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winyy #78 - Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari

November 15, 2021

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winyy Issue #78

Metaverseがnext big thingになる予兆がある中、GoogleがGoogle Labsの名称を復活させてAR/VR技術に取り組むと発表し、QualcommがAR開発プラットフォームを公開、MicrosoftとMeta(Facebook)が提携を発表するなど、関連する技術の発表や企業間提携が活発になってきています。

元Salesforceの従業員が起業したAIを使った新しい検索エンジンYou.comが資金調達に成功したというニュースがありました。検索結果を自分の好みにチューニングすることができる新感覚の検索エンジンです。Salesforce創業者のMarc Benioffが、自身が持っていたYou.comを譲渡し資金も提供するなど支援しています。検索という古くて新しいpain pointに切り込んでいます。

前号で一番クリックされた記事は、"Alphabet's Isomorphic Labs is a new company focused on AI-driven drug discovery"でした。

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winyy Issue #78

While there are signs that Metaverse will become the next big thing, Google has announced that it will revive the Google Labs name and work on AR/VR technology, Qualcomm has released an AR development platform, and Microsoft and Meta (Facebook) have announced a partnership. In addition, Qualcomm has released an AR development platform, and Microsoft and Meta (Facebook) have announced a partnership.

There is news that You.com, a new AI-based search engine started by a former Salesforce employee, has successfully raised funds. You.com is a new search engine that allows users to tune search results to their liking, and Salesforce founder Marc Benioff is supporting the company by selling his own You.com and providing funding. The company is cutting into the old and new pain points of search.

The most read news last week was "Alphabet's Isomorphic Labs is a new company focused on AI-driven drug discovery."

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#Innovation

アフリカで実績を積んだZiplineがソルトレイクシティで医薬品配送へ

;The company, whose fixed-wing drones have been transporting medical supplies to rural clinics in Rwanda and Ghana since 2016, has signed a service agreement with Utah-based Intermountain Heal…

Qualcommが拡張現実（AR）のための開発プラットフォームを発表

Qualcomm today launched a new developer platform for building head-worn augmented reality experiences: the Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform.

リチウム電池の次の電池としてナトリウム電池に注目集まる

As EV sales increase, supplies of lithium may get tight. So some companies are incorporating cells with sodium, which provides almost as big a charge.

オンデマンドビジネススクールを運営するスタートアップが資金調達に成功

Business education is, let’s face it, finding it hard to keep up with a $3 trillion global tech startup economy that’s booming right now.

EVメーカーRivianが上場。2021年最大の上場で105億ドルを調達。時価総額は665億ドルでビッグ３を上回る

Electric automaker Rivian has priced its initial public offering at $78 a share, pushing it far above its targeted share price as investors dove in the year’s most highly anticipated IPO. Updated: the story haas been updated to reflect the regulatory filing figures.

Appleは暗号通貨の調査はするも投資はせず。Tim Cook CEOは個人として暗号通貨の保有を認める

In an interview today at the NYT Dealbook Conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed the company was looking into cryptocurrency, but clarified it had no “immediate” plans to launch any crypto-related offerings.

AIを用いた新しい検索エンジンYou.comが$20Mを調達。Salesforce元従業員が企業。Salesforce創業者Marc Benioffも支援

You.com, an AI-powered search engine cofounded by former Salesforce chief scientist Richard Socher, is launching in beta.

Pelotonが2022年に筋力トレーニングを追跡するカメラを発売

Peloton has announced the Peloton Guide, a $495 TV-connected camera that will allow users to do strength training workouts on their TVs, with machine-learning motion tracking. It’ll be out in early 2022.

ウエアラブル技術により、アスリートのデータ収集と分析に変革の波

For athletes, many factors make the difference between wins and losses. Wearables for sports can remove the mystery and give actionable data.

2005年以降設立のTech企業Top100の1/3がB2B SaaSで、その75％が米国企業。Top100企業はパンデミック下でも93％成長で市場全体の3倍の成長率

Boston Consulting Group and B Capital's GT100 report shows how B2B SaaS companies continue to dominate the global technology landscape.

SpaceXのCrew-３の打上げ成功

On November 10th, SpaceX launched another crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station on the company’s Crew-3 mission for NASA. Three NASA astronauts and one German astronaut with the European Space Agency will stay for six months on the ISS.

Crew-2がISSから帰還

On November 8th, the four astronauts part of NASA’s Crew-2 mission splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, returning from a six-month stay on board the International Space Station. The crew returned to Earth inside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, which brought the astronauts to the station in April.

Virgin Galacticが8月以降100名分のチケットを販売。1席45万ドル

During its third-quarter earnings report on November 8th, Virgin Galactic updated investors on its recent ticket sales, revealing that only 100 people bought seats on the company’s spaceplane at a higher ticket price of $450,000.V

スタートアップに特化して融資を行うDebat-as-a-Serviceプロバイダー

Sivo wants to do for debt what Stripe did for payments: Make it as easy to access a debt facility as plugging into an API.

赤ちゃんの睡眠状態によって自動的に揺らすスマートベビーベッドは$2000

By the time your baby is crying in the crib, they are over-stimulated and grumpy as can be. Cradlewise is a $2,000 smart crib that monitors a baby’s depth of sleep, and automatically tries to soothe your little bundle of joy back to sleep as soon as the first signs of wakefulness come along.

NASAアルテミス計画の月面着陸が2025年に後ろ倒し

On November 9th, NASA announced that it was delaying the target date of returning humans to the Moon through its Artemis program, pushing it back from 2024 to 2025.

EV資産に特化する投資会社が登場

Inspiration wants to help commercial fleets go electric, and it has already started by financing electric mobility company Revel’s ride-hail fleet of blue Teslas.

気候プロジェクトファイナンスに特化したスタートアップ

Evergrow, a stealth climate fintech startup, just landed over $7 million in seed funding.

EV用シリコン負極を製造するスタートアップStoreDot

StoreDot, the pioneer of extreme fast charging (XFC) battery technology for electric vehicles, has become the first company to manufacture silicon-dominant anode XFC cell technologies, ready for electric vehicles, on a production line.

FoxconnがLordstown Motorsの工場を買収

iPhone maker Foxconn has agreed to buy an electric vehicle factory in Lordstown, Ohio that was once touted by Donald Trump. It’s spending $230 million on the plant, which is currently owned by troubled EV startup Lordstown Motors.

イスラエル軍がパレスチナ人を追跡するために顔認識を使用しているとの告発

According to former Israeli soldiers, the country’s military uses smartphone technology to track and identify Palestinians across the West Bank. The surveillance database houses thousands of photos of Palestinians that soldiers allegedly "competed" to take.

#DesignThinking

マイクロソフトのNadella CEOが、イノベーションに関して最も重要な要素は何かを質問され、共感が最も重要であり、デザイン思考の中心、と回答

It's about people.

危機がイノベーションの触媒に。イノベーションを促進するための3段階のアプローチ：シナリオ分析、デザイン思考、人材トレーニング

To prepare for future uncertainty, integrate a “think, do, apply” approach into innovation practices.

#SiliconValley

サンノゼ市が2030年までにカーボンニュートラルを目指す

The San Jose City Council in California passed a resolution to become the largest city in the U.S. to go carbon neutral by 2030.

AIスタートアップの第３四半期の全世界資金調達は179億ドル。うち104億ドルが米国

A new report from CB Insights has revealed that global funding in AI startups has seen a surge of 8% to $17.9 billion during Q3 2021.

GoogleがGoogle Labsを復活させ、AR/VRの取り組みを強化

Google Labs is back, but this time around, it’s not a consumer-facing brand delivering a range of experimental products. Instead, it’s the internal name given to a new team at Google created under a reorganization that aims to gather the company’s many innovative projects and long-term bets under one roof.

Apple取締役会にJohnson&Johnson CEOが参加

Alex Gorsky, the chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, has joined Apple’s board of directors. Gorsky’s move to Apple’s board comes ahead of his planned departure as CEO of Johnson & Johnson in January 2022. It also coincides with Apple focusing more on health technology.

MicrosoftとMeta(Facebook)がTeams/Workplaceの相互接続で提携

You can access Workplace content within the Teams app too..

Elon MuskがTwitterによる投票結果に従い、Tesla株50億ドル相当を売却。以前からSECに売却方針を示していたとの指摘

Elon Musk has sold about $5 billion worth of Tesla stock, according to a slew of regulatory filings that posted late Wednesday. Initial filings showed Musk had sold 934,091 shares for about $1.1 billion out of more than 2.1 million options he received as part of a compensation package.

TeslaのFull Self-Driving β版で深刻な事故

A Tesla vehicle in Full Self-Driving mode allegedly crashed in California, causing "severe" damage to the car. No one was injured, but an incident report was filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Starlinkが新型アンテナを発売開始。12ヶ月で50万ユーザーを狙う

After offering a circular dish to customers, SpaceX’s internet-from-space initiative Starlink unveiled a new rectangular dish customers can buy to tap into the company’s satellites.

Rivianが2023年からアマゾン以外にもEVをを販売

Rivian says it will start selling electric vans to companies other than Amazon starting in 2023, despite an exclusivity clause that was revealed in the startup’s IPO filing. Rivian will also sell fleet versions of its pickup truck and SUV.

Netflixがゲーム提供を開始

Last week, Netflix launched its debut lineup of mobile games to Android users globally.

Disney+のサブスク増加数が予想を下回る

Disney+ added just 2.1 million users in the last quarter, hinting at trouble for the streaming service..

トラック自動運転のKodiak Roboticsが1.25億ドルを調達

Kodiak Robotics, a startup developing autonomous trucking, has raised a fresh $125 million in venture capital.

#TechnologyAndDigital

Digital Transformationにあたって企業の27％が文化の変革を理解するが、実践にあたっては6％しか優先事項にしていておらず。人的要因を失敗の要因

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many firms' digital transformation efforts. In modern reality, which is characterized by hyper-connection and an ever-increasing consumption of online products and services, going digital is a must. Despite this, many people are still unable to grasp and apply the concept of going digital in everyday life.

#HowTheWorldSeesJapan

TSMC’s board has approved its new $7 billion fab in Japan, which the company will partner with Sony on. The fab will focus on older 22nm and 28nm chips, with production set to begin in 2024.

#USSocietyEconomy

約200カ国がCOP26で合意に至る

India succeeded in loosening language around coal emissions at the last minute.

１兆ドルのインフラ法案にバイデン大統領が署名

President Joe Biden will sign Monday the largest federal investment in infrastructure in more than a decade.

バイデン政権が民間企業の従業員へのワクチン義務付けについて連邦控訴裁判所が憲法上の懸念を表明

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit reaffirmed its decision to press pause on the implementation of the Biden vaccine requirements.

GEが3社に分割

The company has already rid itself of the products most Americans know including its appliances and last year, the light bulbs that GE had been making since the late 19th century when the company w…

米国の10月の物価上昇は1990年以来最大の6.2%

U.S. consumer prices rose last month at the fastest annual pace since 1990, cementing high inflation as a hallmark of the pandemic recovery and eroding spending power even as wages surge.

カリフォルニア州の全ての成人はブースターショットができるように

California is making a push for more people to get COVID-19 booster shots.

#NewsOfTheLastWeek

The company states its goal is to “reimagine” the process of developing new drugs with an AI-first approach..