This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in a almost half century

This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in a almost half century

Fragrance tech company Patina says it has raised $2 million in funding investors, including Betaworks and True Ventures.  The company focuses on creating new scent molecules using advanced molecular design, machine learning, and scent research. Today, most of the scent molecules used in consumer products are created by a small number of specialized labs, which…

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The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush

The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush

The vibes around the current AI boom aren’t great, even in the tech industry, according to a lengthy social media post from Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das.  Das described San Francisco as “pretty frenetic right now,” as “the divide in outcomes is the worst I’ve ever seen.” Using a “back of the envelope AI calculation,”…

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Lovable just backed a company that’s looking to bring vibe coding to hardware

Lovable just backed a company that’s looking to bring vibe coding to hardware

Lovable, the AI-powered app-building platform, has backed Danish hardware startup Atech, which wants to introduce “vibe coding” to the process of creating hardware. Lovable was part of an $800,000 pre-seed round that also included a16z’s scout fund, Sequoia Scout Fund, and Nordic Makers.  In a chat with TechCrunch, Atech’s head of customer experience, Gustav Hugod,…

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