Topic: technology validation
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Seprify Secures €13.4M to Replace Titanium Dioxide with Cellulose
Seprify, a Swiss startup, has raised €13.4 million to commercialize a cellulose-based whitening agent, inspired by the light-scattering scales of a beetle, as a natural replacement for titanium dioxide. Growing regulatory bans on titanium dioxide in food and other products, due to safety concerns...
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Mutable Tactics Secures €1.8M Pre-Seed Funding
Mutable Tactics secured €1.8 million in pre-seed funding to develop an AI platform enabling autonomous drone teams to operate collaboratively without constant human control. The core technology allows drones to adapt and make tactical decisions in GPS-denied or communication-disrupted environment...
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Waabi Partners with Uber to Launch Self-Driving Robotaxis
Waabi, a self-driving trucking startup, is expanding into robotaxis through a major partnership with Uber, backed by $1 billion in new funding to deploy tens of thousands of vehicles on Uber's platform. The company argues its core "physical AI" technology is transferable from trucking to robotaxi...
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OpenAI's Push for Fully Automated Research
Autonomous AI research agents are seen as a natural progression from current coding agents, with their potential fueled by increasing model capabilities and improved reasoning through step-by-step logic. OpenAI is training systems on complex tasks like math and coding puzzles to develop advanced ...
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Telura Emerges From Stealth With €4M Funding
Telura, a Munich startup, has raised €4 million to develop an electro-impulse drilling system that fractures rock with electrical pulses, aiming to make deep geothermal energy economically viable by overcoming the limitations of traditional mechanical drilling. The technology is designed for clos...
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