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  • Smart scooter company Gogoro launches GoShare, an end-to-end vehicle sharing platform

    TECHCRUNCH

    Founded in 2011, Gogoro now makes the best-selling electric scooters in Taiwan, where it is headquartered. The startup has always seen itself as an end-to-end platform developer, however, and today it marked a major milestone with the announcement of a new vehicle sharing system. Called GoShare, the program will start operating with a pilot fleet of about 1,000 Gogoro smart scooters next month in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, before becoming available as a turnkey solution for partners….

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  • Shipping Blockchain Initiative Gathers Steam

    WSJ

    A blockchain initiative for seaborne cargo aimed at cutting costs and improving tracking of shipments is getting a boost with the addition of two big container shipping operations. Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd AG and Japan’s Ocean Network Express said Tuesday they will join the TradeLens platform launched by A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and International Business Machines Corp. , giving the program five of the world’s six largest carriers controlling about 60% of the oceangoing container cargo capacity….

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  • Momentum Builds for Automation in Construction

    WSJ

    Investors including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are pouring money into construction startups, betting that the industry is on the verge of sweeping changes. The money could jumpstart automation in a highly labor-intensive business that has been a rare source of well-paying blue-collar jobs over the past decade. Venture investment in private construction-technology companies leaped to $6.1 billion in 2018, from $352.1 million in 2016, according to research company CREtech. With $4.3 billion …

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  • Upfront Ventures Targets $250M For Third Growth-Stage Fund, Its Largest To Date

    CRUNCHBASE

    LA-area venture capital firms are on the raise, er, rise. On Monday, Upfront Ventures filed paperwork with the SEC, disclosing its intent to raise as much as $250 million for its third growth-stage investment fund. General partners Mark Suster and Yves Sisteron are listed on the filing.

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  • East Coast Love: PropTech Startups Pick NYC Over West Coast

    CRUNCHBASE

    While Silicon Valley is usually the first place people think of when it comes to startups and venture capital in general, the East Coast – and New York in particular – seems to have an edge up when it comes to the real estate sector. Proptech (short for “property tech”) companies especially like the city, as evidenced by a number of startups opting to move their headquarters there from other locales. This is in addition to the proptech companies who started operations in the area.

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  • Smokey and the Robot – Greg Lindsay chats with Don Burnette

    COMOTION PODCAST

    Episode 31. Greg Lindsay chats with Don Burnette, co-founder and CEO at Kodiak Robotics. Don Burnette believes trucking will be the first commercially viable application of autonomous vehicle technology and that autonomous trucks can drive much more safely and efficiency to the system.

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  • Halfway through 2019, proptech investment has already hit a record high

    THE REAL DEAL

    The real estate industry has long been slow to embrace innovation. But judging by recent investment figures, that might not be the case for much longer. Venture investment in real estate tech startups hit $12.9 billion in the first half of 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing data from research firm CREtech. That’s already more than all of 2017, which saw a record $12.7 billion in proptech investment….

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  • Shopping Centers Exploring Facial Recognition in Brave New World of Retail

    WSJ

    As their struggle with store closings persists, some U.S. mall owners and retailers are stepping up their use of technology that recognizes people’s faces but stops short of identifying and recording them.

    Landlords could do it all if they wanted. Facial-recognition technology has advanced to the point that U.S. malls could know shoppers’ names when they enter, watch what they buy and send them promotions to encourage repeat visits.

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  • Inside an Amazon Warehouse, Robots’ Ways Rub Off on Humans

    NEW YORK TIMES

    The last person to touch an item at an Amazon fulfillment center is the packer, whose job is to stick each order in a box and tape it shut. As with most jobs, being a packer is more complicated than it looks. Michael Waterman, a packer at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse, told me that when he started, he would grab each piece of tape too quickly, and it would invariably stick to his gloves. He ruined two pairs in his first two days….

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  • Inside Convene’s Biggest Location

    BISNOW

    There was a time when people worked without steam rooms or snack bars — but that is the workplace of yesteryear, and most landlords in the city are being forced to step up their game. The rise of coworking and flexible workspace providers in New York City has redefined the office leasing market and workplace culture, and it has put traditional office property landlords in something of a complex position.

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