Durham ear care-focused firm PhotoniCare raises more than $4M, wants more
PhotoniCare was started in 2013 with the development of the OtoSight, a tool that’s a vast improvement over the 150-year-old otoscope for examining the inner ear.
Drone tech firm PrecisionHawk declares bankruptcy, closing Glenwood South HQ
Field did disclose the planned closing in October of this year, but the announcement received scant notice alongside the news of a new company Board Chair and CEO.
Funding for Durham’s ValueBase reportedly includes big names in AI
Sam Altman, founder and CEO of OpenAI, and Nat Friedman, the former Github CEO and Midjourney advisor are reportedly among the 15 investors in ValueBase.
Triangle startup CareYaya seeks partnership with Johns Hopkins for AI support of caregivers
CareYaya plans to use the funding for the development and evaluation of its caregiver education platform, supported by AI and designed to provide easy-to-use, micro-learning content to support a population of caregivers.
NC startup offering hybrid electric vehicle conversion kits is raising funding
Flux was started as a senior design project for NC State’s Engineering Entrepreneurship Program involving the co-founders Cody Biederman, Clay Dowdy, and CEO Micah Ulrich.
Everyday AI
One of the biggest obstacles can be simply getting started. It can be hard to know where and how to write that first prompt.
Raleigh FemTech startup raising $3.5 million; new type of breast pump in development?
Nooshee is a new company looking to move into the FemTech space with a “category-defining new product.” And it’s raising capital.
From Taylor Swift to ‘The Last of Us’ and air quality: Triangle’s top searches in ’23
Google top search terms for 2023 are out. It’s also been 25 years of search and Google is sharing their take on the top moments and movements.
Lenovo, Microsoft launch cybersecurity solution, aiming to address top 2024 concern
According to Lenovo’s annual survey of CIOs, the issues of “privacy/security” and “cybersecurity/ransomware” are the most difficult challenges facing companies.
Aviation investment firm seeks to invest in NC, other operations
The private placement of securities compliments a current at-the-market offering at $17 per share rate. The company is actively working to raise up to $5.4 million.
Talking to an AI: There’s a ghost in the machine – and it’s us
Curious users have spent the last year working hard to crack the code of LLMs in an effort to more effectively utilize them – or break them. How should we talk to the bots?
Durham startup utilizing AI to help clients generate sales raises $6.5M, seeks more
GTM Buddy, which stands for “Go To Market” Buddy, was launched in 2020 by co-founders Sreedhar Peddineni and Sundar Vellaichamy. It’s raising money from investors.
