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About 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year, but less than 10% is recycled, with most of the rest ending up incinerated or in landfills. One reason is that it is difficult for conventional recycling processes to handle contaminated plastics, like those that are made up of several different types of plastics, combined […] DePoly keeps hard to recycle plastic from ending up in landfills by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Large brand distributors dominate the top of the supply chain, but toward the bottom, there are thousands of middlemen, including wholesalers, who are the ones creating relationships with retailers. Founded last year, Baskit wants to provide them with tools to digitize the management of their inventory and services to help them get better prices. The […] Supply chain startup Baskit supports Indonesia’s middlemen by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Thomson Reuters has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Casetext, a Y Combinator-backed legal tech startup. The deal, valued at $650 million in cash, is expected to close in the second half of 2023, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. “The acquisition of Casetext is another step in our ‘build, partner and […] Thomson Reuters buys Casetext, an AI legal tech startup, for $650M in cash by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Arkam Ventures is courting its second fund, aiming for $180 million, nearly doubling the size of its maiden fund, as the Indian venture capital firm gears up to double down on the expanding ‘middle India’ opportunity. The firm’s partners said in an interview that they are hopeful to retain support from high-profile international institutional investors […] Arkam Ventures targets $180 million to tap ‘middle India’ opportunity with second fund by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last week, we talked with Kindred Ventures, a small, nine-year-old, San Francisco-based early stage venture firm that, despite investing in a lot of nascent startups — more than 100 to date — takes a generalist approach, investing in AI, climate tech, consumer internet companies, crypto deals, fintech startups, health startups, mobility startups and the outfits […] Kindred Ventures foresees a “massive explosion of startups” courtesy of AI by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch... →

In this issue: Atmos Space Cargo's research and manufacturing space capsule; another anomaly hits Launcher's Orbiter space tug; news from NASA, and more. Max Q: Welcome to the era of MaaS (microgravity-as-a-service) by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Damus, a decentralized social networking app backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, will be removed from the App Store due to Apple’s strict payment rules. Apple had threatened to remove Damus earlier this month over the app’s tips feature, claiming that it could be used by content creators to sell digital content on the platform. […] Decentralized social networking app Damus to be removed from App Store, will appeal decision by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Tech has seen nonstop layoffs that hit 166,044 workers in Q1 2023 alone. That’s more than all of 2022’s then-record 161,411 tech layoffs. SignalFire’s State of Talent report 2023 by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →

Ironically, the social app IRL‘s users do not exist in real life. An internal investigation by IRL’s board of directors found that 95% of the app’s reported 20 million users were “automated or from bots,” The Information first reported. So, after raising more than $200 million in venture capital, IRL is shutting down. IRL was […] Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced today that the messaging app is adding Stories in early July. Durov says users have been asking for the feature for years, noting that more than half of all feature requests that Telegram receives are related to Stories. The company was initially against adding Stories because they “are already everywhere,” […] Telegram is adding Stories next month by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

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ChatGPT might’ve captured the world’s attention. But DeepMind claims that its next large language model will rival — or even best — OpenAI’s. According to a piece in Wired, DeepMind, the Google-owned research lab, is using techniques from AlphaGo, DeepMind’s AI system that was the first to defeat a professional human player at the board […] DeepMind claims its next chatbot will rival ChatGPT by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

When you run big real-life industrial operations, there’s always a gauge or readout somewhere deep in the facility that your engineers or field teams need to check in person. Lilz is a Japanese startup that builds devices you can set up to read these meters remotely, and the company just raised $4.1 million as they […] Lilz brings its gauge-watching smart cameras to the US and raises $4M by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →