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Anori aims to shrink the pre-development process by getting all parties, including the city, on a unified platform from the start so that compliance conflicts are surfaced in weeks instead of months or years.

Edra, a New York-based startup that says it helps companies automate workflows by turning their existing operational data into a living knowledge base, just picked up a meaningful vote of confidence: a $30 million Series A led by Sequoia.

An increasing number of billionaires are turning away from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge as wealth once again concentrates at the top.