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Astrocyte Announces Initiation of First-In-Human Phase 1 Study of the Promising Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury Therapeutic, AST-004

Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals Inc., a drug discovery and development company advancing novel cerebroprotective therapeutics for patients with brain injuries, announced that the Company’s first-in-human Phase 1 clinical study initiated today with the dosing of a first subject with AST-004. The promising investigational therapeutic, AST-004, is being advanced as a potential acute treatment for stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI) victims, and as a chronic treatment for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. AST-004 has demonstrated a broad range of cerebroprotective efficacy when treating...
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Wasabi Technologies Doubles Down on APAC Expansion with Singapore Storage Region

Wasabi Technologies, the hot cloud storage company, reaffirmed its commitment to the Asia-Pacific market with the opening of a new storage region located in Singapore. This marks Wasabi’s 13th storage region globally and its fourth in APAC, following Tokyo, Osaka, and most recently Sydney, as the company scales to meet the demand for high-performance, affordable cloud storage, and to be in closer proximity to its expansive customer and partner network. Read more >>
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Zylö Therapeutics Closes $5.225 Million Series B Financing

Zylö Therapeutics Inc., dedicated to developing a transformational drug-delivery platform, announced that it has raised $5.225 million in its Series B financing. The Series B round was led by a consortium of seasoned investors, spearheaded by James Cordes, who recently joined the Zylö board of directors. Other key participants were: (i) VentureSouth (which led the Series A round) which invested more than $1.3 million in the Series B round; (ii) the New York Angels, an angel group that has played...
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Bureau Veritas and Aras Deploy Digital Twin Pilots

Aras, which provides the most powerful low-code platform with applications to design, build, and operate complex products, and Bureau Veritas, one of the world’s leading ship classification societies and offshore safety and verification bodies, announced they are deploying digital twin pilots across different markets to provide accurate and detailed information real time and further advance classification processes. Read more >>
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S’more product lead & Ad Club honoree Regina Guinto on the influencer-fueled future

Every year, the Advertising Club of New York, often abbreviated as Ad Club, honors some of the top talent in the industry in its ‘Advertising People of the Year’ awards. As part of this year’s honors, S’more head of product design Regina Guinto has received the ‘Young Pro’ award. Guinto spent the early part of her career with ad platform Jun Group, where she started as an account coordinator. Over the course of six years, she worked her way up...
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Wasabi narrows focus to challenge hyperscaler rivals

The technology world is full of companies building out from their core expertise to be a one-stop shop for their customers. But cloud storage company Wasabi has taken a different approach. “We’re not trying to be everything to everyone; we’re trying to be one thing, executed very well, for a specific set of users and use cases,” said Drew Schlussel, director of product marketing at Wasabi Technologies Inc. Schlussel and Dustin Albertson, manager of cloud and application alliances — product...
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CTERA Announces Strategic Partnership with Wasabi Technologies to Bring Secure Cloud File Services to the Mid-Market

CTERA, the leader in edge-to-cloud file services, today announced a new partnership with Wasabi Technologies, the hot cloud storage company, to provide integrated file and object data service for mid-sized companies. The new offering combines CTERA’s global file system technology with Wasabi’s scalable and cost-effective object storage, in simple service bundles designed for rapid delivery and support by channel partners. Companies of all sizes struggle to close IT gaps as they shift from traditional workplace models to new post-pandemic hybrid...
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SOM Picks Aircuity Platform For New 7 World Trade Center HQ

Global architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has installed the Aircuity ventilation optimization platform in its new headquarters at 7 World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City. SOM selected the Aircuity platform for its ability to optimize ventilation and deliver a healthier and more productive indoor environment, along with Aircuity’s continuous indoor air quality (IAQ) analytics that provided key health and safety insight when moving into the space during the pandemic. Read more >>
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Educational Service Centers of Indiana Partners with Scrible to Help Indiana Schools Affordably Access its Research and Writing Super App

Scrible, the super app that streamlines the research and writing process for students and educators, announced today its new partnership with the Educational Service Centers of Indiana (ESC of I) to provide its members access to its platform at a considerable discount. ESC of I is a collaborative of Indiana's nine individual Education Service Centers (ESCs). Read more >>
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