Brookfield leads $100m Plentific investment

By 2050, a modern transport system will enable us to move by “seamless, safe, net zero, connected, cost effective, accessible and reliable means,” according to a new study.

Access control specialist Brivo has launched a facial detection tool, significantly speeding up the process of identifying people going in and out of entry points.

The growing emergence of flexible, intelligent robots is finally making automation in logistics viable, Pi Labs has said after investing an undisclosed amount in Europe’s largest robotics marketplace platform.

Just three months after securing a $1bn valuation, Side has raised more than $50m in a Series D funding round as it sets the stage to go public.

The size of the smart building AI and machine learning market is forecast to triple between 2020 and 2025, reaching $3.3bn by the middle of decade.

Explorium, a platform that automatically collects external data to improve users’ machine learning models, has raised $75m in Series C funding.

Royal Mail has announced the first out-of-sight autonomous drone flights between the UK mainland and an island, testing deliveries to the Isles of Scilly.

Justin Harley, regional director for flex space and residential at Yardi, and Rupert Dean, co-founder and CEO of operator x+why, join Paul Unger in this latest episode.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has authorised the first trial of routine drone flights outside a pilot’s line of sight, which could have significant implications for logistics, construction and retail.