Points: 
  • The company also welcomes two distinguished experts across beauty and technology to its Board of Directors: Christine Dagousset and Francis Ebong.
  • President and Co-Founder of Evolved By Nature, Dr. Rebecca Lacouture shares, "We're extremely excited to be welcoming Shalini and Germano to the Evolved By Nature management team, and to be joined by Christine and Francis at the board level."
  • Previously, Urankar served as CFO for the Americas at Iron Mountain, managing finance and operations for a multi-billion-dollar business unit.
  • Previously, Ebong was Director of Global Operations & Partnerships at Facebook, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Arch Capital Group and The Social Progress Imperative.

Normal Computing Unveils the First-ever Thermodynamic Computer

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화요일, 1월 23, 2024

Normal Computing , a deep tech AI startup founded by former Google Brain and Alphabet X engineers to develop full-stack applications with enterprise reliability, today unveiled the world’s first thermodynamic computer.

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  • Normal Computing , a deep tech AI startup founded by former Google Brain and Alphabet X engineers to develop full-stack applications with enterprise reliability, today unveiled the world’s first thermodynamic computer.
  • And new approaches like with probabilistic AI add even more scaling complexity, particularly for GPUs, but may be thousands of times more efficient on a thermodynamic computer as indicated in Normal’s latest research paper.
  • The thermodynamic paradigm is more near term, relying on standard semiconductor fabrication and operating at room temperature.
  • Our goal is to unlock a step change in AI capabilities and efficiency through our novel thermodynamic stack,” said Patrick Coles, Chief Scientist at Normal Computing and former head of Quantum Computing at Los Alamos National Laboratory.