TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

As one of the least-digitized sectors of our economy, construction is ripe for technology disruption. Miscommunication and poor project data accounts for 48% of all rework on U.S. Lack of data transparency : Manual data collection and data entry are still common on construction sites.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Finishing is the ripest for disruption. Over the last few years, we’ve seen many entrepreneurs begin to tackle challenges in the construction world using robotics and AI, ranging from data-collection to completion of actual construction tasks like electrical wiring, drywall installation, concrete pouring, pad leveling and much more.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Often, industries that have great potential to be disrupted are also the most resistant to adopting bleeding-edge technology. For example, we haven’t yet partnered with any companies in robotics, procurement and finance, and labor management, but we’re seeing a lot of interesting early players emerge. Is there a killer app?

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

As the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University recently wrote , “cities need to organize economic stabilization teams… to offer short-term, focused relief until the federal government can offer some direct relief.” As disruptive as COVID-19 is, new entrepreneurial opportunities will open up because of it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

Spire’s network of satellites is designed to provide customers with a “space-as-a-service” model, allowing them to operate their own payloads, and access data collected via an API their developers can integrate into their own software. To Disrupt The Aerospace Industry With Small, Affordable Satellites.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Then in 2019, the state of technology was such that Li and co-founders Daniel Chen and Jeremy Huang could create data extraction capabilities through the use of artificial intelligence-driven software. Customers can request data sets with a couple of clicks of a button and have it delivered the next day.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

In reality, AI is essential for Africa’s success in the 21st century, and the reason is that it is the transformational technology of our time; I think you’ll see so many examples these days from GPT and beyond of its disruptive potential,” Beguir, who is half-Tunisian and half-French continued. That was crazy.

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