Episodes

  • Alphabet X spinoff Skip partners with Arc’teryx to bring ‘everyday’ exoskeleton to market

    Alphabet X spinoff Skip partners with Arc’teryx to bring ‘everyday’ exoskeleton to market
    Jul 30 2024
    Skip exited stealth this week to announce a partnership with outdoor clothing specialist Arc’teryx. The deal is the first to bring Skip’s MO/GO technology to market: “powered pants” that utilize a soft exoskeleton technology, developed in-house at Alphabet’s X Labs moonshot factory. MO/GO, short for “mountain goat,” is a hybrid soft/rigid exoskeleton system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Stripe acquires payment processing startup Lemon Squeezy

    Stripe acquires payment processing startup Lemon Squeezy
    Jul 29 2024
    Payments giant Stripe has acquired a four-year-old competitor, Lemon Squeezy, the latter company announced Friday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. As a self-proclaimed “merchant of record,” Lemon Squeezy calculates and pays global sales tax for digital products, handling legal processing and fees in every country. It primarily serves SaaS and software businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    3 mins
  • Energy tech startup Greenely grabs €8M to reach more households and support Europe’s energy transition

    Energy tech startup Greenely grabs €8M to reach more households and support Europe’s energy transition
    Jul 29 2024
    The energy transition is a marathon, not a sprint. But opportunities for acceleration are growing. Swedish startup Greenely* has just spotted one. It’s closing an €8 million Series A funding round to expand its energy management platform into neighbouring Nordic countries (so around $8.7M at current exchange rates). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 mins
  • Intron Health gets backing for its speech recognition tool that recognizes African accents

    Intron Health gets backing for its speech recognition tool that recognizes African accents
    Jul 26 2024
    Voice recognition is getting integrated in nearly all facets of modern living, but there remains a big gap: speakers of minority languages, and those with thick accents or speech disorders like stuttering are typically less able to use speech recognition tools that control applications, transcribe or automate tasks, among other functions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 mins
  • Kodiak Robotics is taking self-driving trucks off road to reach profitability faster

    Kodiak Robotics is taking self-driving trucks off road to reach profitability faster
    Jul 26 2024
    Don Burnette, CEO and co-founder of self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics, had an “a-ha” moment when the company started working with the U.S. Department of Defense. Kodiak’s mission has always been to pursue long-haul autonomous trucking, but two years ago, the startup won a $50 million contract from the DoD to help the Army automate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Micropep taps tiny proteins to make pesticides safer

    Micropep taps tiny proteins to make pesticides safer
    Jul 25 2024
    Farmers have got to do something about pests. But nobody really likes the idea of using more chemical pesticides. Thomas Laurent’s company, Micropep, thinks the answer might already be in the plants themselves. Micropep is exploring how naturally occurring compounds, known as micropeptides, might work as an entirely new class of pesticides. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • QA Wolf secures $36M to grow its app QA-testing suite

    QA Wolf secures $36M to grow its app QA-testing suite
    Jul 25 2024
    Quality assurance in the app development world is a necessary, but often resource-draining, undertaking. According to Statista, 23% of companies’ annual IT budgets are allocated to in-house or third-party contracted QA and testing. The stakes are high. In a survey by QA software-testing company QualiTest Group, 88% of app users said that they’d abandon apps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • Linx emerges from stealth with $33M to lock down the new security perimeter: Identity

    Linx emerges from stealth with $33M to lock down the new security perimeter: Identity
    Jul 24 2024
    Identity management is one of the most common fulcrums around which security breaches have pivoted in the last several years. One of the main reasons it has become the gift that keeps on giving to malicious hackers is that it’s a nightmare for organizations to track. A security startup founded in Tel Aviv called Linx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    6 mins