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Philip Johnston announces Starcloud’s $170M Series A at $1.1B valuation to build space data centers
Starcloud raised a $170M Series A at a $1.1B valuation to advance development of space-based data centers, funding their third satellite aimed at making AI inference cost-competitive with Earth centers after deploying Starcloud-1 which trained an LLM in space.
Seattle Startup Ethosphere Raises $2.5M to Use AI and Wearables for Analyzing Retail Worker Conversations
Seattle startup Ethosphere raised $2.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Point72 Ventures to develop AI-powered wearable microphones and software that analyze retail employee conversations for performance feedback. The system provides feedback to frontline workers and insights to managers while protecting customer privacy by capturing only employee audio.