Educational technology start-up Kidaptive recently closed a $19 million Series C round of funding. The company's co-founder and CEO P.J. Gunsagar explains how this surge of funding is impacting Kidaptive's plans.
Gunsagar says this funding will help his company tackle new clients, improve algorithms, and provide the ability to expand into new markets.
"The demand for parents for the kind of analytics we provide is very high," explains Gunsagar. "At the heart of everything we do is the learner model--we take a very holistic approach to understanding who that child is across several learning dimensions."
Amazon has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of Hollywood studio MGM, two days after European regulators said the deal “would not significantly reduce competition” in European markets.
James Coddington, CEO of SkillsVR, joins Cheddar Innovates to discuss how virtual reality is being used to train frontline workers to deal with difficult customers, and how this technology is being applied to diversity training.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Cheddar's Michelle Castillo from South By Southwest to boost President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure legislation and talk about the big transportation issues of the day, including electric vehicle charging infrastructure and the future of public transit. "It means we have a huge wind at our back delivering on the kinds of transportation solutions that are going to define the 2020's 2030s, 2040s even," he said. "And that's what makes it exciting to come to South by Southwest and talk with some of the people who are following these technologies and ideas the most closely and talk about where we're headed." Buttigieg also touched on the "Don't Say Gay" legislation in Florida, noting that such legislative pushes were likely coming from politicians deflecting from lacking answers to pressing economic concerns, in his opinion.
