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Welcome to HackerNoon’s Writing Prompts! Would you like to take a stab at answering some of these questions? The link for the template is HERE. 1. What is your company in 2–5 words? Compatibility-First AI Matchmaking Concierge 2. Why is now the time for your company to exist?
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India’s push to turn university-led research into commercial deeptech companies is getting a new pool of capital. The IITM Unicorn Frontier Fund - I, has reached a first close of ₹450 crore and has already deployed nearly ₹55 crore across four startups working in space propulsion, quantum technology, advanced
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Mythic AI, a US-based semiconductor company developing analog computing chips for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, has opened a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru and plans to quadruple its India team by the first quarter of 2027. The company said its India operations would focus on chip design, verification, physical
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The Voice AI Agents market is growing exponentially. The industry is projected to grow from $2.4 billion in 2024 to $47.5 billion by 2034, while Gartner predicts that by 2028, 70% of customer service journeys will begin with a conversational AI interface. For global brands, the appeal is
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Dominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Honor launches its new Magic 9 flagship phones in China today, and the 9 Pro Max features a design revamp, a capable camera, and a colossal battery.
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UiPath, Inc., a leader in agentic business orchestration and automation, today announced updated and enhanced capabilities across the UiPath Platform™. Enterprise automation programs typically stall for three reasons: building new automations runs through a queue of developer capacity, legacy applications and on-prem databases sit outside what the platform can reach,
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No sooner had Akamai flagged up the AI security tipping point represented by Anthropic’s Project Glasswing than it has just signed its largest ever contract with…Anthropic! The seven-year, non-exclusive deal, worth a likely total of around $11.6 billion, will see Akamai work with the frontier model provider
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Technology continues to open new possibilities for ocean research, underwater infrastructure inspection, and search-and-rescue efforts. As underwater missions become more complex, researchers are developing robots that can adapt to changing conditions and mission needs. As one example, researchers at Purdue University have developed a patent-pending underwater robot that can change
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As robots learn to fake feelings, the line between comfort and creepy keeps shrinking. Screenshot on YouTube/Otofootage Humanoid robots have come a long way from clunky and monotone machines. Today's models can hold conversations, dance (well, sort-of) and even mimic human facial expressions with unsettling accuracy. The
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Apple TV dropped the “Plus” from its name, but its number of must-see series continues to grow. Make no mistake, this applies to the streamer’s sci-fi shows, as well. Simply put, the genre titles available on the streamer are some of the best around. If you’ve been wondering
