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I would put window washing fairly high (so to speak) on the list of jobs it makes sense to automate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ShopThing, a live shopping marketplace focused on luxury brands, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Origin Ventures, with participation from Pritzker Group and Interplay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With its self-serve platform, Datagen now has a much more scalable way to help clients themselves generate the visual data that they need to train their computer vision applications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wealth gives you a one-stop shop where your entire financial portfolio can live and accumulate in real-time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The comics world has seemingly been waiting for a digital revolution since the birth of the internet. Launched in 2007, ComiXology has come the closest to delivering such a play to the medium, so naturally, Amazon went and purchased the service and messed it up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kenya-based agritech Apollo Agriculture, which helps farmers access high-quality farm inputs, financing and markets, plans to double the number of farmers it is serving by the end 2022 and to introduce other products that deliver more value per acre of land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When it comes to data-intensive applications, setting up the infrastructure is expensive and time-consuming. You’re often paying for resources you aren’t using, even in the cloud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Expert, which provides video consultations with top designers, expands into e-commerce to become what co-founder Leo Seigal referred to as “Farfetch for home.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hence Technologies, a Kigali and London based startup that uses data and AI technologies to match companies with external legal service providers is set to scale its precision matching engine after raising $1.8million in seed funding from various institutions and angel investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Security companies typically start by focusing on one particular problem, but the biggest ones like Palo Alto Networks, FireEye and Symantec have shifted to a horizontal approach typically gaining functionality over time through acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices