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Tapping into digital nomadism and ‘deep work’ trends, Skimlinks founder raises $1.5M for Flown

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So today’s deep-workers and global digital nomads would probably be interested in a solution. Flown is essentially wrapping up into one package the knowledge workers’ wish-list. There are now estimated to be more than one billion knowledge workers globally, and it’s the fastest-growing sector of the global economy.

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NVIDIA Releases NIM Microservices to Safeguard Applications for Agentic AI

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AI agents are poised to transform productivity for the worlds billion knowledge workers with knowledge robots that can accomplish a variety of tasks. Industry leaders Amdocs, Cerence AI and Lowes are among those using NeMo Guardrails to safeguard AI applications.

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Anthill connects frontline workers to company resources through text messaging

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If the pandemic has made us completely rethink the way we work, that we — the swath of workers at home in pajamas popping into meetings on Zoom — leaves out a massive chunk of the workforce that continues to show up for work in-person, every time. billion people globally, who never sit at computers to do their jobs.

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Augury taps $55M for tech that predicts machine faults from vibration, sound and temperature

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Co-founder and CEO Saar Yoskovitz said in an interview that the funding will be used to expand the services that it provides to customers, as well as to build out its global customer base, and the ecosystem of companies that it works with so that it can expand the kinds of customers it targets to include smaller businesses and scale-ups.

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Wefarm adds $11M to expand its network for independent farmers, now at 2.5M users

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The vast majority of startups remain focused on consumers, knowledge workers and the opportunities to provide services to those that are already operating completely, or at least partially, in digital environments. million users. The funding, an extension to the company’s 2019 Series A , is being led by Octopus Ventures.

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As companies search for hourly workers, Fountain brings in $85M to assist them

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from the industry average of 36 days, Behr said. For this round, the company received seven competitive offers from investors, but felt bringing SoftBank on was the “right partner for us as we look to expand globally,” Behr said. Fountain’s technology also whittles down the median days to hire to 8.70

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Shiftsmart, a marketplace matching shift workers to employers, grabs $95M

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Shiftsmart , a New York-based labor management resource, is the latest to see some love from investors, bringing in $95 million in Series B funding for its workforce management software that matches hourly workers with open shifts across a variety of industry verticals and roles. The company will also do additional hiring.