Google parent Alphabet (NSDQ:GOOGL) is relaunching its Google Glass smartglasses with a focus on industry and enterprise applications, including healthcare, according to a recent post from its moonshot subsidiary X. X said it has been testing an industry-focused version of Glass with a number of companies, ranging from manufacturing and industrial applications and including a large number of […]
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Augmedix announces partnership with Aryaka
Medical Google Glass startup Augmedix said recently it partnered with Aryaka to use its global SD-WAN technologies to provide reliable and fast network connectivity for its smartglass platform. Augmedix touted Aryaka’s system, saying it is built on a global private network that bypasses the public internet to improve stability and application performance. “A reliable and fast […]
Update: Google Glass startup Augmedix raises $17m in strategic investment round
Updated with more recent funds info from Augmedix Google Glass startup Augmedix said today it closed a $17 million strategic round of funding with investments from 5 healthcare systems across the U.S. to support its Google Glass-powered service. The company aims to help physicians to spend more time with patients and less time “feeding the beast” […]
Google Glass startup gains funding for flagship product | Medtech funding stories for the week of Mar. 17, 2014
Augmedix raises $3.2M for Google Glass for docs
Augmedix calls itself the "first and largest Google Glass startup poised to revolutionize healthcare," touting a $3.2 million venture funding round and a move to a larger headquarters in San Francisco.