It’s an age-old story in the tech industry: the company develops a tool to solve its own problem and then realizes that the tool is actually worth more than the existing company. Something similar happened to linearity. Its 17-year-old founder Vladimir Danila developed the Vectornator tool in 2017 to simplify vector design. It is now … Read more
(Clickety picture) Clickety, a Portland, Oregon-based startup designed to help CEOs and managers record their relationships and conversations with employees, will close in late September. Puppet founder Luke Kanies, who founded the company in 2019, emailed customers Tuesday morning. Lukas Kanies. (Clickety photo) “It sucks to close,” wrote Kanies. “But we prioritize the health of … Read more
Urbanbase, a Seoul-based company developing a 3D spatial data platform for interior planning and design, announced today that it has raised $ 11.1 million (13 billion won) in a Series B + round as it is scaled Has. This financing round was led by Hanwha Hotel & Resort, a subsidiary of the South Korean conglomerate … Read more
Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biological Inspired Engineering at Harvard have developed a new gene editing tool that allows scientists to conduct millions of genetic experiments simultaneously. They call it the Retron Library Recombineering (RLR) technique, and it uses segments of bacterial DNA called retrons that can produce fragments of single-stranded DNA. When it … Read more
Zillow Surfing just got an upgrade. The Zillow Group launched a new feature for their virtual tour on Wednesday that uses machine learning to merge different media content with an interactive floor plan. The idea is to make it easier for home buyers to get a feel for a property without visiting them in person. … Read more