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Paris’ commercial court has accepted Cooltra’s offer to acquire Cityscoot. These two companies provide shared electric mopeds that you can unlock and ride to go from one place to another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Uber has signed a memorandum of understanding with an Indian government-backed firm that aims to make mobility and commerce more accessible across the South Asian nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A growing roster of vertical AI startups is emerging in Southeast Asia to serve sectors ranging from seafood to finance. Singapore-based venture capital firm Antler recently made a bet on 37 of them, investing $5.1 million in total for pre-seed deals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After years of copying and pasting shopping links into spreadsheets and taking screenshots of products to share with her friends and family, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a role reversal, Xalts, a Singapore fintech startup founded 18 months ago, has acquired Contour Network, a digital trade platform set up by eight major banks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you’ve ever traveled in rural areas in France, you may have realized a French peculiarity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Whenever you go to a conference, whether as a sales and marketing exercise, or an executive is speaking, there is a cost associated with that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1Password, the AgileBits-owned password management software developer, today announced that it has acquired Kolide, an endpoint security platform, for an undisclosed amount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company made advancements in its proprietary dairy seed system to leverage interactions between recombinant dairy casein and native plant proteins, with or without improved fatty acid profiles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Few categories are as ripe for automation-fueled disruption as construction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Anthropic, the well-funded AI startup, is testing a technology to detect when users of its GenAI chatbot ask about political topics and redirect those users to “authoritative” sources of voting information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company's fermentation process involves the cultivation of multiple microorganisms, including mycelium, to provide nutrition, flavor and texture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The material could drastically improve the durability of existing fuel cell designs while also improving the efficiency of hydrogen production by 15%-20%. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When looking at startups within healthcare, data and AI and cybersecurity, the firm considers a number of factors like the plan for infrastructure, especially now that AI is everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The London-based wellness brand is tapping into functional mushrooms and nootropics to create a line of powder blends that it touts enhances energy, relaxation, mood and general well-being. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Travel startup Layla — backed by firstminute capital, M13, Booking.com co-founder Andy Phillips, Skyscanner co-founder Barry Smith, and Paris Hilton — said today that it has acquired AI-powered itinerary building bot Roam Around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bob W, a marketplace for premium short-term apartment rentals, has raised €40 million ($43 million) in a Series B round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GenAI might be one of the most exciting technologies today. But it’s also one of the fastest-moving — posing a challenge for enterprises keen to deploy it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Upstash announced a $1.9 million seed round almost exactly two years ago, and an idea for building a serverless data platform for data-intensive applications built with Redis and Kafka. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your phone’s camera is as much software as it is hardware, and Glass is hoping to improve both. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast creators can now submit their RSS feed to YouTube and YouTube Music, the company revealed in a video uploaded to its Creator Insider channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Attentive.ai, a startup building vertical software for landscaping and construction services in the U.S., has raised $7 million in a new funding round as it looks to enhance its AI-led offerings and expand them to more businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Smart water bottle-maker Larq this week announced that it has been acquired by filtration giant, Brita. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In another sign of the scramble to accelerate the uptake and transformative potential of artificial intelligence, Dutch recycling giant Bollegraaf Group is making a strategic investment in UK AI startup Greyparrot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Imagine you work for a car rental agency or a package delivery company and you’re in charge of a fleet of vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices