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Getty/Oscar Wong A speech recognition startup just landed $62 million in Series B funding. How will the money be used? In a quest to enable a computer to understand every voice in the world. If that doesn’t strike you as hugely ambitious you haven’t spent enough time trying to get Siri to compose a text […] More
Einride A freight technology company has received federal approval to operate an autonomous electric big rig on public roads. Einride received the allowances from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), marking the first time a purpose-built autonomous, electric truck without a driver on board has been approved to operate on public roads in the U.S. The […] More
Merlin Labs A Boston-based company that brings autonomy to existing fixed-wing aircraft is announcing a large funding round just as pressing nationwide pilot shortages draw renewed interest in autonomous flight. Merlin Labs, which we’ve been tracking for their move toward pragmatic autonomous air travel, is banking a $120 million Series B round from Snowpoint and Baille […] More
Osaro Robotics Warehouse workers don’t have an easy job. In an on-demand fulfillment economy the work is ceaseless, the pay low, and the drive for efficiency brutal. Earlier this year the Department of Labor even stepped in with an initiative attempting to safeguard warehouse workers’ rights. Add to that the resigned inevitability hovering over many of […] More
Flickr Collapsing bridges, crumbling aqueducts, and corroding highways: Infrastructure is big (and increasingly urgent) news in the U.S. A new class of robots and inspection drones from a variety of vendors are beginning to scale structures and perform acrobatic flybys to discern the real state of affairs. ZDNet Recommends With federal dollars for infrastructure increasing, […] More
Oatly Green technology is low hanging fruit for companies with a progressive ethos. The latest example is Oatly, the world’s largest oatmilk company, expanding a partnership with leading electric freight company Einride. The partnership will bring electric trucks to Oatly’s North American operations after seeing success in Europe for the past two years. This initiative is tied […] More
Hungryroot The days of walking into a giant grocery store with an empty cart and browsing through tens of thousands of items will soon be a routine of the past. With artificial intelligence, technology startups are hoping to change the grocery shopping experience. “It’s pretty overwhelming to get your food right each week,” says Alex […] More
AT&T A flying COW (“cellular on wings”) is providing a 5G network in areas with limited infrastructure and after natural disasters. The technology convergence of drones and 5G is an interesting test case for rapid, flexible network deployments that provide a useful stopgap in critical areas. “We had intermittent, weak LTE signal at the flight […] More
