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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Other rivals, such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea , say the 5G tech isn't as close as Reliance Jio says, and that it could be another two years away due to India's lacking ecosystem and the expensive price tag, the report says. Jio Platforms said in October it was working with U.S.-based

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JULY 17, 2019

Pioneers of the first diamond-coated unclonable security tag for supply chain security and end-to-end tracking, DUST Identity has announced $10 million in Series A funding. Led by Kleiner Perkins, provider of the company’s initial $2.3 million seed investment in 2018, the Series A is also backed by Airbus and Lockheed Martin, among others.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Canoo plans to use the fresh capital to perfect its “skateboard” chassis, a breakthrough in EV manufacturing that allows almost any “top hat” (passenger cabin) to sit atop it. The company will also provide maintenance and repair, as another way of reducing electric vehicles’ high price tags.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

Putting traditional car manufacturers eyeing the ride-hailing space on notice, Uber has reached an agreement with Volvo , enabling customers in downtown Pittsburgh to order up a self-driving car from their mobile app starting later in August. Uber will also partner with other manufacturers to create its fleet.

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MAY 16, 2018

As a result, she saw an opportunity for a business, Choosy , that would manufacture clothes made famous by celebrities, and deliver them to customers just weeks after they “favorite” and purchase the items. Fashion Through Social Tagging. Much like Spotify, the algorithms work to match customers with fashions through profiles.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

There are a lot of sneaker manufacturers out there ready and quite willing to dispute that assertion. Before founding Allbirds in 2015 with Co-Founder and Co-CEO Joey Zwillinger , a biotech engineer and renewable materials expert, Brown was a professional soccer player in New Zealand. But Allbirds isn’t quite your average shoe company.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

For the food industry — that waste adds up to a $990 billion price tag, according to Alex Garden, chairman and CEO of Zume Inc. This is why it is such a shame that a third of the food produced on the planet is never eaten — instead getting tossed into the trash and shipped out one final time to the landfill.

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