Category: Startups

  • STAT+: Science Corp. raises $230 million to bring retinal implant to Americans

    STAT+: Science Corp. raises $230 million to bring retinal implant to Americans Science Corporation announced Thursday that the company raised $230 million as it awaits a decision from the Food and Drug Administration on PRIMA, its wireless retinal implant.  The Series C funding round includes investors from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, Quiet…

  • Donkeys, Not Unicorns

    Donkeys, Not Unicorns The New Rules of Entrepreneurship in the Era of Commoditized Magic The post Donkeys, Not Unicorns appeared first on Towards Data Science. Yariv Adan Go to original source

  • STAT+: OpenEvidence raises $250 million, doubling its valuation

    STAT+: OpenEvidence raises $250 million, doubling its valuation OpenEvidence, maker of a popular chatbot that helps doctors search clinical evidence, on Wednesday announced $250 million in new funding. The new round led by Thrive Capital and DST Global values OpenEvidence at $12 billion, and the company has announced $735 million in funding in the last…

  • Can We Save the AI Economy?

    Can We Save the AI Economy? And do we want to? The post Can We Save the AI Economy? appeared first on Towards Data Science. Stephanie Kirmer Go to original source

  • STAT+: PillPack founders’ new health care marketplace has deep roots with Amazon

    STAT+: PillPack founders’ new health care marketplace has deep roots with Amazon A new digital health care marketplace, launched last week, has a good amount of Amazon in its DNA. General Medicine, with $32 million in funding, came out of stealth with three former Amazon employees as co-founders and investors, a business model that could…