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Ex-Palantir execs launch Dream to build AI world models for construction; plus, Upwind raises $400M; and Mintive lands Cowboy Ventures, Coatue, angels Jeff Dean, Andrej Karpathy
30 oktober 2026 · 11 min
-Trained on 100 million square feet of building permits, dream wants to disrupt Autodesk with AI. Lees meer
-The cloud security startup raised a Series C at a $3.8B valuation, instead of selling itself for the same price.
-Mintive was founded by two engineers who have been working on AI for decades through Google Brain, Coursera. It's platform promises to help IT easily control enterprise agents
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Fusion startups are giving the government shares in exchange for awards. Is it worth it?
28 oktober 2026 · 13 min
Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with electricity in 2028.
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Matiks raises $10M to expand its math and puzzle gaming platform; AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, plus, Warhound raises $200M to engineer war dogs
27 oktober 2026 · 13 min
Matiks has introduced a new platform for users to create games using AI. Lees meer
Also, "despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech."
And Warhound, the brain child of Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey, emerges from stealth to genetically engineer dogs for military and law enforcement.
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Helion could double output of its power plants; plus, startups don’t need to go viral to win customers; and Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation
26 oktober 2026 · 13 min
Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with electricity in 2028. Lees meer
Also, at TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC discussed how to not just gain an early following but keep one.
And Daytona is building a cloud for agents that's like giving every agent its own computer. It has attracted founders of Stripe, Perplextity, Datadog, Mercor and others as angels, it says.
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The secret to fast startup growth isn’t early sales say top names in tech; plus, Rivian bought a world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions
23 oktober 2026 · 8 min
At this year’s Disrupt, Lovable GTM lead Luke Arno, Polska’s Ben Broca, and Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz gave founders some tips on how to achieve true sales success in the first 90 days. Lees meer
Also, EV maker Rivian has acquired Third Dimension, a U.K. startup founded by veterans of the gaming and autonomous vehicle industries that uses AI to turn images and videos into lifelike 3D worlds.
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AI lab Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at a $6B valuation; plus, Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI
22 oktober 2026 · 9 min
Just 9 months after raising an $180 million seed round, Flapping Airplanes has landed $1 billion Series A for its mission to build AI models "without ingesting half the internet." Lees meer
Also, startup Recursive has released Flint, a free, laptop-sized coding model built largely by its own AI research system, as an early test of AI that improves itself.
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Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language
21 oktober 2026 · 8 min
Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems. Lees meer
Also, OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and technology to work on Rosalind, its AI model for life sciences research, and to its related Rosalind Workbench tool, a harness that aims to help researchers plan experiments and analyze results.
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Amazon is taking its biggest shot at Nvidia yet; plus, Town nabbed unicorn valuation, and Tolan snags $30M for its AI companion
20 oktober 2026 · 9 min
Amazon wants to break Nvidia’s hold on PyTorch, the free toolkit used to build most AI apps, so that more developers run their apps on alternative chips like its own. Lees meer
Also, AI assistant startup Town nabbed a unicorn valuation on Monday, announcing a $108 million Series B round co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures.
And AI companion app Tolan has raised another $30 million after attracting more than 250,000 active users.
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Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles; plus, Elorian’s first AI model wants to reason with images
19 oktober 2026 · 7 min
Counterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands' marks and passing off dupes, known as "superfakes," as genuine items. A startup called Veritas wants to tackle the problem with its own chip that verifies goods. Lees meer
Also, according to Elorian's evaluations, Glimpse outperforms even GPT-6 Astra on scientific chart reasoning and short-form video captioning, with competitive results on other visual reasoning tasks.
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Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis; plus, Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt
16 oktober 2026 · 9 min
The Ricursive founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip design process. Lees meer
Also, Gudea, a company that tracks how stories and rumors spread online that describes itself as the “storm tracker for the internet,” is using AI to help organizations spot trouble brewing online before it turns into a crisis.
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Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence
15 oktober 2026 · 7 min
Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.
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Niobia takes the guesswork out of some of tech’s most expensive mistakes; Giraffe Bio aims its bespoke biomolecules at the looming copper shortage
14 oktober 2026 · 7 min
The San Francisco startup aims to help battery and chip manufacturers identify defects on production lines, reducing downtime and costly mistakes. Lees meer
Also, as AI data centers and EVs drive up demand for copper, Giraffe Bio has unearthed a $6.4 million seed round to help miners extract more of the mineral.
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Honeyjar offers AI tools to improve PR and comms at every company; plus, WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract
13 oktober 2026 · 9 min
Honeyjar believes AI can actually make PR better. Lees meer
Also, WindBorne is a startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a US military contract worth almost $50 million.
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Efferon wants to eradicate the devastating toll of pediatric sepsis; plus, Petra Power looks to modernize energy for data centers
12 oktober 2026 · 7 min
Efferon has developed blood-purification tech to save children. Sepsis, an acute inflammation triggered by infection, is a leading cause of childhood mortality, claiming roughly 3 million children under the age of five annually. Lees meer
Also, Petra Power says its fuel cells are super efficient and cut fuel costs during a time when the tech industry can’t get enough electricity.
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A startup founder who served time in prison is looking to court an untapped market: ex-cons
9 oktober 2026 · 9 min
Richard Bronson, a former Stratton Oakmont partner who served time in federal prison for securities violations, has launched Commissary Club, a startup that uses AI to help people leaving prison find jobs, housing, community and even dates.
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Greenairy is building smart plant towers to clean the air in your office; plus, Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia
8 oktober 2026 · 6 min
As it turns out, the cure for stuffy, chemical-infused office air might be a tower of leafy greenery. Lees meer
Also, Mecka AI pays people to record everyday tasks.
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Silicon Valley’s AI wunderkind launches Underdog, the most private Instinct/Muse competitor yet; plus, name Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius
7 oktober 2026 · 9 min
Sigil Wen, backed by a Silicon Valley's who-who, has built an on-device AI assistant that promises to be free, fully private, and capable for everyday tasks. Lees meer
Also, Melius crossed over $1 million in annualized revenue within two months of its post-pivot launch.
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Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era; plus, after Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests
6 oktober 2026 · 8 min
Founded by two sisters, Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to give young women personalized dating and relationship advice, with an emphasis on safety and avoiding emotional dependency. Lees meer
Also, days after Vinod Khosla called Factory a struggling also-ran, Menlo has shown up with a check and a glowing blog post.
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Photon held a funeral for mobile apps; plus, Kevin Mandia’s new ‘agent swarm’ security startup
5 oktober 2026 · 7 min
Photon helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It's a bet that consumers will increasingly use agents instead of downloading apps. Lees meer
Also, Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of Mandiant, has a new startup that is using agent swarms to test and protect enterprises.
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World’s first enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months; plus, turning idle car inventory into rental revenue
2 oktober 2026 · 7 min
Fervo Energy completed its first power plant in less than two years. The next phases promise to connect to the grid even quicker. Lees meer
Also, MyMonthlyCar is a platform that lets dealers rent out their idle used cars month to month (with an option to buy), and it's now one of the startups showing off at this year's TechCrunch Disrupt, running October 13 to 15 in San Francisco.
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Factory CEO just accused his VC board adviser of spying for Cognition
1 oktober 2026 · 7 min
VC Chris Degnan and former board advisor to Factory AI has taken a job as chief revenue officer for Cognition.
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Ex-Tesla team raises $12.5M to put supply chains on autopilot; plus, EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation to $4B
30 september 2026 · 7 min
Atomic's agentic supply chain software is now being used by companies like DoorDash and HelloFresh. Lees meer
EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation in a year.
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AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion; Physical AI chip developer SiMa AI hits $1.45B valuation
29 september 2026 · 5 min
The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist. Lees meer
Also, SiMa.AI, the edge computing startup, raised a $150 million Series C led by Fidelity and Amplify.
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Ocean surveillance startup Quartermaster raises another $140M
28 september 2026 · 5 min
The tech enables real-time awareness for what Quartermaster calls the “largest blind spot on Earth.”
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Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting; plus, Feather is building the ‘Android of robotics’ for developers
25 september 2026 · 8 min
Nexterity's robot can tighten or loosen four bolts at a time, and it fits in a Pelican case. Lees meer
Feather is betting on a customizable, $30,000 platform built for software developers.
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Modal Motors is trying to cut China out of electric motors entirely; plus, PitPro’s first tire-changing robot goes live in Canada
24 september 2026 · 8 min
Modal Motors is working on small, light motors with no rare earth magnets that are suited for drones, fans, and robots. Lees meer
Also, PitPro says its automated system can change four tires in under 15 minutes.
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a16z is challenging Silicon Valley’s love for drop-outs by launching a school; plus, AstroForge is putting AI in command of its next spacecraft
23 september 2026 · 9 min
This academy for promising high school grads is somewhere between a trade-school, Y Combinator and Peter Thiel's Fellowship Program. Lees meer
Autonomy-1 will have a small, transformer-based AI model taking charge of a space probe.
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A small but growing number of founders are betting on bringing people together offline
22 september 2026 · 9 min
Brynn Putnam and Tristan Walker have already done something that most founders only dream about: created companies so compelling that bigger outfits bought them. And now they're both at it again with the same north star; bringing people together, offline, in the same room.
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Comp AI sets eyes on a continuously agentic future for security and compliance
18 september 2026 · 5 min
Comp AI, a cybersecurity and compliance startup, announced a $34 million Series A round led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures.
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Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years’ worth of nuclear fuel; plus, Hang Ten Systems nabbed another $53m
17 september 2026 · 10 min
Fluxnium's fibers can extract uranium directly from seawater, which has enough of the nuclear fuel to power thousands of generations. Lees meer
Also, Hang Ten is a Palo Alto startup and says it has landed multiple seven-figure enterprise contracts within months of launch.
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Early Anthropic hire, former METR COO have found a way to rein in rogue AI agents; plus, health benefits platform Thatch reaches $1B valuation
16 september 2026 · 9 min
Their startup, Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) has raised $40 million in a Series A round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from First Harmonic. Lees meer
Also, Thatch is a five-year-old startup and the company raised $108 million from The General Partnership, Index Ventures, General Catalyst, and Andreessen Horowitz.
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Superhuman acquired notetaker Fathom; plus, OpenAI bought smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging, and AI infrastructure company Cornelis raised $205M
15 september 2026 · 7 min
Fathom said that it has over 400,000 monthly active users. Lees meer
Also, Glass Imaging was founded by a pair of former Apple engineers who previously led the team that developed Apple's Portrait Mode.
And Cornelis, a company creating networking technology to help AI chips communicate more effectively, announced Monday that it has raised $205 million.
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Fusion power startups find new partners in the defense world; plus, Mecka AI nears $500M valuation amid rush for robot training data
14 september 2026 · 7 min
Fusion startups are inking defense-related deals, reigniting the relationship between fusion and national security that might have gone dormant, but never completely disappeared. Lees meer
Also, the round for Mecka is coming together months after Mecka announced its Series A.
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Defense tech Mach Industries doubled its valuation in 3 months; plus, Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal
11 september 2026 · 9 min
Mach Industries is a buzzy startup that raised $600 million in its Series C round. Lees meer
AlsoMaven Robotics emerged from stealth Thursday with a $100 million Series A and active deployments.
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CloudNC raises $20M to automate manufacturing’s most pressing bottlenecks; plus, Sequoia doubles down on Cymphony
10 september 2026 · 6 min
UK-based manufacturing software startup CloudNC announced Wednesday a $20 million B extension round, bringing its lifetime total raised amount to $128 million. Lees meer
Also, Cymphony was valued at more than $100 million in a $25 million Series A co-led by Sequoia and SMBC Fin Atlas Beyond Fund.
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Nuclear startup Bluecore Energy raises $50M seed round, just two months after launch; plus, Poseidon Aerospace eyes first pilotless test flight, and Stoke Space raises another billion
9 september 2026 · 12 min
-Founder Kofi Asante wasn’t planning on fundraising this year, but calls kept coming after their pre-seed launch. Lees meer
-Poseidon is embracing autonomy and remote piloting, but it’s not bothering with the vertical takeoff and landing tech that is de rigueur among so many aviation startups.
-Stoke is one of a handful of startups attempting to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the low-cost rocket launch space.
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Travis Kalanick’s Atoms might be getting into the robotaxi business; plus, Krafton doubles down on India
8 september 2026 · 6 min
-Atoms is reportedly preparing for a hiring spree, as well as acquisitions, that could make it a major player in the autonomous vehicle industry. Lees meer
-Krafton is a South Korean gaming company behind titles including PUBG and Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), plans to invest another $250 million in India over the next three to four years as it pushes beyond gaming into AI, robotics, and deep tech.
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Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race; plus, Qualcomm backs Ultrahuman
7 september 2026 · 10 min
The family-focused AI assistant wants access to the details of your everyday life, but says it won’t use that data to train AI models or share it with others. Lees meer
Ultrahuman is targeting a $200 million annual revenue run rate by January 2027 as it builds a new Qualcomm-powered smart ring.
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Volunteer at TechCrunch Founder Summit in Boston
6 september 2026 · 2 min
Our rebranded Boston event, TechCrunch Founder Summit (formerly All Stage), is back on November 4th! And we are looking for some incredible volunteers to help us make this event happen. If you are interested in finding out what goes into building tech events, apply to volunteer.
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Volunteer at TechCrunch Founder Summit in Boston
5 september 2026 · 2 min
Our rebranded Boston event, TechCrunch Founder Summit (formerly All Stage), is back on November 4th! And we are looking for some incredible volunteers to help us make this event happen. If you are interested in finding out what goes into building tech events, apply to volunteer.
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Wonderful more than doubles its valuation to $5B in under 6 months;plus, Volunteer at TechCrunch Founder Summit in Boston
4 september 2026 · 5 min
Wonderful's $550M Series C was led by Insight Partners, with Salesforce, Index Ventures, IVP, Vine Ventures, 9Yards and Bessemer participating. Lees meer
Also, Our rebranded Boston event, TechCrunch Founder Summit (formerly All Stage), is back on November 4th! And we are looking for some incredible volunteers to help us make this event happen. If you are interested in finding out what goes into building tech events, apply to volunteer.
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HiddenLayer nabs $100M as enterprises rush to secure their AI deployments; plus, AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn
3 september 2026 · 8 min
HiddenLayer has raised a $100M Series B from Delta-v Capital, Ten Eleven Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft's M12, Booz Allen Hamilton, and others. Lees meer
Also, AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April.
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Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families; plus, Newlight is fuel-injecting hydrogen to make cargo ships more efficient
2 september 2026 · 9 min
Fambot is building an AI “chief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids. Lees meer
Also, Newlight has raised a $9 million seed round and completed an 8,500-nautical-mile test run from Singapore to Ghana.
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Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a ‘Harvey for police officers’; plus, Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video
1 september 2026 · 10 min
The seed round for the app that provides real-time legal and policy guidance to officers was led by SignalFire and Las Olas VC. Lees meer
Clipto is a three-year-old startup and reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round.
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Belgian electric motorcycle startup 'Any' bets on cargo space; plus, Liux’s Big microcar bets on sustainability
31 augustus 2026 · 10 min
Launched by Belgian startup Any, LUV1 is a modular electric motorcycle with 120 liters of cargo space that can be used to carry bags, work equipment, or even pets. Lees meer
Also, the Liux Big microcar is made in Spain. The startup thinks it can compete in a crowded market with its tiny electric car built around sustainability.
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This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground; plus, Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350M at a $2.5B valuation
28 augustus 2026 · 8 min
The startup just raised a $26 million Series A to grow its customer base and help reduce red tape for utility and construction work. Lees meer
Also, Instinct is only a year old but it has already generated a massive amount of hype (and money) while also spurring privacy concerns.
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Radar makes podcasts searchable — and usable by AI agents
27 augustus 2026 · 6 min
On Wednesday, the company introduced Radar, a podcast search engine that not only transcribes podcast audio but also understands what it means, enabling it to pull out key quotes and highlights.
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Pacific Fusion’s next fusion machine could clear a key hurdle to commercial power; plus, Stability AI raises $76 million in fresh funding
26 augustus 2026 · 7 min
Fusion startup Pacific Fusion broke ground on a demonstration facility in New Mexico that it says will generate enough energy to power itself. Lees meer
Also, Stability AI's new fundraising total now stands at $232 million.
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AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom; plus, Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters
24 augustus 2026 · 8 min
Surging demand for AI training data is driving rapid growth for the startup and its rivals. Lees meer
Also, Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader market for space, defense and security, after raising ¥2.6 billion ($16 million).
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Apollo Atomics wants to make nuclear power cheaper by shrinking an overlooked part; plus, Detroit startup Grounded raises $5M to customize electric and gas-powered vans
21 augustus 2026 · 7 min
Y Combinator alumnus Apollo Atomics is shrinking a key nuclear reactor part, which promises to slash the cost of electricity below natural gas. Lees meer
Also, Grounded has shifted from making van-life builds to custom outfitting vehicles for small businesses, all while the EV landscape in the US changed dramatically.
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