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While it may not be a very sexy topic, facility management is at the heart of any business with a physical facility, and the larger the footprint, the more complex it becomes to manage. Portuguese startup Infraspeak has sought to address this issue with an all-in-one platform that provides facility managers and related service providers with insight and operational control into everything going on in a particular location. Founded in 2015, Infraspeak has raised around $20 million in funding and secured major clients including KFC, InterContinental and Primark. And to fuel its next phase of growth, the Porto-based startup announced…

Fixing the climate crisis is a vast, world-sized puzzle. But one particularly large piece of this ginormous conundrum is construction and real estate — which collectively amount for around 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Enter Munich-based data startup Emidat, which has built a software platform for automating the generation of validated Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certificates for the construction sector. EPDs are a critical piece of the puzzle for understanding and mitigating the climate impact of the built environment. They require undertaking a product lifecycle assessment (LCA) to declare standardized info about the environmental impact of construction materials and…

Gaming company Krafton's Indian arm has backed IMM Investment's first India fund as an anchor limited partner as the battle royale BGMI maker expands its investments in the South Asian market. Seoul-based IMM Investment, which has supported Krafton and roughly half of South Korea's unicorn startups since their inception, has successfully raised its first Indian fund and brought in former Legend Capital partner Prakhar Khanduja to lead the company. Hired to run the department. Nihansh Bhatt, head of corporate development at Krafton India, told TechCrunch that the investment in the IMM fund will help gaming companies tap into new business…

Vinod Khosla has no doubts that humanity's future with AI is bright. The Sun Microsystems co-founder and prominent investor predicts that “the need to work will disappear” almost entirely due to AI. “It doesn't matter whether you're a primary care physician, mental health therapist, oncologist, structural engineer, accountant, etc., it's all available for almost free,” he said Monday in a conversation with TechCrunch editors. ” he said. – Chief executive Connie Loizos at the TechCrunch Disrupt annual conference. Asked why he was so optimistic about an AI-enabled future, Khosla said a world in which most human labor would be freed…

One of the more fascinating trends these days is the field that goes by various names, including national interest startups, American dynamism, and the New World. These startups develop technology in areas that are intended to be built, used, and created jobs in their home countries, such as the United States. We cover everything from aerospace and critical infrastructure to government, manufacturing and national security.This panel at Disrupt 2024 features Dcode Capital Managing Partner Rebecca Gevalt, Albedo Co-Founder and CEO Topher Haddad, and Biofire Founder and CEO Kai Kloepfer, who discuss how far Silicon Valley has taken the foundation of…

In the summer of 2020, a fire broke out on a Navy ship docked in San Diego Bay. For more than four days, the aircraft carrier Bonhomme Richard was in flames as helicopters dropped buckets of water from above, boats spewed water from below and firefighters rushed aboard to extinguish the blaze. Before the embers cooled, lidar (light detection and ranging) scans were taken to assess the extent of the damage and determine how the fire started. However, the investigation stalled because it was extremely difficult to send lidar scans. Current major cloud storage services (Google Drive, DropBox, iCloud, OneDrive)…

Vinod Khosla, founder and partner of Khosla Ventures and recently a prominent investor who was one of the first to check out OpenAI, spoke in an interview Monday at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 focused on the future of AI. I got distracted. After speaking about the future and risks of AI, he took a moment to issue a stark warning about the upcoming US election and what's at stake for this country. In short, “our democracy is definitely at stake,” he said, along with other harsh words for Trump supporters, including Elon Musk. “can't believe it [Musk is] We support someone…

For people who party or go dancing, the risk of ingesting accidentally laced drugs is real. Presenting today on the Startup Battlefield stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, MabLab has created a test strip that detects five of the most common and dangerous additives in minutes. Co-founders Vienna Sparks and Skye Lamb met in high school and lost a friend to an overdose while in college. Sadly, this is a story that many people (including myself) can relate to. Thankfully, test strips are now a common sight at venues and health centers, with hundreds of millions shipped each year. In case…

VRTL founder Courtney Jeffries describes herself as a “recovering sports executive.” “That was my entire career until I left it behind to pursue my startup dream,” Jeffries told TechCrunch. After playing softball at the University of Washington, she spent nearly 20 years working in marketing and sales for teams such as the Oakland Raiders and New York Rangers. But when Jeffries was leading fan retention efforts at Madison Square Garden, he saw a clear opportunity. “My entire job has been to focus on getting lifetime value out of our fans, but clearly there's been too much focus on the fans…

DGLegacy, the company that designed the digital estate planning and succession app, spoke today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 Startup Battlefield and detailed how to ensure your loved ones inherit your assets. Founded by husband-and-wife duo Anna Mineva and Peter Minev, DGLegacy allows users to proactively inform beneficiaries about their assets and provide passwords and other information for beneficiaries to claim them. You can confirm that you are doing so. The idea behind this app is to minimize the chance of assets going unclaimed. Unlike traditional asset protection tools such as trusts and wills that can become outdated quickly after creation,…