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Biographica , developing cutting-edge deep learning and knowledge graph technology to identify and prioritise high-value targets for crop gene-editing, led by Cecily Price and Dominic Hall, PhD, has raised £7 million in a funding round led by  Faber VC , with participation from SuperSeed , Cardumen Capital , The Helm , EQT Foundation , and Sie Ventures . The round also included existing investors Chalfen Ventures , Entrepreneurs First , Nucleus Capital , Dhyan Ventures , Sara

Commonwealth Fusion Systems , an MIT spin-out fusion energy company, led by Bob Mumgaard, Dan Brunner, Brandon Sorbom, and Zach Hartwig, has completed  and delivered its first cutting-edge, superstrong magnet — a culmination of years of work to develop and manufacture the foundational technology to  bring fusion energy to the grid .   A 24-ton steel-clad toroidal field magnet was transported to the SPARC facility in Devens, Massachusetts, marking the first of 18 magnets neede

Unusual , surveys AI models to discover how they see your brand, and then creates content to shape their view, led by Will Jack and Keller Maloney, has secured  $3.6 million seed round, led by BoxGroup , Long Journey Ventures , Y Combinator , Instacart co-founder Max Mullen, and Phosphor Capital . AI models now influence a significant share of buying decisions, yet most brands have little insight into how these systems describe them, or how to correct inaccuracies. Gartner es