Although no date and price information is available for the acquisition, as per an industry executive in the augmented reality industry, the acquisition may have taken place in the first half of 2018. In a development that clearly shows Apple Inc’s plans for the augmented reality market, Cupertino has acquired Colorado-based Akonia Holographics – a…
The Chinese facial recognition startup has attracted loads of investor attention so far this year. On Friday, as per a Bloomberg report, SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund intends to invest nearly $1 billion in Chinese facial recognition startup, SenseTime Group Ltd. SoftBank’s Vision Fund and SenseTime are finalizing the terms of the deal and the…
The criminal complaint sheds light on Apple’s secretive self-driving car project, many of which are detailed here. A criminal complaint filed by Apple against a former employee, Xiaolang Zhang, for allegedly stealing self-driving car trade secrets so as to work for a Chinese electric vehicle startup provides a window into Cupertino’s work on the technology,…
The partnership aims to collect data from vehicle communication, crash detection, and diagnostics and provide big-data analytics to corporate clients, insurers and emergency responders. In a statement, German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH and Canadian startup have said, the two firms have teamed up to collaborate on a wide spectrum of digital services in the…
With a funding round, led by SoftBank group, seeing WeWork’s valuation touch $17 billion, the tech startup was 2017’s hottest startups. As per three sources familiar with the matter at hand, WeWork Co, an American firm that provides shared technology startup subculture communities, workspaces, and services for large enterprises, freelancers, entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses,…
While Mercari has gained traction in Japan and Britain, in the U.S. although it does not any direct competitor, it is to be seen how it will mitigate challenges from tech giants, including eBay Inc and Amazon.com who dominate the e-commerce market. Riding on the success of a recent funding round which boosted its market…
Nio has hired 8 banks for the planned U.S. IPO. According to sources with knowledge of the matter, Nio, a Chinese electric vehicle startup has hired 8 banks, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for its planned U.S. stock market listing this year, worth up to $2 billion. The eight banks are, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs,…
Given the advantages of going electric, many airplane makers, including Airbus and Boeing, are also heavily investing into electric and hybrid aircraft technologies. Eviation Aircraft Ltd, an Israeli electric airplane startup, is aiming to fly passengers on its 9-seat commuter aircraft by 2021, said Omer Bar-Yoha, CEO of the firm. Eviation Aircraft is in the…
Although 5G services will have faster throughputs, it will nevertheless cost billions of euros for each national market compared with a few million for Sigfox’s IoT networks. The smart thing would be to mix and match to get the best mileage out of both technologies. SigFox, a French start-up which builds networks to make everyday…
Nuro’s autonomous automated vehicles are targeting the goods delivery segment. Smaller in size than a conventional sedan, they can be customized to hold upto 10 shopping bags, or be configured to accomodate custom inserts, such as a dry-cleaning rack, a heating or a cooling unit. On Tuesday, Nuro, a Silicon Valley start-up firm disclosed, it…
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