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As ChatGPT hype hits fever pitch, Neeva launches its generative AI search engine internationally

TechCrunch

Back in December, Neeva co-founder and CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy , who previously spearheaded Google’s advertising tech business , teased new “cutting edge AI” and large language models (LLMs), positioning itself against the ChatGPT hype train. Germany, France, and Spain. “In our upcoming upgrades, Neeva can.”

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

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Germany and the UK came out first and second, respectively). While they can withdraw those funds from the business the next day, local founders must still secure decent backing to even begin the work. I also think that femtech is a hyped category but funding as well as renown exits are still missing. More than 50%?

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Buildots raises $30M to put eyes on construction sites

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Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia and China. We did a good job selling remotely, but now we need local offices,” Danon added. “We Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt. Buildots went after new funding once it was able to show product market fit and was expanding into other countries.

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Heura tucks into $20M funding chunk for its plant-based proteins ahead of beefier B round next year

TechCrunch

And Heura is taking credit for 80% of local plant-based category growth (although it should be noted that Spain remains one of Europe’s biggest consumers of animal-based meat so growth of alt-proteins is starting from a low base). But the plant-based meat category has been deflating somewhat of late after earlier heavy hype.

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London startup Weaver gets $4M to build out a vetted marketplace for home renovations

TechCrunch

” Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt. Keane says it’s planning future international expansion “eventually” — and on that front it has an eye on Germany and the US where he says its research suggests the market dynamics are similar to the UK’s.

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A dating app — not Facebook or Clubhouse — cracked getting audio to go viral

The Verge

Strunge also adds that 90 percent of listening happens in a user’s native language, so Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, and German, and the team is hyper-focused on approaching each of its markets locally. I have seen a lot of hype over Spotify and Netflix’s news last week that they’re partnering to launch an audio hub on the Spotify app.

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Klim harvests $6.6M seed to get more farmers growing greener

TechCrunch

Moreover, in recent years, hype about claimed environmental benefits from making tweaks to existing agricultural processes has seen the buzzy badge of ‘regenerative’ keenly taken up by some of the biggest names in (junk) food production, from PepsiCo to McDonalds. Some of this hype has — frankly — been unbelievable.

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