Most everyone is still in the “new year, new me” phase, and one of the best ways to reshape yourself is to start a new job. New York is full of opportunities, but there is no one-size-fits-all route to take. For example, those considering starting a family will naturally prioritize companies with a sterling family leave policy. Someone interested in disruption will gravitate toward startups working in decidedly non-tech fields. Even those who just want to join a “fast-growing company” need to be judicious as not all such organizations are scaling at the same rate.
Europe’s tech scene has struggled to emerge from the shadows of giants in the U.S. and Asia, but friendly local policies and a global overflow of investment capital are now giving the region a gusher of cash.
Investments in European tech firms soared to $93.3 billion last year, a record and a 142% increase over the year before, according to CB Insights. The number of deals jumped as well, to 7,051 from 5,746 the year before and 6,051 the year before that.
A new generation of smartphones and other gadgets could be powered by chips designed to act like your brain.
BrainChip recently announced its Akida neural networking processor. The processor uses chips inspired by the spiking nature of the human brain. It's part of a growing effort to commercialize chips based on human neural structures.
European tech has come a long way in the past few years — once upon a time founders and investors would stand out if they became a unicorn.
But now it’s all about a bigger beast — the mighty decacorn.
High bandwidth memory (HBM) is becoming more mainstream. With the latest iteration’s specifications approved, vendors in the ecosystem are gearing to make sure it can be implemented so customers can begin to design, test and deploy systems.
The massive growth and diversity in artificial intelligence (AI) means HBM is less than niche. It’s even become less expensive, but it’s still a premium memory and requires expertise to implement. As a memory interface for 3D-stacked DRAM, HBM achieves higher bandwidth while using less power in a form factor that’s significantly smaller than DDR4 or GDDR5 by stacking as many as eight DRAM dies with an optional base die which can include buffer circuitry and test logic.
French payroll startup PayFit is now valued at $2.1 billion after raising a $289 million Series E round. It’s not France’s only recent unicorn, though: Ankorstore, Qonto, Exotec and Spendesk also joined the club this month.
If you add Back Market’s $510 million Series E round valuing the company at $5.7 billion, things are shaping up well for French tech in 2022.
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Valeo is an automotive Tier 1 parts supplier to global automotive OEMs. Headquartered in France and listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (FR.PA), it generates ~$20B in annual sales, and employs 110,000 employees in 33 countries and 187 geographical locations. Key areas of focus include ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and intuitive driving for which sensors, electronic controls and data intelligence play key roles. LiDAR is an important element of this portfolio.
In 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron set what seemed like an ambitious objective: having 25 French start-ups valued at over $1 billion by 2025.
These companies are colloquially referred to as “unicorns” or licornes in French.
The target was very on-brand. Macron had sold himself at a youthful, ambitious and liberalising president keen to lead France towards modernity.
Back Market, an online marketplace selling refurbished electronics, has now raised over $1 billion in investment backing in recent years.
The company, which started in Europe but broke into the U.S. market in 2018, recently raised $510 million in investments, according to a press release.
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