AI
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01/01/2015
AI Research and Momentum Build Through the 2010s
France strengthens its AI position through sustained research output, startup activity, and corporate programs that align in the mid-2010s.
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DEEP TECH
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01/01/2015
Early Quantum Startups Emerge in France
Quantum startups begin appearing in France in the mid-to-late 2010s as research translates into early commercial efforts in computing and communication.
2 MIN
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AIOT
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12/29/2014
Xiaomi Is Now Worth $45 Billion and Owns a Piece of 100 Companies You’ve Never Heard Of
Forty-five billion dollars. A five-year-old company that openly sells its phones at close to cost is now the most valuable private startup on the…
3 MIN
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AI
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10/21/2014
Snowflake Emerges From Stealth and the Two-Horse Race Begins
After two years of near-total silence, Snowflake has come out of stealth and revealed what its three Oracle-veteran founders have been quietly building. It…
5 MIN
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AI
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11/21/2013
Databricks: How Seven Berkeley Academics and a Reluctant $14M Built the Foundation
Every big company has an origin story that sounds inevitable later and is anything but at the time. Databricks starts here, when seven academics…
4 MIN
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WORK
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05/30/2007
LinkedIn is profitable because it refuses to be fun
In the past three years, social networks have added various engaging features, while LinkedIn has maintained a simple professional focus, which is likely why…
2 MIN
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