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While few would argue over the need for a tech-enabled solution to make parenting easier, the demand is more obvious than the execution. Parenting is hard and requires support for a whole range of moments, from when your kid accidentally eats a button to early signs of depression during the remote school day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company offers a recurring subscription, and 50% of every dollar spent goes back to farmers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Earlier this year I wrote about Gwoop, a team out of Minnesota building a collection of browser-based games meant to help you get better at video games overall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new office will serve as its first in Europe and will be operational in March, initially staffing up to 50 by the end of next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Take a dollop of machine learning, a handful of radar sensors and a market that is clamoring for autonomous cars not mowing down hordes of pedestrians, and you’ve got yourself a particularly frothy fundraising environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BrainCheck has several new initiatives in the works to close the loop with the patient journey that will be brought to market soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Walmart is further investing in technology that will enable shopping via voice and chat with its latest acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Switzerland-based Mictic has created a pair of wearables that turns thin air into your concert hall. Imagine a theremin without the theremin, hooked up to a clever loop station, and you’ve got the right idea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OctoML, a Seattle-based startup that helps enterprises optimize and deploy their machine learning models, today announced that it has raised a $85 million Series C round led by Tiger Global Management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zeit Medical, which makes an early warning system for strokes during sleep, has raised $2M in a seed round just after leaving Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 cohort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Arc, a startup that launched 10 months ago with ambitions to electrify everything on the water, starting with a limited-edition $300,000 boat, has captured the attention and capital of some of the entertainment industry’s biggest stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Social Chat was founded on the premise that social commerce should be the standard for every store, and it may very well be soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

International travel is slowly opening up again, but that also means business and leisure travelers alike will once again have to think about visa restrictions as they take to the air. Nobody has ever enjoyed the process of applying for a visa, but Atlys promises to take the hassle out of the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Co-founder and CEO Grant Lee refers to building content in Gamma like “choosing your own adventure.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company saw 900% growth over the past 12 months and will be using the new funding to support that growth and new innovation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new funding represents a “hyper growth moment” for the company, which is in position to bring in some $300 million in revenue this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Speech recognition has gone from convenient to crucial over the last few years as smart speakers and driving assist modes have taken off — but not everyone’s voice is recognized equally well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Devo, a Boston-area startup focused on log management and cybersecurity, announced this morning that it has closed a $250 million round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio has long been described as the most intimate of media. Quips about putting radio on the internet aside, the persistent popularity of podcasting and the cockamamie climb of Clubhouse shows that audio-based platforms will continue to echo around the upper echelons of the ecosystem for a while yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meet Routine, a new startup working on a productivity tool that should help you manage your work day more efficiently. It’s a brand new take on to-do lists as it combines both tasks, non-actionable notes and a daily planner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Citcon, a mobile wallet payment provider, has closed on $30 million in funding in a Series C round co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Cota Capital. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company intends to build out several SaaS applications and is poised to roll out its first two modules for revenue and accounts receivables by the end of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Parking can often feel almost laughably old-fashioned, with some lots still hiring an attendant to collect fees and check for valid tickets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you’ve been working in the French tech ecosystem, you may remember a startup called AppGratis. The app discovery and promotion startup basically had to stop operating overnight following a long and nasty fight with Apple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The global shipping and freight industry has never been more in the spotlight, as the pandemic and other disruptions have led to enormous supply chain bottlenecks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices