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You’re reading this now from Entrepreneur India, the international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. Gurugram-based early-stage venture capital fund FAAD Capital has announced that it has made a strategic investment of US$ 121,000 in four agritech startups as part of its AgriManch accelerator program.Startups receiving pre-seed funding include Godaam Innovations, VedaFit Foods, Aqin Biotech, and Mkelly Biotech. Godaam Innovations has already raised $180,000 in external funding. The funding is aimed at supporting these startups in their mission to revolutionize the agriculture industry.Godaam Innovations offers smart storage that reduces post-harvest losses and increases supply chain efficiency, Aqin Biotech’s patented feed improves animal…

You’re reading this now from Entrepreneur India, the international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. The India-born co-founder announced the launch of Vayu Robotics, a curbside delivery robot, in the US as part of a move to lower the cost of e-commerce delivery. Vayu leverages the latest artificial intelligence (AI)-based models with lidar-less and low-cost passive sensors. The company previously raised $12.7 million to develop the models.Vayu Robotics co-founders Anand Gopalan, Mahesh Krishnamurthi and Nitish Srivastava argue that traditional mobile robots rely on expensive LiDAR sensors and software modules built to perform one task at a time, resulting in expensive hardware and…

Thirty years ago, the advent of the internet forever changed the growth trajectory of American companies. Since then, investors have been waiting for the next game-changing innovation, technology, or trend to rival what the internet did for businesses. After decades of patience, artificial intelligence (AI) seems to have been chosen as the next leap in innovation.The rise of AI hinges on the use of software and systems to perform tasks typically performed by humans. What gives AI such far-reaching potential is the ability of software and systems to learn and evolve without human intervention. As they become proficient at assigned…

Google’s parent company Alphabet has reportedly failed to acquire cybersecurity startup Wizz Inc. despite making a $23 billion acquisition offer. This unexpected choice demonstrates the New York-based startup’s bold and ambitious determination to forge its own path. (Photo: Pawel Czerwinski via Unsplash) As Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently stated, further job cuts are expected in 2024. The same fate recently befell Alphabet’s secretive lab, X. The move comes as Alphabet strives to expand its presence in the fiercely competitive cloud-services sector currently dominated by Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Despite the hefty offer, Wizz is focused on hitting new benchmarks,…

Nigeria has announced a government-led initiative to train 1,000 Nigerians annually in various cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence and blockchain, as it prepares to “overtake other economies around the world.”On July 23, Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima inaugurated the Blockchain AI Expertise and Technology Training and Outsourcing Initiative in the city of Jigawa as part of Nigeria’s strategy towards digital transformation and leadership in Africa.”We’re not just catching up with the rest of the world – we’re surpassing it. This initiative will provide its beneficiaries with the opportunity to become part of a global workforce and drive the innovation that…

Image courtesy of the author Julia is a programming language like Python and R. It combines the speed of low-level languages ​​like C with the simplicity of Python. Julia is becoming increasingly popular in the field of data science. If you’re looking to expand your portfolio and learn a new language, Julia is the place to be. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to set up Julia for data science, load data, perform data analysis, and visualize it. The tutorial is simple enough that students can get started with data analysis using Julia in under five minutes. 1. Setting up…

Unity Biotechnology Inc.SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — UNITY Biotechnology, Inc. (“UNITY”) [NASDAQ: UBX]UNITY, a biotechnology company developing therapeutics to slow, halt or reverse the progression of aging-related diseases, today announced that the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has granted stock-based awards effective July 22, 2024 covering an aggregate of 115,000 shares of UNITY common stock to its new employee, its Chief Strategy Officer, including options to purchase an aggregate of 100,000 shares of UNITY common stock and 15,000 restricted stock units of UNITY common stock. The stock-based awards were granted pursuant…

An advanced airborne 5G connectivity system has been successfully integrated onto a Britten Norman Islander aircraft, completing a series of demonstration flights. This groundbreaking technology is being developed by several UK companies led by Stratospheric Platforms Limited (SPL), a leading developer of non-terrestrial network communications, with design, integration and demonstration flights being handled by manufacturer Britten-Norman. SPL is at the forefront of developing airborne antennas that provide high performance 5G coverage over wide areas. The technology offers many valuable applications, including quickly restoring networks after major disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis when traditional mobile network infrastructure is disrupted. On…

UNITY Biotechnology, a company focused on developing drugs to treat age-related diseases, announced the grant of stock-based compensation to its new Chief Strategy Officer. The award, approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, includes options to purchase 100,000 shares of UNITY common stock and 15,000 restricted stock units. The grant of a total of 115,000 shares was made under the UNITY 2020 Employment Attraction Incentive Plan, established to provide incentives to newly hired employees pursuant to Nasdaq Stock Market Rule 5635(c)(4). The award, which will become effective on July 22, 2024, will…

NASA ranks private space tech challenges for 2024 Clarence Oxford Los Angeles, California (SPX) July 24, 2024 This spring, NASA released a comprehensive document identifying nearly 200 technology areas that require further development to meet future exploration, science and other mission needs. The aerospace community was asked to rate the importance of these areas to consolidate the community’s technology challenges and guide NASA’s space technology development and investments.Today, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) released its 2024 Civil Space Shortage Rankings document. The document consolidates input from NASA mission directorates and centers, industry associations of various sizes, government…