Durham software startup Arpio raises $8M-plus in seed round
Arpio is a SaaS solution that provides disaster recovery for Amazon Web Services. Started in 2021, this is the company’s first round of fundraising.
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Building collaboratively: Creating workspaces accessible to all with AI
Lenovo, appliedAIstudio, and 321 Coffee team up to take on accessible workspaces, and make and attempt to build a coffee roasting experience that reinforces employee independence, well-being, and enjoyment of the work.
ChatGPT parent company removes access to AI detection tool due to low accuracy
Even on its launch day, OpenAI admitted the tool was “imperfect” and results should be “taken with a grain of salt.” Now it has been pulled due to its “low rate of accuracy.”
VinFast offers land to displaced Chatham County church
The church, located off Old US 1, was facing destruction by the NC Department of Transportation to make way for updated access to US 1, in part to facilitate construction and heavier traffic to the VinFast site.
NCSU collaboration results in robot that improves solar energy research
“RoboMapper” is a robot that automates testing and data collection on new semiconductor materials resulting in time and cost savings during research..
CommScope adding 250 jobs to expand fiber-optic manufacturing
Salaries for the new positions will vary but the average annual wage will be just shy of $57,500, more than $5,000 more than the county’s current average salary of $52,172.
Charlotte-based vet chain raises $35M, wants $5M more, reports Business NC
Siblings Audrey and Michael Wystrach are CEOs for the pet care company that started in 2019.
Wake County Economic Development survey seeks insights to regional workforce needs
Workforce quality is a key indicator for the region’s growth and vitality according to the WCED. The economic development organization and its parent organization, the Raleigh Chamber, are seeking to use the survey data to anticipate developing needs.
Red Hat’s latest move ignites open source firestorm – some say it’s now ‘closed source’
Recent changes made by open source leader Red Hat has made around its primary product – Red Hat Enterprise Linux – and its support has antagonized the open-source developer community. Some are claiming violation of the terms essential to its millions of users worldwide.
From Red to Blue Hat? Hatters paying a price for big change in Linux distribution
To be sure the dissolution of CentOS Linux indicates – at a minimum – major damage to Red Hats’ positioning as a paragon of open source. It might even signal the end. It’s a pretty clear sign that Red Hat is under new management.
Balancing best, worst of a world with AI: ‘Imagining the Internet’ report cites dangers, benefits
The best of times, the worst of times and AI: Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center released a report in partnership with the Pew Research Center entitled, “As AI Spreads, Experts Predict the Best and Worst Changes in Digital Life By 2035.” Let’s take a look.
Durham venture fund Resilient Partners raising more cash to support African American entrepreneurs
When inflation and interest rates rose last year, VC funding dropped by 36%, however, African American founders saw a 45% drop in investments.
