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Last Week in AI #163: AI chip startup funding doubled in the last 5 years, AI saves lives in hospitals, robots brew coffee, robotaxi pulled over by police in SF, and more!

Impressive growth in chip startup funding fueled by AI demand in compute, hospitals are trialing various forms of AI in different applications, Panera Bread adopts AI-powered coffee monitoring tool

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Venture funding for chip startups has doubled in the last five years thanks to AI

Venture investments into chip designing startups have hit record highs in recent years. Last year’s $1.8 billion is more than double the amount in 2017, and this year’s investment is on track to beat last year’s as well. This resurgence in semiconductor startup fund…

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