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Metro
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Metro
China's Bai Yulu retains World Women's Snooker Championship
Bai Yulu has won her second World Women's Snooker Championship, beating Mink Nutcharut in the final, just as she did last year. The 21-year-old beat the Thai star 6-4 in Dongguan to cement her place as the leading player in the women's game. China continue to boast the world champion in Zhao Xintong after his triumph at the Crucible and the women's world champ thanks to Bai's success on home soil. Bai beat three-time former champion Ng On Yee in the semi-finals before whitewashing compatriot Xia Yuying 5-0 in the semis. That set up a clash with Mink in the final after the 2022 champion beat India's Anupama Ramachandran 4-0 in the quarter-finals and fellow Thai cueist Baipat Siripaporn 5-1 in the semis. The final was a tense affair with plenty of frames ending very closely, including the first of the match which Bai nicked 51-50. More Trending Mink rallied and took the next three and led 4-2 with the only half-century of the contest. That proved to be as good as things got for her, though, with the defending champion winning four on the spin to get her hands on the trophy again. The final frame saw both having a number of chances to win it, with Mink dramatically going in-off on the final pink as it looked like she was forcing a decider. More to follow… MORE: Q School becomes last chance saloon after four survive first event MORE: Barry Pinches names career highlight, biggest regret and 'crying shame' in snooker MORE: Alfie Burden talks World Seniors redemption, online abuse and Q School bloodbath
TechCrunch
20-05-2025
- Business
- TechCrunch
Affiniti's 20- and 22-year-old founders raise $17M led by SignalFire just 6 months after an $11M seed
Affiniti founders Aaron Bai, 20, and Sahil Phadnis, 22, are building the kind of expense management software for main street small businesses that tech startups have enjoyed for years. Their growth has been so impressive that six months after raising an $11 million seed round, they raised a $17 million Series A, led by Signal Fire, they told TechCrunch exclusively. Affiniti offers SMBs like pharmacies, HVAC companies, and auto dealerships customizable expense management credit cards and software similar to the kind of wares pioneered by Brex and Ramp. But traditional small businesses already have credit card options galore from the likes of American Express and Capital One as well as traditional banks. Why would they choose Affiniti? Because, Bai says, the startup is offering what he calls 'v3' of fintech. In his view, v.1 is traditional banks and credit cards. Brex and Ramp represent v2, which brought improved UX design and better access to the financial data generated by expenses. 'V3, in our opinion, is a fintech product that can actually advise the end users and give them analytics,' Bai says. 'These traditional small businesses don't have a finance team.' The Series A cash will help the startup launch features like banking, bill pay, cash flow analytics, and integrations with more software like enterprise resource planning and point-of-sale apps. Techcrunch event Join us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot for our leading AI industry event with speakers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere. For a limited time, tickets are just $292 for an entire day of expert talks, workshops, and potent networking. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you've built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | REGISTER NOW Currently it offers features like customized cash-back rewards, native Quickbooks 'qbo' files — not just CSV files — and short-term loans, up to 90 days, against invoices. Interestingly, unlike so many founders in their 20s, Affiniti didn't come from a startup school like Y Combinator. They didn't have to, the founders said. They met while attending UC Berkeley, which helped them form a solid network in Silicon Valley for introductions to VCs and others. And they also came up with a marketing move on their own, partnering with specific industry trade groups, like ones for independent pharmacies, they said. This not only helped validate the startup to potential customers, but gave them immediate access to features like group purchasing discounts. 'We're actually not trying to boil the ocean when it comes to working with every SMB in America,' Phadnis said. 'We're selecting a couple niche verticals with complex cash flow.' All of this worked well enough for Affiniti to go, in its first 14 months, from zero to 1,800 customers and about $20 million a month in transaction volume, Phadnis said. The founders think the platform is on track to $1 billion worth of transactions by the end of the year. As the startup earns most of its money on transaction interchange fees — although it also sells SaaS software, and earns interest income on those short-term loans — this has meant rapid revenue growth. While the founders wouldn't reveal their current revenue, Phadnis offered a you-do-the-math hint: Revenue grew around 10x in a year. '12 months ago, we were at a million dollars. So 10x is a lot,' he said, smiling. Other investors in the Series A include Codie Sanchez's Contrarian Thinking Capital, Yahya Mokhtarzada (founder of TrueBill), and Austin Rief (founder of Morning Brew), the startup says. Seed investors Indicator Ventures, Lightshed Ventures, and RiverPark Ventures also participated. Affiniti had also previously signed a $15 million debt facility, capable of growing to $50 million, with its earlier seed round, it said.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Compumedics Achieves World-First Adult and Child Optimized Recordings from a Single MEG System
Compumedics has displayed significant magnetoencephalography (MEG) recordings optimized for pediatrics from the system successfully installed at Tianjin Normal University (TJNU) in China. This represents the industry's first such recordings made from an MEG system that is also suitable for adult measurements. MELBOURNE, Australia, May 15, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Compumedics Limited (ASX: CMP), a world leading supplier of innovative medical technology for patient monitoring, has in collaboration with Beijing Fistar and TJNU performed recordings of both adults and children. The site at TJNU is equipped with an Orion LifeSpan™ MEG. 'Most advanced MEG capability anywhere in the world' Professor Xuejun Bai is Vice President of TJNU, Head of the MEG Laboratory, Director of the Brain Functional Imaging Centre and former Director of the Chinese Psychological Society. He has published more than 300 scientific papers and has been awarded ten patents. Prof. Bai commented: "The Orion LifeSpan MEG recently installed by Compumedics at TJNU has been a revolution in our ability to study mental processes of both children and adults, or even the two simultaneously. The system has already proven itself to be extremely sensitive, accurate and reliable. My team have been hard at work doing MEG measurements, analyzing the resulting data and uncovering new neuroscientific findings. I can say without reservation that the Orion LifeSpan has given TJNU the most advanced MEG capability anywhere in the world." Ability to Accurately Scan Both Children and Adults MEG is a functional neuroimaging technique for mapping brain activity. It uses highly sensitive detectors to record the naturally occurring magnetic fields produced by electrical current flows within the brain. Because magnetic fields drop off very rapidly with distance, the sensors should be as close as possible to the sources of the brain signals. A child's small head in an adult size helmet results in sensors far from the brain, leading to small signals. A dedicated smaller helmet yields clearer and more accurate data. More precise data always leads to better research understanding and improved patient outcomes. World's First Recordings After installation of the Orion LifeSpan™ MEG at TJNU, a series of measurements were undertaken to demonstrate that the theoretical advantage of the system during pediatric recordings would be borne out in practice. Founder and Executive Chairman Dr David Burton commented: "These recordings represented the first time a single MEG system had delivered high-quality scans for both children and adults. This breakthrough was at the world's most advanced MEG lab at TJNU, which is equipped with a Compumedics Orion LifeSpan MEG system. "Compumedics has invested nearly a decade and many millions of dollars to develop the Orion LifeSpan MEG," he said. "The system represents a major leap in magnetoencephalography, with dual-helmet capability for pediatric and adult brain scanning, fully integrated with our gold-standard brain analytics CURRY software. "It's incredibly rewarding to see these efforts translating into strong initial sales, global interest and the potential for improved brain health, among both children and adults worldwide." A four-year-old female was presented with a series of tones and measured with both the adult and pediatric helmet. The results showed significantly stronger detection in the pediatric helmet. Localizations showed more precise determination of where the brain had been activated by the tones. The physics of magnetic field decay and the design philosophy of the Orion LifeSpan™ MEG were confirmed For more information about this study, the Orion LifeSpan™ MEG and Compumedics, visit: View source version on Contacts Dr. David Burton Executive Chairman, CEOdburton@ David Lawson Director, CFOdlawson@ Gordon Haid Global Neuro-Imaging Business Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
15-05-2025
- Health
- Business Wire
Compumedics Achieves World-First Adult and Child Optimized Recordings from a Single MEG System
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Compumedics Limited (ASX: CMP), a world leading supplier of innovative medical technology for patient monitoring, has in collaboration with Beijing Fistar and TJNU performed recordings of both adults and children. The site at TJNU is equipped with an Orion LifeSpan™ MEG. 'Most advanced MEG capability anywhere in the world' Professor Xuejun Bai is Vice President of TJNU, Head of the MEG Laboratory, Director of the Brain Functional Imaging Centre and former Director of the Chinese Psychological Society. He has published more than 300 scientific papers and has been awarded ten patents. Prof. Bai commented: ' The Orion LifeSpan MEG recently installed by Compumedics at TJNU has been a revolution in our ability to study mental processes of both children and adults, or even the two simultaneously. The system has already proven itself to be extremely sensitive, accurate and reliable. My team have been hard at work doing MEG measurements, analyzing the resulting data and uncovering new neuroscientific findings. I can say without reservation that the Orion LifeSpan has given TJNU the most advanced MEG capability anywhere in the world.' Ability to Accurately Scan Both Children and Adults MEG is a functional neuroimaging technique for mapping brain activity. It uses highly sensitive detectors to record the naturally occurring magnetic fields produced by electrical current flows within the brain. Because magnetic fields drop off very rapidly with distance, the sensors should be as close as possible to the sources of the brain signals. A child's small head in an adult size helmet results in sensors far from the brain, leading to small signals. A dedicated smaller helmet yields clearer and more accurate data. More precise data always leads to better research understanding and improved patient outcomes. World's First Recordings After installation of the Orion LifeSpan™ MEG at TJNU, a series of measurements were undertaken to demonstrate that the theoretical advantage of the system during pediatric recordings would be borne out in practice. Founder and Executive Chairman Dr David Burton commented: 'These recordings represented the first time a single MEG system had delivered high-quality scans for both children and adults. This breakthrough was at the world's most advanced MEG lab at TJNU, which is equipped with a Compumedics Orion LifeSpan MEG system. 'Compumedics has invested nearly a decade and many millions of dollars to develop the Orion LifeSpan MEG,' he said. 'The system represents a major leap in magnetoencephalography, with dual-helmet capability for pediatric and adult brain scanning, fully integrated with our gold-standard brain analytics CURRY software. 'It's incredibly rewarding to see these efforts translating into strong initial sales, global interest and the potential for improved brain health, among both children and adults worldwide.' A four-year-old female was presented with a series of tones and measured with both the adult and pediatric helmet. The results showed significantly stronger detection in the pediatric helmet. Localizations showed more precise determination of where the brain had been activated by the tones. The physics of magnetic field decay and the design philosophy of the Orion LifeSpan™ MEG were confirmed
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Panoplai Unveils Enterprise-Grade Interactive Data Repositories to Power Strategic Decision-Making
New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - May 7, 2025) - Panoplai, the AI-powered consumer insights platform used by several enterprise-scale brands, including within the FAANG space, today announced the launch of the Panoverse, its new series of interactive data repositories for enterprises-a major product update designed to help teams innovate faster and market more effectively. The Panoverse ingests, structures, and analyzes fragmented research across internal and external sources. The update extends Panoplai's platform capabilities beyond data collection and digital twin creation to include ingestion of raw and analyzed assets, simplifying centralized insight generation at scale. The platform now delivers a panoramic view of a wide range of data types, including survey data, social media, interview transcripts, behavioral and POS data, and second-order analysis (decks, PDFs, etc.). Enterprise users can integrate these materials into a structured, searchable system that supports both qualitative and quantitative analysis, and dynamic chats with all of the data, or with digital twins of targeted customer segments, bringing previously disparate insights into a single purpose-built environment that gets smarter over time. Panoplai Logo To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit: Transforming Heterogeneous Data Into Actionable Insights "Enterprise teams aren't lacking data—they're buried in it," said Adam Bai, chief strategy officer at Panoplai. "This release allows organizations to unify everything they know about their audiences and markets, and start using that knowledge to make sharper, faster, more confident decisions." Unlike static repositories, the Panoverse is not a storage apparatus—it's a configurable insight orchestration partner and digital twin generator. Users can upload custom segmentation logic, apply advanced filters, and run structured analysis, including automated crosstabs and statistical comparisons, intuitively. Each insight is linked to source data, creating transparency and eliminating black-box ambiguity. "The platform doesn't just provide answers; it shows its work," Bai noted. "Every data-backed insight is anchored in its originating research, with references embedded directly into the workflow." Neil Dixit, CEO of Panoplai To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit:
