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NavVis raised €73.7M to build the spatial data layer that factories need before they can deploy AI

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NavVis raised €73.7M Series D led by The Jordan Company. Spatial twin platform has scanned 1B+ sqm. 1,500+ customers including BMW, VW, Toyota, Siemens. Expanding in US market. Partners with Nvidia, SAP, Autodesk.

NavVis, a Munich-based spatial twin platform, raised €73.7 million ($85 million) in a Series D round led by US private equity firm The Jordan Company. Existing investors Yttrium, KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING, and Cipio Partners also participated. The company, a 2013 spin-off from the Technical University of Munich, builds photorealistic digital replicas of factories, plants, and buildings using wearable laser scanning systems that it says work 10 times faster than traditional survey methods.

The numbers are substantial. More than a billion square metres of industrial space have been scanned onto the NavVis platform, and over 150,000 users in engineering, maintenance, and construction teams use the data daily. The customer list reads like a manufacturing index: BMW,...

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GTA 6 fans can't contain their excitement over the sound of a trunk closing in new 'It Happens on PS5' ad — 'We’re so desperate for GTA 6 marketing that a trunk closing sound is exciting'

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Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India

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OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it

After numerouslawsuits over AI chatbots’ lack of safety measures, leading to teens’ suicides and other mental health concerns, OpenAI on Monday announced the launch of ChatGPT for Teens. The new product promises to include additional safety measures, as well as the educational crisis of ChatGPT-assisted cheating in schools. On the

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Shark’s Answer to the PencilWash Has an Extendable Wand to Clean Tight Spots

Wet and dry vacuums are handy tools to have in your home because they offer wet cleaning for hard floors, together with suction for dry messes and debris. The downside of having two cleaners in one is that they’re usually bulky and can’t reach tight spots or get

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GTA 6 fans can't contain their excitement over the sound of a trunk closing in new 'It Happens on PS5' ad &mdash; 'We&rsquo;re so desperate for GTA 6 marketing that a trunk closing sound is exciting'

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GTA 6 fans can't contain their excitement over the sound of a trunk closing in new 'It Happens on PS5' ad — 'We’re so desperate for GTA 6 marketing that a trunk closing sound is exciting'