PETER GRIFFIN: Tech start-ups well placed to weather Covid chill

PETER GRIFFIN: Tech start-ups well placed to weather Covid chill
Peter Griffin
For tech startups attempting to avoid the fallout of covid-19 and instead treat it as an opportunity, timing is everything. Soul Machines, the Auckland-based developer of AI-powered digital avatars and assistants, revealed on Jan. 8 it had secured US$40 million in series B investment.  “With the timing of our last funding round, it does mean we are well prepared to meet that opportunity,” Soul Machines chief executive Greg Cross told me. The company is now helping its clients, including banks, airlines and retailers scale up their digital...

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