AI co NudgeBee secures funding; Startups reimagining breast cancer treatment in India

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South ‌Korea's Financial ⁠Supervisory Service, Singapore's central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and Australian Securities ⁠and Investments Commission are among institutions assessing AI risks, per a Reuters report.

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In today’s newsletter, we will talk about 

• AI for cloud ops NudgeBee secures funding
• Startups reimagining breast cancer in India

Here’s your trivia for today: Which country's name once meant land of the rabbits?

Funding

AI for cloud ops NudgeBee secures funding

NudgeBee, a platform specialising in AI for cloud operations, has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Kalaari Capital, with participation from tech founders, to advance its core technology.

This capital injection is intended to support the development of its enterprise context layer and the expansion of its partnership-led distribution model. By investing in customer success and deployment capabilities, the company aims to speed up the time it takes for large organisations to see real value from their investment.

Key takeaways:

• Founded in 2024 by Rakesh Rajendran and Shiv Pratap Singh, NudgeBee was created to solve a specific problem in modern computing.
• As businesses moved their services to cloud-native and multicloud environments, where software runs across various internet-based servers, their ability to monitor systems improved.
• The platform includes specialist tools such as AI-SRE agents. SRE, or Site Reliability Engineering, is a field that uses software principles to manage systems and ensure they remain stable.

Health

Startups reimagining breast cancer in India

According to a study published in The Lancet Oncology, India’s breast cancer incidence rate increased from 13 cases per 1 lakh women in 1990 to 29.4 per 1 lakh women in 2023, with the mortality rate increasing from 8.9% to 15.5%. HerStory looks at the startups helping women manage this condition.

Key takeaways:

• There are several gaps when it comes to breast cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, and care. Early screening remains uneven and often urban-centric, and there’s not much focus on recovery and rehabilitation solutions.
• UE LifeSciences’ iBreast Exam is a handheld device that leverages dynamic coplanar capacitive sensing to detect variations in breast tissue elasticity.
• Bengaluru-based Niramai Health Analytix, founded by Dr Geetha Manjunath, has developed Thermalytix, a tool that uses thermal imaging and machine learning to detect early signs of breast cancer.

News & updates

• Acquisition: Eli Lilly will acquire biotech company Kelonia Therapeutics in a deal worth up to $7 billion, the company said Monday. Lilly will pay $3.25 billion upfront, and the remaining payments are contingent upon clinical, regulatory and commercial milestones, it said.
• Elon Musk: The French authorities on Monday summoned Elon Musk to a voluntary interview as they look into his platform X. Whether or not the tech billionaire turns up to the interview remains to be seen. The case is related to a prior incident of problematic content on the platform.

Which country's name once meant land of the rabbits?

Answer: Spain

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