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Contactles stores will expand in Europe and Sensei will earn another $16 million
While Amazon Go pioneered the completely touchless store concept, others like 7-Eleven and Walmart have entered this territory. The area is growing, in part because several startups – similar to Standard Cognition, Zippin, AiFi, Grabango, Trigo – have expanded to supply their technologies to retailers.
But in Europe, a Portuguese startup Sensei is developing a contactless store platform and has now secured a €15 million Series A funding round led by BlueCrow Capital. New investors Lince Capital, Explorer Investments and Kamay Ventures (the investment arm of Coca-Cola and Arcor Group), in addition to existing investors Metro AG and Techstars Ventures, also participated in the meeting.
In 2021, based in Lisbon Sensei raised a seed round value $6.5 million (€5.4 million). Then he managed the financing Just like these ventures AND The capital of Iberiswith participation from 200M fund.
The startup currently plans to create 1,000 fully autonomous sales points by 2026. It already serves clients in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Brazil, and plans to expand into Central and Northern Europe.
Using computer vision, AI-powered sensors and real-time algorithms, the Sensei system mechanically updates the shopper’s basket and displays a listing of things ready for payment, with identity and privacy protected.
Touchless stores reduce checkout costs, prevent out-of-stocks and provide retailers with real-time visibility into store operations.
During the decision, Vasco Portugal, CEO and co-founder of Sensei, said: “We are growing, especially in the last year, we have almost doubled the number of stores. So we opened stores in a short time. We are now present in five locations.”
“There are two problems in the retail industry. The customer experience sucks. Second, it is extremely difficult to process all sales information in real time. It’s really about shop automation, like automotive automation and factory automation. I believe it is a natural change,” he added.
António de Mello Campello, partner at BlueCrow Capital, added in an announcement: “Artificial intelligence… is transforming several industries and we believe that retail represents one of the biggest opportunities and will soon be disrupted. Sensei has proven to be one of the best in the industry.”
Taking all this into consideration, competition in space is big.
Standard Cognition raised $239.4 million, Wheat $199 million, Grabango $93.8 million, AiFi $87.1 million and Zippin $44 million.
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US medical device giant Artivion says hackers stole files during a cybersecurity incident
Artivion, a medical device company that produces implantable tissue for heart and vascular transplants, says its services have been “disrupted” resulting from a cybersecurity incident.
In 8-K filing In an interview with the SEC on Monday, Georgia-based Artivion, formerly CryoLife, said it became aware of a “cybersecurity incident” that involved the “compromise and encryption” of information on November 21. This suggests that the corporate was attacked by ransomware, but Artivion has not yet confirmed the character of the incident and didn’t immediately reply to TechCrunch’s questions. No major ransomware group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Artivion said it took some systems offline in response to the cyberattack, which the corporate said caused “disruptions to certain ordering and shipping processes.”
Artivion, which reported third-quarter revenue of $95.8 million, said it didn’t expect the incident to have a material impact on the corporate’s funds.
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It’s a Raspberry Pi 5 in a keyboard and it’s called Raspberry Pi 500
Manufacturer of single-board computers Raspberry Pi is updating its cute little computer keyboard device with higher specs. Named Raspberry Pi500This successor to the Raspberry Pi 400 is just as powerful as the present Raspberry Pi flagship, the Raspberry Pi 5. It is on the market for purchase now from Raspberry Pi resellers.
The Raspberry Pi 500 is the simplest method to start with the Raspberry Pi because it’s not as intimidating because the Raspberry Pi 5. When you take a look at the Raspberry Pi 500, you do not see any chipsets or PCBs (printed circuit boards). The Raspberry Pi is totally hidden in the familiar housing, the keyboard.
The idea with the Raspberry Pi 500 is you could connect a mouse and a display and you are able to go. If, for instance, you’ve got a relative who uses a very outdated computer with an outdated version of Windows, the Raspberry Pi 500 can easily replace the old PC tower for many computing tasks.
More importantly, this device brings us back to the roots of the Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi computers were originally intended for educational applications. Over time, technology enthusiasts and industrial customers began using single-board computers all over the place. (For example, when you’ve ever been to London Heathrow Airport, all of the departures and arrivals boards are there powered by Raspberry Pi.)
Raspberry Pi 500 draws inspiration from the roots of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a non-profit organization. It’s the right first computer for college. In some ways, it’s a lot better than a Chromebook or iPad because it’s low cost and highly customizable, which inspires creative pondering.
The Raspberry Pi 500 comes with a 32GB SD card that comes pre-installed with Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution. It costs $90, which is a slight ($20) price increase over the Raspberry Pi 400.
Only UK and US keyboard variants will probably be available at launch. But versions with French, German, Italian, Japanese, Nordic and Spanish keyboard layouts will probably be available soon. And when you’re in search of a bundle that features all the things you would like, Raspberry Pi also offers a $120 desktop kit that features the Raspberry Pi 500, a mouse, a 27W USB-C power adapter, and a micro-HDMI to HDMI cable.
In other news, Raspberry Pi has announced one other recent thing: the Raspberry Pi monitor. It is a 15.6-inch 1080p monitor that’s priced at $100. Since there are quite a few 1080p portable monitors available on the market, this launch is not as noteworthy because the Pi 500. However, for die-hard Pi fans, there’s now also a Raspberry Pi-branded monitor option available.
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Apple Vision Pro may add support for PlayStation VR controllers
According to Apple, Apple desires to make its Vision Pro mixed reality device more attractive for gamers and game developers latest report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The Vision Pro was presented more as a productivity and media consumption device than a tool geared toward gamers, due partly to its reliance on visual and hand controls moderately than a separate controller.
However, Apple may need gamers if it desires to expand the Vision Pro’s audience, especially since Gurman reports that lower than half one million units have been sold to this point. As such, the corporate has reportedly been in talks with Sony about adding support for PlayStation VR2 handheld controllers, and has also talked to developers about whether they may support the controllers of their games.
Offering more precise control, Apple may also make other forms of software available in Vision Pro, reminiscent of Final Cut Pro or Adobe Photoshop.
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