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Sister, can you spare $12,000 to help me decarbonize my home?

Engadget

The hope is, as the popularity of accessible, user-installable green tech grows, the prices go down. When it comes to heating, that ratio could go significantly higher, especially if its replacing fossil fuel combustion. But these products arent cheap. In the meantime, I will keep daydreaming.

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Superscript, a bespoke insurance provider for SMEs, raises $54 million

TechCrunch

Superscript , an insurance broker and tech platform targeting SMEs and “high-growth” tech firms, has raised £45 million ($54 million) in a Series B round of funding. Germany’s Wefox last year raised $400 million at $4.5 and across the European Economic Area (EEA). and across the European Economic Area (EEA).

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Flying taxi startup Lilium will build a hub for its electric aircraft in Florida

The Verge

Lilium denies it was seeking to raise that much money, citing lower labor costs in Germany. It also built a pop-up vertiport in Singapore for a tech conference late last year. The power-to-weight ratio is a huge challenge for electric flight. Lilium isn’t the only company with designs for flying taxis.

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PreciTaste lands cash for tech that checks restaurant orders for accuracy

TechCrunch

. “To make its computer vision work at any kitchen, including unknown environments or situations, PreciTaste uses its growing food operations simulation data in its machine learning pipeline to increase robustness, which includes data from different levels of greasiness, aspect ratios, kitchen tools (including gloves), occlusions and more.”

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Fulfilment startup Cubyn raises €35M to expand across Europe

TechCrunch

and Germany. With the funding, the ratio is predicted to change to 50-50” Mind the gap: E-commerce marketers should revise their TAM and SAM estimates. Cubyn says it will use the new funding to double its team of 85 to more than 170 employees by the end of 2021, and deploy its service more internationally.

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Volocopter now accepting reservations for flights in its electric air taxi — but not until 2023 at the earliest

The Verge

As for where, Volocopter has conducted flight tests in Singapore, Helsinki, Dubai, and its headquarters in Bruchsal, Germany — so most likely in one of those cities. Flying requires an incredible amount of energy, and present battery technology just doesn’t offer the power-to-weight ratio needed to achieve liftoff.

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The most innovative companies in Asia-Pacific for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Several more Chinese tech companies round out the top slots: Baidu , which runs Chinas top search engine, started offering driverless taxi services last summer in select cities and is already outperforming Googles Waymo robotaxis where it operates. By the end of the year, the company had sold more than 130,000 cars.

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