article thumbnail

9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

Tech.Co

Bobbie’s growth snowballed after caregivers sought new sources of baby formula during the nationwide shortage in 2022. million in 2022. million in 2022 to $5 million in 2023. Brightwheel is a SaaS childcare management solution that provides technology to preschools. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Startup 210
article thumbnail

NASA moves forward with 17 companies as part of bid to transform urban aerial transportation

TechCrunch LA

The Grand Challenge series brings together companies developing new transportation or airspace management technologies, the Agency said. The idea is to bring companies to collaborate and also give regulatory agencies a window into the technologies and how they may work in concert to bring air mobility to the masses in the coming years.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Armata Pharmaceuticals Swizzles CEO

socalTECH

Varnum was previously President and Chief Development Officer. The company said that Patrick will continue to serve on its board, and serve as a special advisor to the company through at least 2022. Patrick, is retiring, and the company has appointed Brian Varnum, Ph.D., as its new CEO.

article thumbnail

Virgin Galactic Starts Selling Seats To Space

socalTECH

The company--which developed its vehicles and technology in Mojave, California--is selling seats on its spacecraft for $450,000 per flight. The company is planning to start commercial service next year, in 2022. The company is also offering up multi-seat packages, in addition to letting customers book entire flights.

Startup 113
article thumbnail

Almost 25% of Laid-off Tech Workers Start Their Own Businesses

Tech.Co

A huge number of tech companies have made layoffs in 2022 , whilst others have taken advantage of video conferencing software and other remote collaboration tools to offer flexible working arrangements and retain the best talent. Survey Says: Go Your Own Way. Challenges for New Businesses.

Layoffs 142
article thumbnail

How long can Zuckerberg afford to bankroll the AR/VR market?

TechCrunch LA

This writeup from industry analyst Karl Guttag showcases how Magic Leap has turned away from several of the key technologies it raised billions of dollars to develop with its latest hardware which he nevertheless believes will “blow away” the HoloLens 2 in image quality. — Lucas Matney (@lucasmtny) February 6, 2022.

Marketing 246
article thumbnail

A Research Team Plans to Merge AI with Human Brain Cells

Tech.Co

Associate Professor Adeel Razi, who is leading the group, says that the project “merges the fields of artificial intelligence and synthetic biology to create programmable biological computing platforms” He predicts that the capabilities of this new technology “may eventually surpass the performance of existing, purely silicon-based hardware.”