December 2023

Ubimax, the leading provider of Wearable Computing solutions for desk-less workers today announced a $6M investment from Atlantic Bridge and Westcott LLC. The funding will primarily be used to further grow the company’s existing U.S. business and to extend its market leading position from Europe to the American market. Read more here

A Dallas startup that aims to ease the burden of buying and selling a home has raised $2.3 million from investors including real estate developer Phillip Huffines. Door, founded in 2015 by CEO Alex Doubet, charges homeowners a flat rate of $5,000, compared to the traditional 6 percent commission fee, for its brokerage services. Last

This morning Cisco announced that it is buying MindMeld for $125 million. Founded in 2011, MindMeld helps businesses to build conversational interfaces with cloud-based services. MindMeld, originally called Expect Labs, was launched on the stage of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012. At that time the startup wanted to build an iPad app that could listen in

Remote connectivity solutions provider Teamviewer has acquired wearable computing and augmented reality (AR) player Ubimax in the first such deal for the remote desktop software vendor. Read more here

A source familiar with the matter tells Talouselämä that the technology giant Apple would have bought artificial intelligence from Finland. The CEO of the target company Curious AI does not comment on the allegation and says the company still exists. Read more here

Peloton Interactive has acquired industrial voice tech startup Aiqudo, according to a report in Bloomberg and confirmed by Voicebot through a source with knowledge of the transaction. Aiqudo, the developer of a white-label voice assistant for consumer and industrial use, was acquired in February for its technology and its team, many of whom are already

Today, JigSpace announced that it raised $4.7 million in Series A funding led by Rampersand, with Investible and new investors including Vulpes, and Roger Allen AM, also participating. The JigSpace app is free to use, and anyone can combine presets and templates of 3D modeled objects to create their own Jigs — the more tech

Paradromics is one of several companies working on technology to help people interact with the outside world using their mind. Read more here