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Redcoat AI Emerges from Stealth with $4.24M in Funding to Revolutionize Cybersecurity in the Generative AI Era

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Security, Communications, Software, Internet, Social Media, Data Management, Artificial Intelligence, SMS, Stanford University, Pear, Organization, Computer science, Pear VC, WhatsApp, Medical device

Founded by a team of seasoned cybersecurity and AI experts, Redcoat AI uses the latest AI innovations to build defenses against sophisticated cybersecurity attacks, including AI-powered social engineering attacks that use contextual information, deep fakes, and human-like interactions.

Key Points: 
  • Founded by a team of seasoned cybersecurity and AI experts, Redcoat AI uses the latest AI innovations to build defenses against sophisticated cybersecurity attacks, including AI-powered social engineering attacks that use contextual information, deep fakes, and human-like interactions.
  • “We founded Redcoat AI at a pivotal moment for cybersecurity.
  • With generative AI, bad actors now have the ability to craft highly realistic and hyper-personalized attacks with unprecedented sophistication and scale.
  • With today's funding announcement, Redcoat AI is poised to redefine the cybersecurity landscape.

Y Combinator Alum Axle Health Raises $4.2M to Scale Its Home Health Care Software Platform

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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Data Management, Health, Apps, Applications, Technology, Practice Management, Software, Engineering, Algorithm, Pear VC, API, Interest, TRAC, Patient, Pear, Machine learning, Workforce, Y Combinator, Axle, Nursing

Today, Axle Health (“Axle”), the leading provider of scheduling and workforce management software in the home health care space, is announcing the close of $4.2M in seed funding, bringing its total raised to $4.4M.

Key Points: 
  • Today, Axle Health (“Axle”), the leading provider of scheduling and workforce management software in the home health care space, is announcing the close of $4.2M in seed funding, bringing its total raised to $4.4M.
  • “Pear has a long history of identifying exceptional teams delivering on a clear market need,” said Pear VC partner Vivien Ho.
  • About Axle Health: Axle Health provides scheduling and workforce management software for home health care providers.
  • Axle is integrated with a wide range of EMRs, and the entire Axle product can be customized and accessed modularly via API.

HOLEPUNCH UNVEILS GROUNDBREAKING OPEN-SOURCE PEER-TO-PEER APP DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM: PEAR RUNTIME

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pear Runtime, a groundbreaking open-source peer-to-peer app development platform, launched today, offering developers and users the most secure, efficient, scalable, and cost-efficient platform for app development today and into the future.

Key Points: 
  • BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pear Runtime, a groundbreaking open-source peer-to-peer app development platform, launched today, offering developers and users the most secure, efficient, scalable, and cost-efficient platform for app development today and into the future.
  • "Pear Runtime is an elegant and powerful solution to a recognized problem in the development community: how to build and launch an app that doesn't grow exponentially in cost once it's successful," explained Mathias Buus Madsen, CEO of Holepunch.
  • Conceptualized and built by a mission-driven team, and engineered to be the most secure, efficient, and low-cost platform in existence, Pear Runtime will catalyze the app development community to fundamentally disrupt Web 2.0.
  • Holepunch has already developed and launched apps using Pear Runtime, including secure messaging app Keet.

HOLEPUNCH UNVEILS GROUNDBREAKING OPEN-SOURCE PEER-TO-PEER APP DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM: PEAR RUNTIME

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Tether, Web 2.0, Privacy, Pear, Communication, Keet, Internet, Learning

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pear Runtime, a groundbreaking open-source peer-to-peer app development platform, launched today, offering developers and users the most secure, efficient, scalable, and cost-efficient platform for app development today and into the future.

Key Points: 
  • BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pear Runtime, a groundbreaking open-source peer-to-peer app development platform, launched today, offering developers and users the most secure, efficient, scalable, and cost-efficient platform for app development today and into the future.
  • "Pear Runtime is an elegant and powerful solution to a recognized problem in the development community: how to build and launch an app that doesn't grow exponentially in cost once it's successful," explained Mathias Buus Madsen, CEO of Holepunch.
  • Conceptualized and built by a mission-driven team, and engineered to be the most secure, efficient, and low-cost platform in existence, Pear Runtime will catalyze the app development community to fundamentally disrupt Web 2.0.
  • Holepunch has already developed and launched apps using Pear Runtime, including secure messaging app Keet.

Leading Hub Services Provider COPILOT Appoints Valerie Sullivan as Chief Commercial Officer

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023
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MAITLAND, Fla., Dec. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- COPILOT Provider Support Services , a leading HUB Services Provider, announces Valerie Sullivan as Chief Commercial Officer.

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  • MAITLAND, Fla., Dec. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- COPILOT Provider Support Services , a leading HUB Services Provider, announces Valerie Sullivan as Chief Commercial Officer.
  • Sullivan is a Boston-based pharma services and healthcare technology leader with over 25 years of diverse commercialization experience.
  • Before taking on leadership roles in HUB services and specialty pharmacy, Sullivan began her career at Pfizer, where she led and grew some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical brands.
  • “It’s an exciting time to join COPILOT and work toward more innovative and meaningful HUB enablement solutions for our pharmaceutical partners,” added Sullivan.

Pear VC Opening 30,000-Square-Foot Pear Studio Space in San Francisco for Tech Founders

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Monday, December 4, 2023
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Today, Pear VC (“Pear”) has announced that it is opening a 30,000-square-foot space in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood.

Key Points: 
  • Today, Pear VC (“Pear”) has announced that it is opening a 30,000-square-foot space in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood.
  • Pear Studio will serve as a collaborative work environment for founders and entrepreneurs.
  • Pear is focused on one of the brightest areas in venture investing: pre-seed and seed, and regularly backs founders before they even have an idea.
  • We actually have a long history of opening up our doors to founders before they have an office of their own.

State Grid Binzhou Power Supply Company: "Electric Butlers" Escort the Rural Road to Prosperity

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Monday, October 16, 2023
Multimedia, Refrigeration, Pear, Fruit, Farmer, Electricity, Renewable energy

In Jinyang Hundred-hector Pear Orchard of Yangxin county, Binzhou City, Shandong Province, crispy autumn air is flickering away with pear growers' joy of bumper harvest.

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  • In Jinyang Hundred-hector Pear Orchard of Yangxin county, Binzhou City, Shandong Province, crispy autumn air is flickering away with pear growers' joy of bumper harvest.
  • The top of a pear in Yangxin is like a duck head, hence its name "Ya Li".
  • In recent days, the staff of State Grid Binzhou Power Supply Company have been busy shuttling between pear orchard and the cold storage, carrying out comprehensive inspection of power lines and equipment in and around the orchard.
  • In the next, State Grid Binzhou Power Supply Company will continue visiting customers and grasping their demands for electricity so that they can be better "eclectic butlers" for fruit growers with more professional technology and light the road to rural revitalization and prosperity with closer service.

Albertsons Companies Unveils New Digital Innovations to Meal Plans Tool

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
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Albertsons Companies, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) today unveiled the latest digital enhancements to its shoppable Meal Plans and Recipes tool available within the retailer’s grocery apps and websites, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, ACME and Tom Thumb banners.

Key Points: 
  • Albertsons Companies, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) today unveiled the latest digital enhancements to its shoppable Meal Plans and Recipes tool available within the retailer’s grocery apps and websites, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, ACME and Tom Thumb banners.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230914756486/en/
    Albertsons Companies unveiled the latest digital enhancements to its shoppable Meal Plans and Recipes tool available within the retailer’s grocery apps and websites, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, ACME and Tom Thumb banners.
  • As recipes are added to the Meal Plans tool, the cost of ingredients is deducted from the overall budget so shoppers can view the total meal price and cost per serving.
  • Click here for a demonstrational video on the Meal Plans and shoppable Recipes tool.

High in fiber, USA Pears in stores now

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Thursday, September 14, 2023
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MILWAUKIE, Ore., Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As autumn arrives, Pacific Northwest orchards are bursting with fresh pears and kicking off the fall harvest season to fill produce shelves across America with a versatile, flavorful and fiber-filled fruit. This year's pear harvest is brimming with quality, reflecting the dedication and expertise of Pacific Northwest pear growers, many of whose families have farmed the region for multiple generations.

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  • Fall harvest season is in full force, and the fresh pears coming off our expert growers' trees reflect the delicious, high-quality fruit the Pacific Northwest is known for," said Jim Morris, marketing communications manager for USA Pears.
  • This year's harvest of fresh pears is estimated to reach 15.2 million standard box equivalents, which is consistent with the industry's four-year average.
  • Pears also boast an extended shelf life, making fresh USA Pears available nearly year-round and helping consumers plan ahead, minimize food waste and enjoy fresh pears at their peak.
  • To determine when a pear is at its juiciest, USA Pears suggests to "check the neck."

Invasive species cause billions of dollars in damage worldwide: 4 essential reads

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
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Invasive species – including plants, animals and fish – cause heavy damage to crops, wildlife and human health worldwide.

Key Points: 
  • Invasive species – including plants, animals and fish – cause heavy damage to crops, wildlife and human health worldwide.
  • Some prey on native species; other out-compete them for space and food or spread disease.
  • These recent articles from The Conversation describe how several invasive species are causing economic and ecological harm across the U.S.

1. The best intentions: Callery pear trees

    • Horticulturists loved the Callery pear for landscaping and wanted to produce trees that all grew and bloomed in the same way.
    • Unlike some trees, a Callery pear can’t fertilize its flowers with its own pollen, so plant experts thought it wouldn’t spread.
    • Today, Callery pear trees are such scourges that several states have banned them.
    • Read more:
      Once the Callery pear tree was landscapers' favorite – now states are banning this invasive species and urging homeowners to cut it down

2. Tiny organisms, big impacts: Zebra and quagga mussels

    • Zebra and quagga mussels – shellfish the size of a fingernail – invaded the Great Lakes in the 1980s, clogging water intake pipes and out-competing native mollusks for food.
    • Now they’re spreading west via rivers, lakes and bays, threatening waters all the way to the Pacific coast and Alaska.
    • Limiting the destructive impacts of invasive species “requires scientific, technological and historical knowledge, political will and skill to persuade the public that everyone is part of the solution.”

      Read more:
      The westward spread of zebra and quagga mussels shows how tiny invaders can cause big problems

3. Threatening entire ecosystems: Lionfish

    • Consider the Pacific red lionfish (Pterois volitans), which has spread throughout the Caribbean and now is moving south along Brazil’s coast.
    • Lionfish thrive in many ocean habitats, from coastal mangrove forests to deepwater reefs, and they prey on numerous smaller fish species.
    • Read more:
      Invasive lionfish have spread south from the Caribbean to Brazil, threatening ecosystems and livelihoods

4. The value of acting locally