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| Jul 22, 2024 | Can AI increase the pace and quality of pharmaceutical research? VeriSIM Life says yes | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
We’ve already seen how AI can be used to help uncover the structure of proteins and discover new materials, so it... |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Formant raises $18M to help companies manage fleets of robots | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
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| Jan 5, 2022 | Formant raises $18M to help companies manage fleets of robots | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The robotics industry continues to grow as enterprises look to automate an increasing number of processes across their organizations. A... |
| May 27, 2021 | Amazon's new Echo packs powerful sound and smarter features into a $100 speaker, signaling a big upgrade for the company's popular smart home device | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
Tech Amazon's new Echo packs powerful sound and smarter features into a $100 speaker, signaling a big upgrade for the company'... |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Xwing Raises $40M, Makes History with First Autonomous Gate-to-Gate Flight | SAN FRANCISCO, CA — April 15, 2021 — Xwing, the company pioneering autonomy for aviation, today announced that it has raised $40 million in funding at a $400 million valuation. Led by Blackhorn Ventures, with participation from ACME Capital... |
| Feb 28, 2021 | Apple Commits To Yearly Dividend Increases | Apple CEO Steve Jobs. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| Jan 28, 2021 | The robots are coming: 4 key trends to be aware of in logistics | Back in 2017, artificial intelligence (AI) specialist venture capital firm Loup Ventures suggested that the industrial robotics business will have grown to $46.4 billion by 2025.
By 2019, analysts IDC had upped the ante, posting a valuation... |
| Jan 5, 2021 | Tesla’s 2020 delivery numbers were impressive, but the company’s success puts more pressure on its new factories in Texas and Germany | Tesla Berlin Gigafactory. Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images
Tesla delivered just under 500,000 cars in 2020, exceeding what Wall Street analysts had expected.
The numbers show just how important Tesla’s new factories are to its continued su... |
| Dec 16, 2020 | Tesla’s software is years ahead of the competition, giving it a huge advantage over legacy automakers, prominent VC says | Tesla ability to send out over-the-air system updates is years ahead of its competition, and gives it a major advantage. Tesla
Tesla has a huge software advantage over legacy automakers that will bring in billions in deferred revenue in com... |
| Dec 7, 2020 | Long-Standing Pro-Apple Analyst Envisions Apple's Subscription Services Business Model extending to Mac Hardware over time
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Search | Long-standing pro-Apple Analyst Gene Munster posted a report yesterday wherein he notes that Apple has a history of perfecting a playbook and then reapplying it to new parts of its business. Similar to the iPhone upgrade program, we believe... |
| Dec 7, 2020 | Apple Could Expand iPhone Upgrade Program to Cover Software and Hardware Services | Giuliano J. de Leon, Tech Times 07 December 2020, 10:12 am
Many analysts believe that Apple could soon offer a bundle. They claim that that the tech giant manufacturer could soon combine its software and hardware services in just one packag... |
| Feb 5, 2020 | Tesla's stock price speeds toward $1,000 a share | Tesla is leaving Wall Street naysayers — and other U.S. automakers — in the proverbial dust. Shares of the electric car maker zoomed higher on Tuesday, continuing an epic rise that has seen the company's stock market value more than double ... |
| Jan 31, 2020 | Elon Musk is beginning to resemble a 'quiet assassin' as the arguments made by Tesla short-sellers 'are eroding,' an expert says | Rashid Umar Abbasi / Reuters
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The arguments used by Tesla short-sellers are running out of steam, said Gene Munster, a managing partner at the venture-capital firm Loup Ventures.
Tesla has an edge over othe... |
| Jan 8, 2020 | Predictive tech needs more of everything: Education, data, and regulation | https://d1rytvr7gmk1sx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200106-WelcomeToCES-Tenna-Bill-Karen1.mp4 CES 2022: Must-read coverage
15 weird products you'll find in Las Vegas this week
Qualcomm and Microsoft collaborate on custom chip... |
| Sep 12, 2019 | You can now answer questions that stump Alexa | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In December 2018, Amazon launched Alexa Answers, ... |
| Sep 9, 2019 | Gene Munster Founder of Loup Ventures Talks Voice SEO, Smart Speaker Sales, and Apple – Voicebot Podcast Ep 113 | Gene Munster Founder of Loup Ventures Talks Voice SEO, Smart Speaker Sales, and Apple – Voicebot Podcast Ep 113
Bret Kinsella on September 9, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Gene Munster is managing partner at Loup Ventures, a venture capital fund focused... |
| Aug 20, 2019 | Google Assistant Tops IQ Test Again But Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa Are Close Behind | Diane Samson, Tech Times 20 August 2019, 10:08 am
For the third time in a row, Google Assistant has been declared the superior digital assistant in an IQ Test conducted by Loup Ventures.
This year, the firm once again asked Google Assistant... |
| Aug 19, 2019 | Google Again Leads in Voice Assistant IQ Test but Alexa is Closing the Gap According to Loup Ventures | Google Again Leads in Voice Assistant IQ Test but Alexa is Closing the Gap According to Loup Ventures
Bret Kinsella on August 19, 2019 at 5:15 pm
Loup Ventures published its annual Voice Assistant IQ test on Friday and found that once again... |
| Aug 16, 2019 | Google supera Apple e Amazon em teste de assistentes virtuais | O Google Assistente venceu uma nova disputa contra a Siri e a Alexa. Em comparativo anual realizado pela Loup Ventures, a solução foi a que entendeu a maior quantidade de perguntas e a que ofereceu mais respostas certas.
Apple e Google susp... |
| Aug 15, 2019 | Google Assistant tops 2019 digital assistance IQ test, but every AI posts gains | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Following up on last year’s impressive comparison of personal AI solutions, Loup Ventures today released the results of its 2019 Digita... |
| Jul 3, 2019 | Amazon Alexa Skill Growth Declines Worldwide in the First Half of 2019, But Alexa Skills Pass 60k in U.S. and 30k in U.K. | Amazon Alexa Skill Growth Declines Worldwide in the First Half of 2019, But Alexa Skills Pass 60k in U.S. and 30k in U.K.
Bret Kinsella on July 3, 2019 at 3:54 pm
Amazon Alexa skill growth in the U.S. fell from an average of 85 new skills p... |
| Jun 18, 2019 | Loup Ventures Says 75% of U.S. Households Will Have Smart Speakers by 2025, Google to Surpass Amazon in Market Share | Loup Ventures Says 75% of U.S. Households Will Have Smart Speakers by 2025, Google to Surpass Amazon in Market Share
Bret Kinsella on June 18, 2019 at 10:30 am
Loup Ventures has released an updated smart speaker sales forecast model that es... |
| Mar 26, 2019 | Apple's big event was much different than any other, and it's a sign the company is moving in a new direction | Apple
Apple on Monday announced its long-anticipated TV service, news service, and gaming subscription service, among other new products.
It's a critical move for Apple as it seeks to find new revenue streams to offset slowing iPhone sales.... |
| Feb 22, 2019 | Apple is prioritizing AR — and that’s a good thing | Until recently, it was easy to dismiss augmented reality as at best a luxury add-on to cellphones, at worst a gimmicky marketing stunt. From Pokémon Go to Android’s AR face filters to Snapchat’s Lens Studio, AR applications could be (litera... |
| Feb 22, 2019 | Apple is prioritizing AR — and that’s a good thing | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Until recently, it was easy to dismiss augmented reality as at best a luxury add-on to cellphones, at worst a gimmicky marketing stunt.... |
| Dec 26, 2018 | Google Assistant остаётся самым «интеллектуальным» голосовым помощником (инфографика) | Александра Кукуть 26 декабря 2018, 10:54 Google Assistant остаётся самым «интеллектуальным» голосовым помощником (инфографика)
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| Dec 21, 2018 | Google Assistant Wins Another Open Question Test While Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa Improve Substantially | Google Assistant Wins Another Open Question Test While Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa Improve Substantially
Bret Kinsella on December 21, 2018 at 9:40 am
Google Assistant has won another open question test where queries are asked of smart spea... |
| Dec 20, 2018 | Google Home tops smart speaker IQ test, but rivals are gaining | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Back in July, Loup Ventures published the results of an “annual digital assistant IQ test” pitting Google’s Assistant against Apple’s S... |
| Dec 3, 2018 | Streem raises more cash for AR-powered home improvement tech, hints at larger vision | (Streem Photo)
Investors are pouring more money into Streem, the Portland, Ore.-based startup that develops augmented reality technology for home service professionals and has hinted at a larger vision beyond fixing your sink or repairing a... |
| Nov 22, 2018 | China’s Geek+ raises $150M to build robots for warehouses and logistics | One of the most immediate — and already live — applications for robotics and artificial intelligence in general has been in using unmanned robots in warehouses and other environments, where they replace humans in repetitive jobs such as sor... |
| Nov 21, 2018 | Apple puts its next generation of AI into sharper focus as it picks up Silk Labs | Apple’s HomePod is a distant third behind Amazon and Google when it comes to market share for smart speakers that double up as home hubs, with less than 5 percent share of the market for these devices in the U.S., according to one recent su... |
| Oct 26, 2018 | Apple's iPhone XR Rolls Out Around the World and Jumbo Photos Show the Pure Joy of those Wanting & Buying One
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Search | At 8 a.m. local time on Friday, October 26, the new iPhone XR went on sale around the world. The customers below were among the first to own the full spectrum of the colorful line up.
ALL PHOTOS BELOW ARE JUMBO PHOTOS, JUST CLICK ON THE IMA... |
| Aug 30, 2018 | Margin of safety in venture capital | Doug Clinton Contributor
Doug Clinton is a co-founder and managing partner at Loup Ventures, a frontier tech-focused investment firm.
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| Aug 9, 2018 | More evidence all three new iPhones will ditch the feature everyone loves | When Apple introduced the iPhone X last fall, it was clear to everyone the notch was the design compromise we need right now. The notch might not be pretty to look at, but it’s the only way to design a phone with an edge-to-edge screen righ... |
| Aug 9, 2018 | Apple Signs up Gaming Studio based Comedy, Ahrendts Interviewed at Global Summit & more iPhone Models to Adopt TrueDepth Camera
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Search | Beyond the major stories of the day, our 'At the End of the Day' report takes a final look around the blogosphere at other technology news that was published today that might be of interest to our readership.
Apple Gives a Straight-to-Serie... |
| Jul 26, 2018 | Google Assistant Most Capable Finds Loup Ventures, Cortana the Least | Google Assistant Most Capable Finds Loup Ventures, Cortana the Least
Ava Mutchler on July 26, 2018 at 9:43 am
The results of Loup Ventures Annual Digital Assistant IQ Test have been announced and again, it is no surprise that Google Assista... |
| Jul 26, 2018 | Google Assistant назвали самым умным голосовым помощником
Читайте также: Инфографика: насколько умны голосовые помощники и какие вопросы им задают чаще всего | Отдел новостей 26 июля 2018, 10:42 Google Assistant назвали самым умным голосовым помощником
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| Jul 25, 2018 | Google Assistant wins AI IQ test; Siri beats Alexa and Cortana | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Following up on February’s revealing comparison of smart speaker AI assistants, Loup Ventures today published its “annual digital assis... |
| Jul 25, 2018 | Google Assistant wins AI IQ test; Siri beats Alexa and Cortana | Following up on February’s revealing comparison of smart speaker AI assistants, Loup Ventures today published its “annual digital assistant IQ test,” tracking the performance of the four major AI assistants on smartphones. The firm suggeste... |
| Jul 25, 2018 | Siri is getting better, but it’s still no match for Google Assistant | Despite Apple’s speed in bringing Siri to customers long before the Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa, its digital assistant has slowly become the butt of most jokes. Compared to the thousands of integrations and skills that you can pull up ... |
| Jul 17, 2018 | Tesla investors demand Elon Musk apologize for ‘pedo’ comment | Tesla investors have issued an open letter to Elon Musk, demanding that he apologize for his “pedo” comment about Vernon Unsworth — the British cave diver who criticized his rescue efforts in Thailand.
Musk, who serves as Tesla’s CEO, came ... |
| Jul 8, 2018 | Universities and legacy industries are giving rise to the Midwest’s AI startups | Even as artificial intelligence promises to transform many facets of life, the majority of AI companies in the U.S. are still concentrated in traditional tech hubs. According to a Glassdoor analysis from November, 30 percent of open jobs th... |
| Jul 8, 2018 | Universities and legacy industries are giving rise to the Midwest’s AI startups | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Even as artificial intelligence promises to trans... |
| May 30, 2018 | Rumors Fly of Beats Smart Speaker, Improved Siri and Only 600k HomePod’s Sold | Rumors Fly of Beats Smart Speaker, Improved Siri and Only 600k HomePod’s Sold
Bret Kinsella on May 30, 2018 at 10:39 am
Loup Ventures Apple analyst Gene Munster is predicting that the company will announce a new smart speaker next week at t... |
| May 18, 2018 | Apple Glasses are still years away from becoming real | Apple’s interest in augmented reality (AR) is pretty clear by now. With iOS 11 last year the company brought AR experiences to the iPhone and iPad, giving developers the tool needed to build AR apps and games that can run on current iOS dev... |
| May 2, 2018 | Elon Musk offers more detail about Tesla’s ridesharing network | On Tesla’s Q1 2018 earnings call today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk shed some light on the company’s ambitions to launch an autonomous-vehicle ridesharing network. The short answer is that, from a technical standpoint, Tesla will be ready by the en... |
| Apr 17, 2018 | Target expands its ‘Drive Up’ service to 270 stores across Florida, Texas and the Southeast | Target runs are about to get a lot easier. The retailer today is officially expanding its new curbside pickup service called Drive Up to the first locations outside of its home market of Minneapolis-St. Paul, where it had been in pilot test... |
| Mar 31, 2018 | The Tesla story is under pressure - and it should worry investors | Hollis Johnson/Business Insider
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Tesla boosters are seeing their story tested by a deluge of negative news about the company.
This distracts from what Tesla has actually achieved.
The company doesn't need to ... |
| Mar 13, 2018 | 42% of iPhone owners are planning to buy a new iPhone this year | With the release of the iPhone X last year, Apple in one fell swoop completely transformed the iOS user experience. In addition to a number of new iOS gestures, Apple with the iPhone X implemented a facial recognition scheme and completely ... |
| Feb 12, 2018 | Siri Does Better Than Expected in Voice Assistant Face Off, But Google Still Leads | Siri Does Better Than Expected in Voice Assistant Face Off, But Google Still Leads
Bret Kinsella on February 12, 2018 at 8:11 am
Apple Siri trails voice assistant competitors in many capabilities categories. That is well documented here and... |
| Feb 12, 2018 | Google to Be Smart Speaker Market Share Leader in 2022, HomePod to Pass 20 Million Units | Google to Be Smart Speaker Market Share Leader in 2022, HomePod to Pass 20 Million Units
Bret Kinsella on February 12, 2018 at 9:22 am
Loup Ventures has a new forecast for Apple HomePod sales and it includes estimated smart speaker market s... |
| Feb 6, 2018 | The Future of Clinics week 2 | Employees on corporate welfare; Walgreens tests urgent care; Clinic just for infusions
(Correction: Don Peterson is President of Infusion Express)
JP Morgan, Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway are joining forces to take a "fresh approach&qu... |
| Jan 3, 2018 | Gene Munster Predicted Amazon Is Buying Target In 2018 | Jean-Pierre Chigne, Tech Times 03 January 2018, 09:01 am
Amazon is slowly becoming an all-encompassing mass that seeks to swallow up everything in its path. Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post, Amazon's digital assistant is dominating the m... |
| Dec 27, 2017 | Apple will save billions under new Republican tax plan | It’s no secret that Apple currently has more cash that it knows what to do with. As of the company’s most recent earnings report, Apple now finds itself sitting on approximately $269 billion in cash and other securities. But as it turns out... |
| Dec 20, 2017 | Minne Inno's February Meetup: Discussing Artificial Intelligence With Loup Ventures' Gene Munster | What's the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions artificial intelligence? Is it excitement for new, cutting-edge tech? Fear of job loss from automation? The Terminator?
AI is one of the hottest topics in tech today, and is be... |
| Dec 13, 2017 | The new reality of mobile AR and computer vision venture capital | Tim Merel Contributor
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VR/AR startup valuations reach $45 billion (on paper)
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| Dec 12, 2017 | 8 Minnesota Startups to Watch in 2018 | Over the last 12 months, Minnesota's tech and startup scene saw a number of exciting headlines, including several big M&As and record-breaking venture capital rounds. It was an interesting year for the local startup ecosystem. Now it's ... |
| Dec 8, 2017 | The iPhone X’s best feature might come to all iPhones next year | What’s the best iPhone X features? Is it the huge OLED screen on the front? The Face ID camera? Or maybe the rear camera that’s even more potent than the iPhone 8 Plus? If you ask me, it’s the entire design.
There’s no Face ID without an al... |
| Aug 9, 2017 | Gene Munster's Loup Ventures sees 'Lumentum' emerging as a Key 3D Sensing Supplier for the iPhone 8
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Search | Piper Jaffray's one-time analyst Gene Munster who was with the firm since 1995 left to begin a venture capital fund called Loup Ventures that is going to be focused on augmented reality, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and robotic... |
| Jun 2, 2017 | How to create the most value for the next technology wave | Doug Clinton Contributor
Doug Clinton is a co-founder and managing partner at Loup Ventures, a frontier tech-focused investment firm.
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| Apr 7, 2017 | Equity podcast: Lyft’s new anti-Uber warchest, and Gene Munster on IPOs and Apple | Welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the financial side of technology.
This week Katie Roof, Matthew Lynley and your servant sat down with Gene Munster, best known for his bullish takes on App... |
| Jan 4, 2017 | Early Stage Venture Capital Firm Loup Ventures Launches | Loup Ventures, a Minneapolis, MN-based early stage venture capital firm, has officially launched.
The first fund has a target of $20m.
Co-founded by Managing Partners Douglas Clinton, Andrew Murphy and Gene Munster, the firm invests in virt... |
| «Это сперва колонка»: обзор HomePod от Apple | «Это сперва колонка»: обзор HomePod от Apple
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| The iPhone X’s best feature might come to all iPhones next year | What’s the best iPhone X features? Is it the huge OLED screen on the front? The Face ID camera? Or maybe the rear camera that’s even more potent than the iPhone 8 Plus? If you ask me, it’s the entire design.
There’s no Face ID without an al... |
| Apple will save billions under new Republican tax plan | It’s no secret that Apple currently has more cash that it knows what to do with. As of the company’s most recent earnings report, Apple now finds itself sitting on approximately $269 billion in cash and other securities. But as it turns out... |
| Apple Glasses are still years away from becoming real | Apple’s interest in augmented reality (AR) is pretty clear by now. With iOS 11 last year the company brought AR experiences to the iPhone and iPad, giving developers the tool needed to build AR apps and games that can run on current iOS dev... |
| 42% of iPhone owners are planning to buy a new iPhone this year | With the release of the iPhone X last year, Apple in one fell swoop completely transformed the iOS user experience. In addition to a number of new iOS gestures, Apple with the iPhone X implemented a facial recognition scheme and completely ... |
| More evidence all three new iPhones will ditch the feature everyone loves | When Apple introduced the iPhone X last fall, it was clear to everyone the notch was the design compromise we need right now. The notch might not be pretty to look at, but it’s the only way to design a phone with an edge-to-edge screen righ... |
| Tesla is making push toward fleet vehicles as cost of operation reaches tipping point | Tesla is making a push toward fleet vehicles as cost of operation reaches a tipping point for electric vehicles — led by the Model 3.
Model 3 is starting to make waves in the corporate fleet world.
A lot of fleet managers who are running th... |
| Siri is getting better, but it’s still no match for Google Assistant | Despite Apple’s speed in bringing Siri to customers long before the Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa, its digital assistant has slowly become the butt of most jokes. Compared to the thousands of integrations and skills that you can pull up ... |