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This startup wants to use technology to help solve Austin’s housing shortage problem

TechCrunch

Homebound has raised about $73 million over the years from the likes of Google Ventures, Fifth Wall, Khosla, Sound Ventures, Atomic and Thrive Capital. It’s a model Pechet envisions replicating in other cities with similar housing supply issues such as Miami, Tampa, Raleigh and Charlotte. It’s going to be a huge market for us.”.

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Destinus plans to fly a hydrogen-powered, hypersonic cargo craft with $29M seed round

TechCrunch

multiples of the speed of sound) powered by liquid hydrogen and with only water as exhaust, which would enable point to point delivery nearly anywhere on the planet. Illustration of a hypothetical (and not to scale) flight path from Miami to Seoul. The stated plan is to build a hypersonic vehicle (i.e. Ambitious, yes, Expensive, yes.

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Meet the self-driving brains working with Volkswagen and Ford

The Verge

It’s August 2021, and while that hasn’t happened, Argo has launched a small fleet of robotaxis in Miami and Austin in partnership with Lyft. Whether it be in the core of Miami, Austin, DC. You’ve been testing in Miami for a few years. Was the Lyft partnership just a natural extension to actually go to consumers in Miami?

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Can You Estimate How Long It Will Take McLaren Formula 1 Team to Complete a Race Through ML and Human Intelligence?

DataRobot

Based on some strategic decisions can I reliably and accurately estimate how long will it take for Lando Norris or Daniel Ricciardo to complete a race in Miami? The testing is done by selecting 90 races that were not seen by the model during the learning phase and then comparing actual completion time versus predicted completion time.

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This is what your life will be like when the world hits a dangerous climate tipping point

Fast Company Tech

That may not sound like much, but a 5-degree rise will affect almost every aspect of human life, in ways both large and small. The peak transmission period for West Nile currently lasts about three months per year in Miami, but would likely increase to about five months. What will life be like in this much warmer world?

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Ok, I take back what I said about tech layoffs

TechCrunch

Thanks to all who came to Miami this week for our debut crypto conference. Sounding dumb, repeating yourself and asking obvious questions are all literal growth hacks (internally and externally). Is web3 really the new phase of the internet? Here’s the column if you missed it: “What the midterm madness means for startups.”.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

The Verge

Music : The Sound of NYC’s Underground Vogue Scene (feat. Video Remixes/Mashups : Play That Funky Music Rammstein by Gildersleeve Artist Management; Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three Retrospective by Clark Zhu. Best Music/Sound Design : Days by Sony Interactive Entertainment; My Singing Monsters by Big Blue Bubble.

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