
taavet hinrikus
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Building @pluralplatform to have GDP level impact on Europe. Previously built @Wise @Skype @KoodJohvi @certific. From #Estonia, love adventure.
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Launching @PluralPlatform where experienced company builders come together to invest and build the future of Europe. The investor I wish I had when building @Wise… more below … 1/
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Cybersecurity is a huge industry that needs a paradigm shift: that’s why @pluralplatform, alongside my dear friend @ottk, is leading an $8.3 million Series A into @arcjethq, a company that can become the next Cloudflare in the modern era of web development.
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🏆 TIME BEST INVENTIONS OF 2025 🏆 We’re honored to be featured in the special mentions of @TIME's Best Inventions list — recognizing the products, software, and services shaping the future. On sidewalks, near grocery and convenience stores, Starship’s fleet of over 2,700
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3/3 I’m really excited to be working side by side with Pierre over the next decade to help the most ambitious founders in Europe reach the moon and stars.
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2/3 He is a huge believer in the European potential and has lots of scar tissue from his time scaling Uber from the $100m company it was back in 2012 into the global $200bn+ success it is today.
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1/3 Today, @pierre_dimitri joined @pluralplatform as our sixth partner. There are very few Europeans who have spent over a decade building global tech companies. Pierre is one of best of them, having spent 13 years building Uber as a leading exec.
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"Delivery robots will happen." Our CEO Ahti Heinla sat down with The Guardian to discuss how Starship is tackling the next frontier of autonomy by making last mile delivery viable in communities that need it most for the first time. With millions of deliveries already
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Huge news for fusion in Europe! Germany just announced it is committing 2 billion Euros over 2025-2029 for nuclear fusion and is determined to host the world's first ever fusion power plant. If you're excited to help make this a reality consider joining Proxima Fusion!
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Big news: Teton raises $20M Series A led by Plural! 🚀 We’re scaling predictive intelligence to make amazing care affordable and accessible for all. From residents to owners, we’re transforming healthcare from reactive → predictive. https://t.co/r3pFWn6HYM
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6/ This means that in a sector facing a serious labour shortage, providers can safely look after people with a smaller number of nurses. For patients, that has the benefit of lowering the overall cost to access the very best care.
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5/ The end result is a product that replaces one-off patient spot checks with more detailed ongoing assessment, improving patient outcomes and reducing resource for healthcare providers.
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4/ With Teton’s monitors, care shifts from reactive to preventative, generating better health outcomes for patients and residents. As an example, implementing Teton reduces falls - the leading cause of injury-related death in adults aged 65 or over - by 82%.
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3/ This system reduces menial work, allowing nurses to spend more time on what they are best at: the human job of attending to patients in need of help, leading not just to happier staff who are less likely to burn out, but to better health outcomes for the patients themselves.
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2/ Teton has developed technology to automate routine checks on wards, combining specialised cameras with computer vision AI models that continuously monitor patients around the clock and alerts nurses when someone needs attention.
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1/ @pluralplatform exists to back startups solving the hardest problems out there, and that's why we're leading the $20m Series A for @teton_ai whose tech helps us care for our sick and elderly, as populations age, chronic disease increases and healthcare costs rise.
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1/ @pluralplatform is co-leading a $31m Series B for quantum software startup @PhasecraftLtd, alongside @Playground_VC and @Novonordisk. Europe needs to define new branches of the tech tree to create companies to rival the US and China, here’s why I think Phasecraft can do it:
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