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."
Sachin Lulla, EY Consulting Advanced Manufacturing and Mobility Leader, joins Cheddar News to discuss real-world use cases and applications for IoT, and how IoT connects to sustainability.
According to the FAA, air travelers have been more out of line than usual in recent years. The FAA reports, the nation's airlines have had to deal with nearly 500 unruly passenger reports in just the first six weeks of 2022. Now, the CEO of Delta Airlines is asking the Department of Justice to introduce a "no-fly" list for passengers who have been convicted of an onboard disruption. However, critics of the proposal say this totally goes against civil liberties. Senior Policy Analyst at the ACLU Speech Privacy and Technology Project, Jay Stanley, joined Cheddar to discuss more.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine went hand in hand with cyberattacks against Ukrainian government websites and financial institutions. Cheddar News speaks with cybersecurity expert Karim Hijazi, CEO of Prevaillon, on why the Russian cyberwarfare is concerning to other nations.
Primit Parikh, Founder and COO of Transphorm, discusses how his company's utilization of gallium nitride semiconductors will prove to be a difference-maker in various sectors ranging from EVs to 5G.
