Your Next Salad Could Be Grown by a Robot
At first glance, the crops don’t look any different from other crops blanketing the Salinas Valley, in California, which is often called “America’s salad bowl.” All you see are rows and rows of lettuce, broccoli, and cauliflower stretching to the horizon. But then the big orange robots roll through. The machines are on a search-and-destroy […]
2020 World’s Top-50 Innovative Companies. Zipline Most Innovative Companies
It took drone delivery pioneer Zipline, which specializes in sending medical supplies autonomously over long distances, nearly three years to create its first countrywide network. Launched in Rwanda in 2016, the San Francisco–based company now transports roughly 75% of the country’s blood supply outside its capital city, Kigali. In May 2019, Zipline moved into Ghana—and […]
Zoox gives first look at startup’s mysterious robotaxi
Zoox, the startup with the funny name, is ready to show some of what it has been up to on San Francisco’s streets. PALO ALTO, Calif. — Of the almost 50 companies that have permits to test autonomous vehicles in California, the most radical and mysterious member of this self-driving car club is Zoox. At […]
I rode in one of Zoox’s self-driving cars in San Francisco — and it was more comfortable than the Uber and Lyft I took to and from the airport
I rode in a test vehicle from the autonomous-vehicle startup Zoox in San Francisco last week. While the ride wasn’t perfect, the vehicle performed as well as the average human driver. And the ride was more comfortable than the Uber and Lyft I took to and from the airport during my trip to San Francisco. To continue reading, please access the […]
Zipline Deploys Medical Delivery Drones with U.S. Military
We usually don’t toss around the word “disrupting” in a technology context without some serious eye roll. But Zipline really has been disrupting medical supply delivery in Africa by using drones to bypass busy roads and hilly terrain to deliver medical supplies to hospitals and clinics in minutes rather than hours. We visited Zipline in […]
A Cold E-mail to Mark Cuban Helped Turn FiscalNote Into One of DC’s Hottest Startups
The company is using Big Data and artificial intelligence to improve government advocacy. Six years ago, Tim Hwang was a 21-year-old college student working out of a Sunnyvale, California, Motel 6 on a new way to collect and analyze government records. Today, this boyish executive has $230 million in investment capital, a sixth-floor office overlooking the Trump hotel, and […]
Tesorio raises $10M Series A to help companies track their cash flow
Tesorio, a startup that helps businesses aggregate and analyze their cash flow data, today announced that it has raised a $10 million Series A round led by Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group. Existing investors First Round Capital, Floodgate, Y Combinator, Fathom Capital and Fuel Capital participated. This brings Tesorio’s total funding to $17 million. Madrona’s Hope […]
Cushman & Wakefield Collaborates with Saltmine to Transform Commercial Property Search with 3-D, Digital Tours
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Global commercial real estate leader Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) announced a collaboration with Saltmine, a San Francisco-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup that provides design data technology for the commercial real estate industry.Through the use of cutting-edge A.I. planning and 3-D space visualization technology, the Saltmine platform enables Cushman & Wakefield professionals to quickly create […]
Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in Ghana
Zipline, the San Francisco-based UAV manufacturer and logistics services provider, has launched a program in Ghana today for drone delivery of medical supplies. Working with the Ghanaian government, Zipline will operate 30 drones out of four distribution centers to distribute vaccines, blood and life-saving medications to 2,000 health facilities across the West African nation daily. […]
Autonomous bot is good to go, for clearing snow
If there’s one thing that many North American cities need this winter, it’s help in snow removal. That’s likely why Colorado-based Left Hand Robotics is currently sold out of its SnowBot Pro, which autonomously brushes snow off of sidewalks while avoiding pedestrians. Users start by walking the path that they wish the SnowBot to travel, […]
