Disruptiv Newsletter: Alibaba's chatbot 🤖 Tesla's Megapack factory 🚗 Crypto 👾 and more

Welcome to the Disruptiv newsletter! You're about to get this week's top tech and innovation insight that we saw this week. Enjoy! [disruptivflow-header] Good morning, FlowBankers Welcome to the Disruptiv newsletter! A weekly aggregate of relevant tech-focused quick takes. Saturday 15th April, 2023 [Start trading](113/cXx8Z04/VVMZ5k2QxS7HM549tg31m0lW4bWRWk4ZnvsWN1WCR-J2-MK5V1-WJV7CgNwWW3gFsX04C_10mW3lhN_D8SYtDkW358kxx1mSTX_VhJHGX2bCGPqW3n_lGy7n4PMZW9bvGyl6NHyvDW96Kgcx7T53DzW7Pgl5h5MCD7hW8L9p6L7z5bdwW77l6FT7BJcW7W7CKqyT2hw5dmW5XY_GV2r4W4RN2Ldv5KfS9ZmW7xBj6Q8HmCQ9W8HdsN15qh9pXW7GTycD1K8l1lW1vlXhC4WWQy5W27w4w_4cDH8rN1kclQpL9sSSW626Bqk7fs3q-33nV1) FlowBank tech articles 📚 What are the Top 3 Sustainability Tech Trends for 2023? [Green tech](113/cXx8Z04/VVMZ5k2QxS7HM549tg31m0lW4bWRWk4ZnvsWN1WCR-p2-MJQV1-WJV7CgzWyW52p5Pr5b1gV2VGVVpf65Mf2hW3D08WC7-xYjgN7LDrHLDvvckW2_hRMt5fg9V8W3R5j8x1d392ZW3BXjDH3KWy1yW3b5Nv_1dqSJpW8H_53L1MXWkdW8vbTD_7KPd7QW4S7KNv2_8Y27W1YlcYf1xpHZ-VlH-jD6c8G35N9d5CPRtG2bGW6vmbRc5nX84HW69qFkd2hzdzZW5BGNfP4YRjxhW8-DYcZ5drPzr33q21) The popularity of high growth investment themes like tech and sustainability waned significantly in 2022. Is now the time to take advantage of long-term mega trends? [Read me](113/cXx8Z04/VVMZ5k2QxS7HM549tg31m0lW4bWRWk4ZnvsWN1WCR-p2-MJQV1-WJV7CgMw-W6-kRv35BqrtvVgj3108GfCJjW14cdBc1NYV2MW22jpkV7w6w_XW8Hyfhz6P0GTtW2nJwGc6_v8--W4SC8rw3xLN91W4RNxNc7MCmLfW5K63GX2wqHvfW6zYGHn5b1NhQW8dWnbP7nkN9TW8g5kTz2p99qgW6sj-Dt8QVy94W2Hm2NZ7q7W9rW3xxkzl4YPLnKW13lRxn4RQXwLW8x2GMT49-S8hW7nfj0v40c1dy36Z81) Big Technology 🍎 - Alibaba unveils its ChatGPT-style product Tongyi Qianwen, which has both English and Chinese language capabilities. It will be rolled out into all Alibaba products, although no timeline has been given. - Tesla is opening a Megapack factory in Shanghai, with capability of producing 10,000 megapacks a year. c - Amazon joins the AI race with Amazon web services launching Bedrock. This provides a way to build generative AI-powered apps via pre-trained models from third parties, including Labs and Stability AI. VC + Startups 🎯 - Cybersyn, the New York-based data startup, raises $63 million in series A funding led by Snowflake. The funds will go towards growing the team and acquiring more data to create derived products. - LMS365, a Danish startup, secures over €18 million in funding for global expansion. The firm aims to bring digital and personalised development to employees, with its learning management system directly built into Microsoft Teams. . - Tvarit, raises €5 million to scale up its AI-powered solution to provide waste-free and energy-efficient metal manufacturing. This aims to make manufacturing more environmentally friendly and cost-efficient. Crypto 👾 - $198 million in Ethereum has been staked to the network at the end of the week following the Shanghai upgrade, defying concerns of mass withdrawals. c - Mastercard debuted a free music pass NFT this week at NFT.NYC, to help Web3 musicians access resources such as AI technology and educational tools to boost their careers. Law and regulation 🕵️ - MEPs in Brussels are close to agreeing on Europe's Artificial Intelligence Act: A sweeping set of regulations on the use of AI, which could include forcing chatbot makers to declare if they use copyrighted material. - The EU's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation is expected to be voted on next week. MiCA sets to regulate those issuing crypto assets. and providers of related services (CASPs). Disruptiv Figure 📊 . More Phones than People This month is the 50th anniversary of the first-ever mobile phone call, marking the beginning of a new era. 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