Ari Levy / CNBC:Profile of Salesforce Ventures, an investment arm which helped the CRM cloud software giant post $2.17B annual gain from stakes in other tech companies in 2020 — – Salesforce racked up a $2.17 billion gain on investments in 2020, mostly from its stakes in Snowflake and nCino, which both went public.
Education and accessibility are crucial to make DeFi more accessible to the upcoming inflow of retail investors.
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat:Report: in 2020, China overtook the US in the number of AI research citations, fewer AI startups got funded, and the US Congress talked about AI more than ever — Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — China has overtaken the United States…
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From the rise in poaching to the waning of noise pollution, travel’s shutdown is having profound effects. Which will remain, and which will vanish?
Mark Wilson / Fast Company:Interviews with more than a dozen designers on Jeff Bezos’s design philosophy, and why the retail infrastructure, not industrial design, is Amazon’s true legacy — Amazon can squeeze a lot into a box. — Jared Ficklin was part of a secret team at a prominent design firm tapped …
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted a few hours ago that Tesla would open up the Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta to the masses via an option on Tesla vehicle touchscreens in ~10 days. (Well, by “masses,” I mean people who have bought the FSD upgrade, which currently costs $10,000.) It’s unclear if Tesla will take away…
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Decentralized finance ‘Gen2’ tokens sprint forward as the broader DeFi market gasps for air
Strong fundamentals, high-profile partnerships and a pivot toward DeFi back FET’s rally to a multi-year high.
Jennifer A. Kingson / Axios:States are increasingly granting small delivery robots generous access to city sidewalks; in PA, they are classified as “pedestrians” and can drive up to 12 mph — As small robots proliferate on sidewalks and city streets, so does legislation that grants them generous access rights …
Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:Postscript, which helps Shopify merchants stay in touch with customers via SMS, announces $35M Series B led by Greylock, with participation from YC and others — Postscript helps Shopify stores stay in touch with customers via SMS, with a focus on keeping everything opt-in, legally compliant, and spam free.