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Sep 10, 2024 • 9min

The coolest startup in the Bay Area is a baseball team called the Oakland Ballers

This year, the B’s made their debut in the Pioneer League, a professional baseball organization that’s partnered with the MLB, but unlike the minor leagues, it’s not tied to any existing MLB teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 9, 2024 • 6min

All Hands AI raises $5M to build open source agents for developers

As with many open source startups, All Hands AI expects to monetize its service by offering paid, closed-source enterprise features. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 9, 2024 • 5min

Driverless car-sharing startup Vay steers toward B2B services

The new business-to-business division is a bet on what co-founder and CEO Thomas von der Ohe thinks is the future of mobility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 6, 2024 • 4min

Reonic raises €13 million to help small installers of green tech like heat pumps and solar panels

European regulators are pushing hard for greener energy. The REPowerEU plan calls for 10 million additional heat pumps to be added by 2027, and solar panels are also on the rise. But most installations are done by small businesses that could be more productive with better work processes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 6, 2024 • 6min

As remote working keeps rolling, Oyster raises $59M Series D at $1.2B valuation

No one is putting the remote working genie back in the bottle. Which is good news for Oyster, a payroll and HR platform that specializes in distributed workforces – or “global employment” as its marketing paints it Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 5, 2024 • 6min

You.com ‘refocuses’ from AI search to deeper productivity agents with new $50M round

If you build an AI search product, you compete with Google. But Google has a lot easier time answering queries with a single, simple answer, such as “how many is a dozen?” than it does answering complex questions like “what influence did Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’ have on Enlightenment ideals?”x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 5, 2024 • 5min

Dutch clean energy investor SET Ventures lands new €200 million fund, which will go toward digital tech

New climate tech VC firms have emerged in recent years, but existing ones are also raising larger funds. Founded in 2007, Dutch firm SET Ventures is one of the latter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 4, 2024 • 4min

‘Hospital at home’ startup Doccla raises $46 million for its European expansion

Hospitals around the world regularly face bed shortages — an issue that can get exacerbated to breaking point when a health scare or other large-scale disaster occurs. A startup called Doccla is bringing technology to bear address the issue: it’s building “virtual bed” tech to help doctors remotely manage patients who have either been discharged or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 4, 2024 • 4min

Laptop-leasing startup Fleet wants to become the IT companion for small companies

Fleet is launching several software services on top of its hardware-as-a-service proposition, from device management to cybersecurity and insurance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 3, 2024 • 7min

Generative AI coding startup Magic lands $320M investment from Eric Schmidt, Atlassian and others

Magic, an AI startup developing models to generate code and automate a range of software development tasks, says that it’s raised a large tranche of cash from investors including ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt. In a blog post this morning, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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