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Starship Technologies Rolls Out Robotic Food Delivery In Arizona

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Amid increasing demand for contactless delivery, Starship Technologies has rolled out a robot food delivery offering in Tempe, Arizona. Ryan Tuohy, who leads Starship Technologies’ business development, said in a statement, “The demand for contactless delivery has expanded exponentially in recent weeks. to 8:30 p.m.

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Digital Car Insurer Metromile To Go Public Through Merger With INSU II

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The combined company, to be led by Metromile CEO Dan Preston , will have a pro forma market capitalization of approximately $1.3 Investors Social Capital, Hudson Structured Capital Management, Miller Value, Clearbridge and Mark Cuban have committed to investing $160 million through a private placement of INSU II Class A common shares.

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The Evolving State Of The Restaurant And Delivery Industries

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The 2020 outlook report from the National Restaurant Association illustrates an industry contending with the countercurrents of solid consumer spending and disruptive technology. The organization expects that technology could change the face of dining by the turn of the next decade. All this, Today in Data.

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Community Banks Debut FinTech Alliance

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Alloy’s Julieann Thurlow, CEO of Reading Cooperative Bank, said, “Community banks play a special role in the lives of our customers, but we don’t have the same IT and innovation budgets as the big banks to capitalize on that relationship.” The alliance includes a dozen firms that have between $251 million to $20 billion in assets.

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The United States Of Venture Capital: The Most Active VC In Each State

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Using CB Insights data, we analyzed the most active venture capital firm in each state, based on unique tech investments from 2014 to 2019 YTD (1/24/19). We excluded debt deals and only considered venture capital, corporate venture capital, super angel, and growth equity firms. Merus Capital. BIP Capital.

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UPS Invests In Autonomous Driving Firm TuSimple

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The delivery company also said that it’s been testing self-driving trucks on a freight route in Arizona since May. But the technology has a ton of implications today.”. Right now, autonomous UPS trucks are operating an a stretch of highway between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. The size of the investment was not disclosed.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2023: Disruption ‘Comes Home’ to Banking

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Scottdale, Arizona was chillier than normal this week, but that didn’t prevent bankers from having heated discussions about 2023 at this year’s Acquired or Be Acquired conference, hosted by Bank Director. Like the Phoenix Open and Super Bowl week coming soon to Arizona, it’s clear things are going to be hopping in banking this year.

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