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Spotify’s Daniel Ek leads funding in protection startup Helsing

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Spotify’s Daniel Ek leads funding in protection startup Helsing

Helsing uses AI to analyze large amounts of sensor and weapons system data from the battlefield. Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images European defense technology startup Helsing on Tuesday said that it’s raised 600 million euros ($693.6 million) in a bumper new round of funding. The investment was led by Prima Materia, … Read more

Sam Altman brings World eye-scanning ID verification startup to UK

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Sam Altman brings World eye-scanning ID verification startup to UK

Sam Altman’s identity verification venture World is launching its eye-scanning Orb product in the U.K. World LONDON — World, the biometric identity verification project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is set to launch in the U.K. this week. The venture, which uses a spherical eye-scanning device called the Orb to scan people’s eyes, will … Read more