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WSJ
Locus Robotics Corp. raised $26 million in a Series C funding round that will help the warehouse automation company expand the reach of its robots, which help speed up the fulfillment of e-commerce orders, into international markets. The round increased to $66 million the funding the Wilmington, Mass.-based company has raised since the business was spun out in 2015 from Quiet Logistics Inc. The new funding came from investors including Zebra Ventures, the strategic investment arm of logistics…
VENTUREBEAT
For prospective home buyers, touring a house traditionally entails commuting to top prospects and painstakingly documenting each room with photos, but Zillowwants to drag the process into the 21st century. To that end, the Seattle, Washington-based real estate database company today announced the debut of 3D Home, an AI-powered iOS app that allows potential buyers to view 360-degree pics and tours of properties….
TECHCRUNCH
Tesla expects to launch the first robotaxis as part of broader vision for an autonomous ride-sharing network in 2020, CEO Elon Musk said during the company’s Autonomy Day. “I feel very confident predicting that there will be autonomous robotaxis from Tesla next year — not in all jurisdictions because we won’t have regulatory approval everywhere” Musk said without detailing what regulations he was referring to. He added that he is confident the company will have regulatory approval somewhere n…
THE REAL DEAL
Imagine if a building could function like an iPhone. That idea struck Rudin Management’s John Gilbert III when he waited at Joe’s Pizza on 14th Street in 2009.
With Rudin building operations head Gene Boniberger at his side, Gilbert, the firm’s COO and technology chief, recalled that he pulled out his early model iPhone and said, “That stupid phone’s got an operating system. Why don’t our buildings have [one]?”
GEEKWIRE
A high-rise condo complex under construction near Seattle’s Pike Place Market will come with an interesting perk for residents: On-demand Tesla vehicles. Developers of The Emerald are partnering with Envoy Technologies, a Culver City, Calif. company that sets up on-demand vehicle pools for office buildings, hotels and housing complexes. Through Envoy’s app, residents of The Emerald will be able to reserve Tesla Model X and Model S vehicles “by the minute, hour, or day,” according to a press r…
CHAIN STORE AGE
Samsung has opened its first mall-based stores, locations that allow customers to get up close and personal with its newest products. The world’s biggest cell phone and TV maker has opened a permanent store in Roosevelt Field, in Garden City. Billed as the “Samsung Experience Store,” the 2,500-sq.-ft. space is a tech playground that immerses customers in the Samsung brand and enables customers to interact with new Samsung products in innovative ways. And all the goods on display are for sale…
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SPATIAL.AI
CINCINNATI, April. 18, 2019 – Spatial.ai is pleased to announce the launch of it’s “GeoSocial” dataset that organizes billions of social media conversations into 70+ actionable segments revealing the personalities, attitudes, and interests of communities at the block level. Retailers, Property Owners, and Brokerages equipped with Geosocial data can use social media as a precise lens into who customers are, where they are, and how they behave. And ultimately see how a community’s social charac…
BISNOW
One day in February, representatives from various Fortune 500 companies gathered on the shoulder of a quiet road in a small suburb of Atlanta called Peachtree Corners. They were there to watch a truck whose driver was, at that moment, 2,471 miles away in Mountain View, California. This was one of the first tests of an autonomous vehicle on the new $2M test track Peachtree Corners is developing with Sprint called Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners. The 1.5-mile stretch of road meanders thro…
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