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New Zealand’s deep tech ambitions just got a $25 million boost. Outset Ventures, the Auckland-based venture firm and incubator that spun out unicorns like Rocket Lab and LanzaTech, has closed its second fund at an oversubscribed $41.5 million NZD. The fund’s mission is to back startups working on hard science and engineering breakthroughs – technologies its partners believe New Zealand is uniquely suited to lead. That includes everything from aerospace to medical technology, though Outset is especially focused on energy generation and storage. The firm is betting that New Zealand, while too small to play on the frontlines of AI, can tackle the downstream energy and infrastructure problems that AI is already starting to strain. “We know that the biggest constraint for AI growth all comes down to who can get the most installed energy the fastest, and so that’s where we’ve ended up concentrating more of our attention,” Angus Blair, partner at Outset, told TechCrunch. Many of the startups in Outset’s cohort focus on delivering cheaper, cleaner ways to generate and store energy, recycle heat waste, and address infrastructure bottlenecks that AI is already straining, per Blair. One emerging Kiwi leader has been OpenStar, a nuclear fusion startup that’s working on levitated dipole reactors, and is one of the few from Outset’s Fund I cohort to also receive funding from Fund II. The firm reached an important milestone last November when it created superheated plasma at temperatures of around 540,000 degrees Fahrenheit – an important step towards producing fusion energy, and one that took only around $10 million to get there as compared to many decades-long government-led initiatives in the fusion space. Then there’s EnergyBank, which is building long duration energy storage for floated offshore wind that’s best suited for deeper waters. Blair said the firm’s solution is a perfect complement to the many plans to install more floating offshore wind farms in regions like the North Sea. Techcrunch event Join us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot for our leading AI industry event with speakers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere. For a limited time, tickets are just $292 for an entire day of expert talks, workshops, and potent networking. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you’ve built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | June 5 REGISTER NOW “If you can firm that power, that power is worth a lot more, and so adding that long duration energy storage can increase the profitability of those assets by about 50%,” Blair said. “It also [helps] power data centers and the rest of the grid, particularly in Europe, which is struggling with grid resiliency.” OpenStar and EnergyBank are just two examples of the kind of moonshot bets Outset is aiming to scale globally. Where Fund I validated deep tech as a viable path for Kiwi startups, Fund II is positioning Outset as a launchpad for companies with hard science at their core and massive international ambition. Part of that mission is backed by the firm’s 60,000 square-foot facility in Auckland, which gives portfolio companies access to lab and engineering gear that’s otherwise hard to come by. In a country where early-stage capital and technical facilities can be limited, this kind of vertical integration is a key part of how Outset de-risks deep tech. And while the fund’s $25 million might sound modest by Silicon Valley standards, Blair says it’s well-sized for New Zealand’s tight-knit ecosystem. “We’ve got really capital efficient businesses down here, and so it goes a remarkably long way,” Blair said. The country’s startup funding environment has always leaned toward capital efficiency and high technical quality over blitzscaling. In 2023, venture investment in New Zealand declined amid inflation, global economic uncertainty, and reduced appetite from more cautious offshore investors. But 2024 saw a rebound, with venture and early-stage investment reaching $350 million ($587.6 million) – a record high and a 53% jump from 2023. Outset’s own LP mix reflects this dynamic: about two-thirds of Fund II comes from local institutional and private sources, while the rest is from international high-net-worth individuals, many of whom have relocated to New Zealand later in their careers and are investing in its future. And even though Kiwi startups have drawn interest over the past few years from heavy-hitting global firms like Bessemer, DCVC, Founders Fund, and Khosla Ventures, that kind of international capital remains hard-won. Distance and a smaller local investor base make it more difficult for New Zealand startups to break into global capital networks early, even though access to those networks is essential for scaling. Despite its distance and small size, Blair argues New Zealand is well positioned to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges – and deep tech is where the country already has a track record. “It’s where our biggest wins in the venture-backed space have come from historically,” Blair said. “So founders and VCs feel they have a lot more license to go and take these big moonshot swings in these really technical domains.”
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View File Rigid - WooCommerce Theme for WCFM Multi Vendor Marketplaces and Single Shops Welcome to Rigid - the ultimate WordPress / WooCommerce e-commerce toolkit that helps you sell anything. Beautifully. The best choice for your next personal or client‘s e-shop or multi-vendor marketplace project. Whether you‘re a web-savvy individual or an agency/freelancer, it‘d give you the right tools to make your site better, faster and more sales-centric. Rigid is a modern, extremely powerful WooCommerce theme suitable for all kind of online shops and multi vendor marketplaces. It’s built-in features gives you unparalleled flexibility with no hidden costs and no need for third-party plugins. Rigid is the best WCFM Marketplace theme offering full integration with all marketplace features. It is also the only marketplace theme where vendors can create all product types, including products with addons or combo products directly in the front-end vendor dashboard. Rigid is the easiest way to build a multi vendor marketplace like Etsy, Amazon, E-bay etc. and allow your users to create individual stores, manage their inventories and shipping while you can earn commission on their sales. Submitter CodeCanyon Submitted 05/27/25 Category Wordpress Templates Demo link https://themeforest.net/item/rigid-responsive-woocommerce-theme/20421310
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Welcome to Rigid - the ultimate WordPress / WooCommerce e-commerce toolkit that helps you sell anything. Beautifully. The best choice for your next personal or client‘s e-shop or multi-vendor marketplace project. Whether you‘re a web-savvy individual or an agency/freelancer, it‘d give you the right tools to make your site better, faster and more sales-centric. Rigid is a modern, extremely powerful WooCommerce theme suitable for all kind of online shops and multi vendor marketplaces. It’s built-in features gives you unparalleled flexibility with no hidden costs and no need for third-party plugins. Rigid is the best WCFM Marketplace theme offering full integration with all marketplace features. It is also the only marketplace theme where vendors can create all product types, including products with addons or combo products directly in the front-end vendor dashboard. Rigid is the easiest way to build a multi vendor marketplace like Etsy, Amazon, E-bay etc. and allow your users to create individual stores, manage their inventories and shipping while you can earn commission on their sales.Free -
Hyperscalers and data center developers are in a pickle: They all want to add computing power tomorrow, but utilities frequently play hard to get, citing years-long waits for grid connections. “All the AI data centers are struggling to get connected,” Amit Narayan, founder and CEO of Gridcare, told TechCrunch. “They’re so desperate. They are looking for solutions, which may or may not happen. Certainly not in the five year timelines they cite.” That has led many data centers to pursue what’s called “behind the meter” power sources — basically, they build their own power plants, a costly endeavor that hints at just how desperate they are for electricity. But Narayan knew there was plenty of slack in the system, even if utilities themselves haven’t discovered it yet. He has studied the grid for the last 15 years, first as a Stanford researcher then as a founder of another company. “How do we create more capacity when everyone thinks that there is no capacity on the grid?” he said. Narayan said that Gridcare, which has been operating in stealth, has already discovered several places where extra capacity exists, and it’s ready to play matchmaker between data centers and utilities. Gridcare recently closed an oversubscribed $13.5 million seed round, the company told TechCrunch. The round was led by led by Xora, Temasek’s deep tech venture firm, with participation from Acclimate Ventures, Aina Climate AI Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Discovery, Clearvision, Clocktower Ventures, Overture Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures, and WovenEarth. For Narayan and his colleagues at Gridcare, the first step to finding untapped capacity was to map the existing grid. Then the company used generative AI to help forecast what changes might be implemented in the coming years. It also layers on other details, including the availability of fiber optic connections, natural gas, water, extreme weather, permitting, and community sentiment around data center construction and expansion. Techcrunch event Join us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot for our leading AI industry event with speakers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere. For a limited time, tickets are just $292 for an entire day of expert talks, workshops, and potent networking. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you’ve built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | June 5 REGISTER NOW “There are 200,000-plus scenarios that you have to consider every time you’re running this study,” Narayan said. To make sure it’s not running afoul of regulations, Gridcare then takes that data and weighs it against federal guidelines that dictate grid usage. Once it finds a spot, it starts talking with the relevant utility to verify the data. “We’ll find out where the maximum bang for the buck is,” Narayan said. At the same time, Gridcare works with hyperscalers and data center developers to identify where they are looking to expand operations or build new ones. “They have already told us what they’re willing to do. We know the parameters under which they can operate,” he said. That’s when the matchmaking begins. Gridcare sells its services to data center developers, charging them a fee based on how many megawatts of capacity the startup can unlock for them. “That fee is significant for us, but it’s negligible for data centers,” Narayan said. For some data centers, the price of admission might be forgoing grid power for a few hours here and there, relying on on-site backup power instead. For others, the path might be clearer if their demand helps green light a new grid-scale battery installation nearby. In the future, the winner might be the developer that is willing to pay more. Utilities have already approached Gridcare inquiring about auctioning access to newfound capacity. Regardless of how it happens, Narayan thinks that Gridcare can unlock more than 100 megawatts of capacity using its approach. “We don’t have to solve nuclear fusion to do this,” he said.
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View File Materialize - React - Next.js, Vuejs, HTML, Laravel & Asp.Net Material Design Admin Template Materialize is the #1 selling material design admin template. Google Material Design Inspired UI with responsive design, and amazing support are the reasons of our customers to fall in love, making it the most trusted and complete Material Design Admin Template on the market. Materialize has a huge collection of material design widgets, UI Elements and works seamlessly on all major web browsers, tablets, and phones. User-friendly, intuitive, and fun to use. Submitter CodeCanyon Submitted 05/27/25 Category Scripts Demo link https://themeforest.net/item/materialize-material-design-admin-template/11446068
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Version V13.5.0
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Materialize is the #1 selling material design admin template. Google Material Design Inspired UI with responsive design, and amazing support are the reasons of our customers to fall in love, making it the most trusted and complete Material Design Admin Template on the market. Materialize has a huge collection of material design widgets, UI Elements and works seamlessly on all major web browsers, tablets, and phones. User-friendly, intuitive, and fun to use.Free -
View File Loraic - Transportation & Logistics WordPress Theme Loraic is a transport, logistics & home movers WordPress theme with focus on shipping, delivery and storage service providers and cargo companies. Loraic is easy to set up and use theme which enables you to establish a web site for business like: air cargo services, trucking services, different logistic services, air transportation services, logistic jobs and much more. It provides a simple roadmap to create a great-looking website, so you can get back to what’s most important - your business and clients. Loraic is only available here on ThemeForest, so read on to see why it’s perfect for your company’s WordPress website! Loraic comes with Elementor page builder on WordPress. Featuring the latest web technologies, enjoyable UX and the most beautiful design trends. Our theme provides a platform to simply drag&drop elements, choose styles and play around with the look and feel of your site with an instant preview, before your changes go live. Submitter CodeCanyon Submitted 05/27/25 Category Scripts Demo link https://themeforest.net/item/loraic-transportation-logistics-wordpress-theme/51552265
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Version V1.0.4
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Loraic is a transport, logistics & home movers WordPress theme with focus on shipping, delivery and storage service providers and cargo companies. Loraic is easy to set up and use theme which enables you to establish a web site for business like: air cargo services, trucking services, different logistic services, air transportation services, logistic jobs and much more. It provides a simple roadmap to create a great-looking website, so you can get back to what’s most important - your business and clients. Loraic is only available here on ThemeForest, so read on to see why it’s perfect for your company’s WordPress website! Loraic comes with Elementor page builder on WordPress. Featuring the latest web technologies, enjoyable UX and the most beautiful design trends. Our theme provides a platform to simply drag&drop elements, choose styles and play around with the look and feel of your site with an instant preview, before your changes go live.Free -
View File Finano - Finance WordPress Best suited for Finance, Accounting, Financial Consulting Business, Finance Advisors, Finance Consultants and is Responsive, Retina ready and easy to customize. Finano comes with necessary features for your online presence like portfolio, blog, testimonial and team page etc. Finano can be a great choice for your website. It is responsive and easily customize able template. Submitter CodeCanyon Submitted 05/27/25 Category Wordpress Templates Demo link https://themeforest.net/item/finano-finance-consulting-wordpress-theme/23154406
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Version V1.2.0
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Best suited for Finance, Accounting, Financial Consulting Business, Finance Advisors, Finance Consultants and is Responsive, Retina ready and easy to customize. Finano comes with necessary features for your online presence like portfolio, blog, testimonial and team page etc. Finano can be a great choice for your website. It is responsive and easily customize able template.Free -
Samsung’s venture investment unit is looking to invest in California-based medical device startup, Exo, in a round that could climb to $100 million, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. The round is being led by Sands Capital, Bold Capital and Qubit Health Capital, the report said, adding that Qubit’s chairman, Imar Ishrak, would join Exo’s board. Founded in 2015, Exo makes handheld medical imaging devices that use a combination of artificial intelligence, medical imaging and silicon technology for ultrasound examinations like scanning lungs or echocardiograms. The device plugs into a smartphone, and medical examiners can scan patients, document, and share exam reports using one app. The company has so far raised more than $320 million in funding from investors including RA Capital Management, BlackRock, Sands Capital, Intel, Sony, and Avidity Partners. The company most recently raised a $220 million in Series C round in 2021. Exo is also in talks to partner with Samsung Medison Co., which makes medical devices for ultrasound diagnostics and digital X-ray systems, the report said. Exo, Samsung, Sands Capital, Bold Capital and Qubit Health did not immediately return requests for comment.
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View File Korsel - Car Services, Auto Wash & Repair Korsel WordPress theme is specially designed for companies that work in the automotive aftermarket industry: car service, car cleaning, car wash, tire/tire or battery change, tire service, scheduled maintenance and car repairs. This versatile and original WP theme is everything you need for your growing auto related business. After carefully researching several companies and successfully creating similar WordPress themes, our team created the Korsel WP theme. This WordPress theme is designed with the real needs of real companies in mind. Submitter CodeCanyon Submitted 05/27/25 Category Wordpress Templates Demo link https://themeforest.net/item/krsel-car-services-wordpress-theme/34858878
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Version V1.0.5
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Korsel WordPress theme is specially designed for companies that work in the automotive aftermarket industry: car service, car cleaning, car wash, tire/tire or battery change, tire service, scheduled maintenance and car repairs. This versatile and original WP theme is everything you need for your growing auto related business. After carefully researching several companies and successfully creating similar WordPress themes, our team created the Korsel WP theme. This WordPress theme is designed with the real needs of real companies in mind.Free -
View File SB Admin Pro - Premium Bootstrap Admin Theme SB Admin Pro is a premium Bootstrap-based admin panel theme created by the Start Bootstrap team. Here's what you get with SB Admin Pro: Bootstrap 5 - This professional admin theme has been updated to use the new Bootstrap 5 framework! HTML and CSS files. This theme includes fully compiled HTML and CSS files for ease of use. Because these files are entirely HTML and CSS, they can be integrated into any development environment you choose to use when building your web application. source files. When you purchase at the developer license level or higher, you also get the full source files used to create the HTML/CSS version of the theme. We use SASS/SCSS to preprocess our CSS and Pug as our HTML templating language. Using the source files along with the documentation makes it easier for more advanced users to customize and extend the features and styles already included in the theme! Development environment. If you choose our developer license or higher, we will include our proprietary set of npm scripts that run our development environment. With live reloading and real-time compilation during development, you'll be working faster than ever! Clean user interface design. Many premium admin panel themes can be redesigned and difficult to adapt to fit your brand or vision. SB Admin Pro offers a clean, user-tested interface that works seamlessly out of the box, giving developers the best starting point for customization. layout options. With a variety of toolbar layouts, page title options, static and fixed navigation layouts, color customization options, and RTL support, SB Admin Pro is the perfect fit for any web application interface. Extended Bootstrap Components. In SB Admin Pro, we take the Bootstrap framework and extend its design and functionality based on Bootstrap's own themes and extension guides. We gave Bootstrap a new look and feel to make the theme feel unique on its own. We've also added a number of custom components and utilities to give you more choices when working on your project. Code Snippets - Our entire live preview serves as a working style reference for all components included in the theme. When you view the demo, you'll see code snippets in both Pug and HTML that you can easily copy and paste into your project as you work! Detailed Documentation - The SB Admin Pro documentation includes instructions for use, links to components, and guides to get your project up and running. We've also included guidelines for building an app using theme source files. Submitter CodeCanyon Submitted 05/27/25 Category Scripts Demo link https://startbootstrap.com/theme/sb-admin-pro
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Version V2.0.5
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SB Admin Pro is a premium Bootstrap-based admin panel theme created by the Start Bootstrap team. Here's what you get with SB Admin Pro: Bootstrap 5 - This professional admin theme has been updated to use the new Bootstrap 5 framework! HTML and CSS files. This theme includes fully compiled HTML and CSS files for ease of use. Because these files are entirely HTML and CSS, they can be integrated into any development environment you choose to use when building your web application. source files. When you purchase at the developer license level or higher, you also get the full source files used to create the HTML/CSS version of the theme. We use SASS/SCSS to preprocess our CSS and Pug as our HTML templating language. Using the source files along with the documentation makes it easier for more advanced users to customize and extend the features and styles already included in the theme! Development environment. If you choose our developer license or higher, we will include our proprietary set of npm scripts that run our development environment. With live reloading and real-time compilation during development, you'll be working faster than ever! Clean user interface design. Many premium admin panel themes can be redesigned and difficult to adapt to fit your brand or vision. SB Admin Pro offers a clean, user-tested interface that works seamlessly out of the box, giving developers the best starting point for customization. layout options. With a variety of toolbar layouts, page title options, static and fixed navigation layouts, color customization options, and RTL support, SB Admin Pro is the perfect fit for any web application interface. Extended Bootstrap Components. In SB Admin Pro, we take the Bootstrap framework and extend its design and functionality based on Bootstrap's own themes and extension guides. We gave Bootstrap a new look and feel to make the theme feel unique on its own. We've also added a number of custom components and utilities to give you more choices when working on your project. Code Snippets - Our entire live preview serves as a working style reference for all components included in the theme. When you view the demo, you'll see code snippets in both Pug and HTML that you can easily copy and paste into your project as you work! Detailed Documentation - The SB Admin Pro documentation includes instructions for use, links to components, and guides to get your project up and running. We've also included guidelines for building an app using theme source files.Free -
The Browser Company on Tuesday said it is considering selling or open-sourcing its Arc Browser as it seeks to divert resources to developing a new, AI-powered browser called Dia. When the company announced Dia in December 2024, it admitted that Arc was a complex browser for a lot of users, and it wanted to build a product that appealed to the masses. Since then, The Browser Company has been issuing bug fixes and security updates to Arc, but has stopped developing the app and adding features to it. In a new blog post, the company’s CEO, Josh Miller, said Arc browser ran into a “novelty tax” problem. “For most people, Arc was simply too different, with too many new things to learn, for too little reward […] On top of that, Arc lacked cohesion in both its core features and core values. It was experimental, that was part of its charm, but also its complexity,” Miller wrote. The Browser Company doesn’t plan to shut down Arc completely, but it said it has considered selling it or open-sourcing it. However, Miller said the challenge in open-sourcing the browser is that it is built on top of the Arc Development Kit, an internal SDK, which is also the core component of its new browser Dia, and it wouldn’t want to give away that IP. “While we’d love to open-source Arc someday, we can’t do that meaningfully without also open-sourcing ADK. And ADK is still core to our company’s value. That doesn’t mean it’ll never happen,” Miller said. Notably, many Arc Browser users have been asking the company to turn it into an open-source project. Techcrunch event Join us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot for our leading AI industry event with speakers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere. For a limited time, tickets are just $292 for an entire day of expert talks, workshops, and potent networking. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you’ve built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | June 5 REGISTER NOW The Browser Company’s Dia browser is still in alpha testing. The company hasn’t given a date for a wider release, but it said that it will make the browser available for testing to Arc members.
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From OpenAI’s 4o to Stable Diffusion, AI foundation models that create realistic images from a text prompt are now plentiful. In contrast, foundation models capable of generating full, coherent 3D online environments from a text prompt are only just emerging. Still, it’s only a question of when, not if, these models will become readily available. Now one of Europe’s most prominent AI 3D model researchers, Matthias Niessner, has taken an entrepreneurial leave of absence from his visual computing & AI lab at the Technical University of Munich to found a startup working in the area: SpAItial. Formerly a cofounder at Synthesia, the realistic AI avatar startup valued at $2.1 billion, Niessner has raised an unusually large seed round for a European startup of $13 million. The round was led by Earlybird Venture Capital, a prominent European early-stage investor (backers of UiPath, PeakGames for instance) with participation from Speedinvest and several high-profile angels. That round size is even more impressive when taking into account that SpAItial doesn’t have much to show the world yet other than a recently released teaser video showing how a text prompt could generate a 3D room. But then, there’s the technical team that Niessner assembled: Ricardo Martin-Brualla, who previously worked on Google’s 3D teleconferencing platform, now called Beam; and David Novotny, who spent six years at Meta where he led the company’s text-to-3D asset generation project. Their collective expertise will give them a fighting chance in a space that already includes some competitors with a similar focus on photorealism. There’s Odyssey, which raised $27 million and is going after entertainment use cases. But there’s also World Labs, the startup founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, and already valued at over $1 billion. Niessner thinks this is still little competition compared to what exists for other types of foundation models, but also in regard to ‘the bigger vision’ he and others are pursuing. Techcrunch event Join us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot for our leading AI industry event with speakers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere. For a limited time, tickets are just $292 for an entire day of expert talks, workshops, and potent networking. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you’ve built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | June 5 REGISTER NOW “I don’t just want to have a 3D world. I also want this world to behave like the real world. I want it to be interactable and [let you] do stuff in it, and nobody has really cracked that yet,” he said. Image Credits:SpAItial Video games to the real world Nobody has really cracked yet what the demand for photorealistic 3D environments might be, either. The promise of a ‘trillion-dollar’ opportunity ranging from digital twins to augmented reality seems big enough to excite VCs, but it is also vague and multifaceted enough to make go-to-market strategy hard to figure out. The most obvious use case is for video game creation, but these models could also have applications in entertainment, 3D visualizations used in construction, and eventually usage in the real world for areas like robotic training. Niessner is hoping to bypass that issue by having developers license the foundation model to come up with downstream applications for specific uses. He also enlisted a fourth cofounder, former Cazoo executive Luke Rogers, once his roommate in Palo Alto while he was a visiting assistant professor at Stanford, to help him on the business side. One of the first tasks on SpAItial’s roadmap will be to identify partners that can work with earlier models, versus those that would have to wait for higher quality. “We want to at least work with a few partners,” Niessner said, “and see how they can use the APIs.” Compared to other well-funded AI startups, SpAItial is putting revenue higher up on its agenda. But first, it will have to spend some, both on compute and on hiring. For the latter, its focus is on quality, not quantity. According to Niessner, “the team is not going to grow to hundreds of people right away; it’s just not happening, and we don’t need that.” Instead, Niessner and his cofounders are working on generating larger and more interactive 3D spaces, where, for example, a glass can shatter realistically. This would unlock what Niessner refers to as the ‘Holy Grail’: that a 10 year old could type in some text and make their own video game in 10 minutes. In his view, this ambitious goal is actually more achievable than what might seem like the low-hanging fruit — letting users create3D objects — since most gaming platforms still tightly control what third parties can add. That is, of course, unless they decide to build it themselves, as Roblox might. But by then, SpAItial might be busy replacing CAD instead; the next chapter in 3D generation is only beginning.
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It’s not your imagination, graduating seniors. The tech industry’s pullback from entry-level hiring has reached concerning levels. LinkedIn’s chief economic opportunity officer, Aneesh Raman, warned in The New York Times last week that “bottom rung of the career ladder” is “breaking” as AI eliminates traditional stepping-stone positions. The numbers are eye-opening: hiring of new grads by the 15 largest tech companies has plummeted over 50% since 2019, according to a report released this month by the venture firm SignalFire, which found that before the pandemic, graduates comprised 15% of Big Tech hires, a figure that has dropped to just 7%. There is some good news amid the scary headlines. The tech industry isn’t actually shrinking; instead, tech roles are spreading across all industries, from healthcare to finance to retail. Recent research shows tech jobs are projected to grow from 6 million this year to 7.1 million by 2034. Even now, software developers face just 2.2% unemployment, which isn’t stellar but is half the national rate. The catch: companies increasingly want AI skills, with one survey finding 87% of hiring leaders value AI experience, while nearly a quarter of all job postings now require it, per the WSJ.
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Four former Volkswagen executives received prison sentences Monday for their role in the emissions-cheating scandal that fundamentally transformed Europe’s car market. The verdict, delivered after a three-year trial in Braunschweig, Germany, marked the latest chapter in a 10-year-long saga that reshaped the continent’s relationship with diesel technology. Jens Hadler, who oversaw diesel engine development, received the harshest sentence of four and a half years for orchestrating what judges called “particularly serious” fraud. His team had installed software allowing vehicles to recognize emissions testing, temporarily increasing pollution controls during inspections while running dirty the rest of the time. The scandal’s impact extended far beyond corporate boardrooms. Before 2015, diesel vehicles commanded over half of Europe’s car market, marketed as environmentally friendly alternatives to gasoline. Today, that figure has collapsed to just 10% of new car sales. The whole affair also accelerated Europe’s transition toward electrification. Electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids now account for 25% of new car sales, while Volkswagen itself has become Europe’s leading EV manufacturer, selling three times as many battery-powered cars as Tesla in April, reports The New York Times.
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View File Cartzilla – Digital Marketplace & Grocery Store WordPress Theme Cartzilla is the ultimate WordPress theme for your Digital Marketplace & Grocery Store. Along with the Digital Marketplace & Grocery Store demo, it includes Fashion Store, Electronics Store and Help Center demos. Our theme integrates seamlessly with Dokan to provide multi-vendor features. Our pages are designed to provide smooth and engaging user experience. Cartzilla’s home pages are built using WordPress’s native Gutenberg Blocks and does not use bulky page builders. We’ve included 30+ Gutenberg Blocks to customizer our home pages. Our AJAX based Product blocks load only when the user scrolls into view. These factors makes our theme load very fast under 1s making it one of the fastest Digital Marketplace theme. Demos for the most popular niches Sell Online with Cartzilla & WooCommerce Create your multi-vendor Marketplace with Cartzilla & Dokan Stunning Features for a beautiful website Theme Features 6 Demos: Digital Marketplace, Grocery & Supermarket Store, 2 Clothing Stores, Electronics Store, Help Center Single / Multi-vendor Store 30+ Customizable Gutenberg Blocks Improved User Account Pages Beautiful Vendor Dashboard Pages Shop catalog Grid / List layout options + Shop Categories 3 Single Product variations Secondary pages: About, Contacts, 404, etc. Blog pages with different layouts 10 Header (Navbar) variations Built with latest Bootstrap – 100% Responsive Toolbar with Cart, Menu, Filters, etc. buttons designed specifically for handheld devices to improve user experience on the go. Speed up customization with Gutenberg Blocks Mobile Friendly Interface + Touch-enabled Sliders Mega-menu functionality Retina ready Font Icons Free licensed Google font used Detailed Online Docs W3C Valid HTML Code SEO Friendly Markup … and much more Documentation We’ve included 2 documentation, one for the theme and the other for the Gutenberg Blocks that is supplied with the theme. Both the documentation links can be accessed online from : Cartzilla Documentation Cartzilla Gutenberg Blocks Documentation Trial & Dummy Data We encourage you to try our theme before purchase. Please reach out to us via our support tab and we’ll setup a trial for you. A word about the Dummy Data. When you import our dummy data you’ll have a website similar to this: https://demo.madrasthemes.com/cartzilla/ which has placeholder images instead of actual images. We do not have the right to distribute the images, we only have the right to use them commercially. Hence our dummy content will contain only placeholder images instead of actual images. Built by MadrasThemes & Createx Studio Cartzilla is brought to you by MadrasThemes & Createx Studio. Createx Studio is the team behind the design of Cartzilla and MadrasThemes built it for WordPress. Our team has built many incredibly beautiful WordPress & HTML5 themes with over more than 30,000+ copies sold. During this time we’ve answered more than 40k+ support questions. Our mission is to make your life easier with our products. Submitter CodeCanyon Submitted 05/26/25 Category Wordpress Templates Demo link https://themeforest.net/item/blogar-blog-magazine-wordpress-theme/30583777
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Version V1.0.23
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Cartzilla is the ultimate WordPress theme for your Digital Marketplace & Grocery Store. Along with the Digital Marketplace & Grocery Store demo, it includes Fashion Store, Electronics Store and Help Center demos. Our theme integrates seamlessly with Dokan to provide multi-vendor features. Our pages are designed to provide smooth and engaging user experience. Cartzilla’s home pages are built using WordPress’s native Gutenberg Blocks and does not use bulky page builders. We’ve included 30+ Gutenberg Blocks to customizer our home pages. Our AJAX based Product blocks load only when the user scrolls into view. These factors makes our theme load very fast under 1s making it one of the fastest Digital Marketplace theme. Demos for the most popular niches Sell Online with Cartzilla & WooCommerce Create your multi-vendor Marketplace with Cartzilla & Dokan Stunning Features for a beautiful website Theme Features 6 Demos: Digital Marketplace, Grocery & Supermarket Store, 2 Clothing Stores, Electronics Store, Help Center Single / Multi-vendor Store 30+ Customizable Gutenberg Blocks Improved User Account Pages Beautiful Vendor Dashboard Pages Shop catalog Grid / List layout options + Shop Categories 3 Single Product variations Secondary pages: About, Contacts, 404, etc. Blog pages with different layouts 10 Header (Navbar) variations Built with latest Bootstrap – 100% Responsive Toolbar with Cart, Menu, Filters, etc. buttons designed specifically for handheld devices to improve user experience on the go. Speed up customization with Gutenberg Blocks Mobile Friendly Interface + Touch-enabled Sliders Mega-menu functionality Retina ready Font Icons Free licensed Google font used Detailed Online Docs W3C Valid HTML Code SEO Friendly Markup … and much more Documentation We’ve included 2 documentation, one for the theme and the other for the Gutenberg Blocks that is supplied with the theme. Both the documentation links can be accessed online from : Cartzilla Documentation Cartzilla Gutenberg Blocks Documentation Trial & Dummy Data We encourage you to try our theme before purchase. Please reach out to us via our support tab and we’ll setup a trial for you. A word about the Dummy Data. When you import our dummy data you’ll have a website similar to this: https://demo.madrasthemes.com/cartzilla/ which has placeholder images instead of actual images. We do not have the right to distribute the images, we only have the right to use them commercially. Hence our dummy content will contain only placeholder images instead of actual images. Built by MadrasThemes & Createx Studio Cartzilla is brought to you by MadrasThemes & Createx Studio. Createx Studio is the team behind the design of Cartzilla and MadrasThemes built it for WordPress. Our team has built many incredibly beautiful WordPress & HTML5 themes with over more than 30,000+ copies sold. During this time we’ve answered more than 40k+ support questions. Our mission is to make your life easier with our products.Free -
View File Universal Plugins Bundle for Rocket LMS Rocket LMS is a comprehensive LMS (Learning management system) solution that helps you to create your online education platform, and Rocket LMS universal plugins help you to add many more useful features to your platform. This bundle includes 47 plugins (and all future plugins) for Rocket LMS with a +80% discount on the price (According to plugin real prices). You will pay about $4 for each plugin. Submitter CodeCanyon Submitted 05/26/25 Category Scripts Demo link https://codecanyon.net/item/universal-plugins-bundle-for-rocket-lms/33297004
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Version V1.9.9
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Rocket LMS is a comprehensive LMS (Learning management system) solution that helps you to create your online education platform, and Rocket LMS universal plugins help you to add many more useful features to your platform. This bundle includes 47 plugins (and all future plugins) for Rocket LMS with a +80% discount on the price (According to plugin real prices). You will pay about $4 for each plugin.Free -
Founders, the call has gone out. The battlefield is open — and the fearless are already moving. Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is still accepting applications — but time is running out. Over 10,000 tech leaders will be watching. This is your chance to stand in the spotlight and be remembered. This is no elevator pitch. This is an all-out battle for recognition, investment, and legacy. If your startup has the grit, the tech, and the vision — step into the arena now by applying before the June 9 deadline. Apply now to claim your place on the battlefield Thousands will answer the call. Only 200 will break through. 20 will take the main stage at Disrupt 2025. One will win $100,000 in equity-free capital — and the crown. Want the spotlight? Don’t wait. Don’t hesitate. Move now. Startup Battlefield perks include: 3-day exhibit space at Disrupt 2025 — completely free 4 complimentary tickets Inclusion in the official Disrupt app Access to the full press list Quality investor and customer leads Exclusive investor-led masterclasses A shot at the biggest global pitch stage in tech And more — get all the details here This is the launchpad of giants: Trello, Mint, Dropbox, Getaround, and Discord all started right here. Now it’s your turn. Which startups make the cut? We want pre-Series A startups with MVPs and massive ambition. Whether you’re bootstrapped or backed — if you’re bold enough, you’re battle-ready. Some Series A startups may also qualify. Techcrunch event Join us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot for our leading AI industry event with speakers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere. For a limited time, tickets are just $292 for an entire day of expert talks, workshops, and potent networking. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you’ve built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | June 5 REGISTER NOW This is your moment. Applications close June 9. Rise. Charge. Apply now.
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We were thrilled by the remarkable interest in speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. After an in-depth review process, we’ve selected 20 exceptional finalists—10 for breakout sessions and 10 for roundtables. Now, we’re putting the final decision in your hands. Audience Choice voting is open through May 30 at 11:59 p.m. PT. You can vote for as many sessions as you’d like — one vote per session. The top 5 breakout sessions and top 5 roundtable sessions will be selected to take the stage. Meet the finalists Breakout Sessions How to Get Acquired in Tech (Without Selling Out): M&A Tips for Founders and Builders Aklil Ibssa, Head of Corporate Development and M&A, Coinbase Agentic AI for Startups: Automate, Adapt, and Accelerate Growth Anmol Rastogi, Head of Product, Amazon Business – AI & ML, Amazon Automation with Agents: From Work Enablement to Work Completion Chet Kapoor, Chairman and CEO, DataStax AI at the Brink: Strategic Playbook for National Security Dan Hendrycks, Executive and Research Director, Center for AI Safety (CAIS) Techcrunch event Join us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot for our leading AI industry event with speakers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere. For a limited time, tickets are just $292 for an entire day of expert talks, workshops, and potent networking. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you’ve built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | June 5 REGISTER NOW Leading a Series A Round in 2025 and Sustaining Momentum Gabriel Kra, Managing Director, Prelude Ventures The Agentic Apocalypse: Securing the Enterprise in the Age of 1 Billion AI Agents Jack Hidary, CEO, SandboxAQ Jim Breyer, Founder and CEO, Breyer Capital Embracing AI for a Better Digital Future Matt Madrigal, Chief Technology Officer, Pinterest Mining for Millions with GenAI’s 4 Ds: Striking Trust, Delight, and Dividends Michael Stewart, Managing Partner, M12 From Data to Agents: Building the AI-Native Enterprise Sridhar Ramaswamy, Chief Executive Officer, Snowflake From Vibes to Velocity: How AI Tools Can Help You Achieve Your Development Goals Tim Rogers, Staff Product Manager, GitHub Copilot, GitHub Roundtable Sessions Future of Space Economy in the Low Earth Orbit Abhijeet Kumar, Invited Lecturer – New Space Economy, UC Berkeley | Tech and Strategy Lead, Archer From Startup to Scale-Up: A GTM Blueprint Anjai Lal, Head of Strategy and Enablement, Google Cloud From Code to Capital: How VCs Spot the Next AI Powerhouses Avi Bharadwaj, Investment Director, Intel Capital The Winning Formula: Turning Your Business Into a Trusted, Scalable Community To Drive Growth Justine Palefsky and Tasneem Amina, Co-founders, Kindred Vlad Loktev, Partner, Index Ventures How to Train Your Model: Taming AI Agents Without Breaking Them Kyla Guru, Head of Model Cyber Policy, Anthropic Alex Moix, Investigations Lead, Safeguards, Anthropic Going a Layer Deeper: Why the future of AI investments lies with infrastructure and applications Paul Drews, Managing Partner, Salesforce Ventures Scaling Search and AI for Millions: Lessons from Reddit Search Rachel Miller, Product Manager, Reddit AI Evaluation 101: Addressing Challenges to Real-World AI Applications Rohit Patel, Director, Generative AI, Meta From Workarounds to Breakthroughs: How UpLink Lets Users Connect Any App—No Integration Needed Scott Weinert, CTO and Co-founder, Atomic Whose Company Is It, Anyway?: What You Lose When You Accept Outside Capital Sridhar Vembu, Chief Scientist, Zoho Vote Now
