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Food Rocket blasts off after securing funding, grocery delivery deal with Circle K parent

TechCrunch LA

Food Rocket uses AI-enabled technologies to manage warehouse stocks, forecast demand and optimize delivery time by predicting the closest store that offers the fastest delivery time and the lowest costs of putting together and delivering the order. He also wants to take a step further eventually and deliver other items like phones.

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Down bad

TechCrunch LA

Few companies have to deal with the stressed of both crypto and public markets like Coinbase which laid off more than 1,100 people this week, but plenty of startups raised mega-rounds in 2021 to theoretically future-proof their companies. As Celsius accelerates the crypto sell-off, who pays the price?