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Workrise, once known as RigUp, raises $300M at a $2.9B valuation - Link


- Techcrunch’s Mary Ann Azevedo

 
  • Austin Startup Workrise, Formerly RigUp, Hits $2.9 Billion Valuation After $300 Million Raise - Link
    - Forbes
  • Austin’s Workrise Raises Another $300 Million in Funding - Link
    - Silicon Hills News' Laura Lorek
  • Unicorn Workrise Raises $300M Series E to Connect Laborers With Companies - Link
    - Built in Austin
    Austin's Workrise secures $300M investment at reported $2.9B valuation - Link
    - Austin Business Journal
  • Austin-based Workrise lands $300 million to expand its reach - Link
    - Austin American-Statesman
Workrise, which has built a workforce management platform for the skilled trades, announced today that it has raised $300 million in a Series E round led by U.K.-based Baillie Gifford that values the company at $2.9 billion.
 
New investor Franklin Templeton joined existing backers — including Founders Fund, Bedrock Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Moore Strategic Ventures, 137 Ventures and Brookfield Growth Partners — in putting money in the round. With this latest financing, Workrise has now raised more than $750 million.” - Techcrunch’s Mary Ann Azevedo

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    - Forbes’ Katie Jennings
     
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  • Hearth Closes on $23 Million in Funding - Link
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    - Silicon Hills News' Laura Lorek
     
  • Interplay Learning — Helping the Skilled Trades Rebuild a Bigger and Better Workforce - Link
    - Austin Startups
     
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    - SXSW
     
  • Presenting Startups from our Fifth Collective Cohort - Link
    - Mediatech.ventures
     
  • Austin draws closer to scoring $17 billion factory from tech giant - Link
    - CultureMap Austin
     
  • Council adopts new interim fees for Downtown Density Bonus program - Link
  • Austin to loosen Covid vaccine, distancing rules for live music and events - Link
  • What’s the plan for American Rescue Plan money? - Link
  • Report pushes local philanthropies to help solve housing crisis - Link
  • City waives permit fees for food charities - Link
    - Austin Monitor
     
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  • JuiceLand workers push for more after management raises pay - Link
  • Changing Austin: 5 major developments that will open by 2040 - Link
  • Austin home prices keep setting records, worsening buyers' challenges - Link
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  • Austin vs. Denver: Why the Colorado capital is gaining more millennials than any other city, including ours - Link
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  • Class of '21, stick around: Austin ranks in top US cities to start a career - Link
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    - Austonia
     
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  • Biden’s Corporate Tax Plan is Not What We Want - Link
    - University of Texas
     
  • Cognite Raises $150M Hitting Unicorn Status With $1.6B Valuation - Link
  • How Do You Fix a Hole in The 'Leaky Pipeline' And Empower Women's Careers? - Link
  • With Plans to Hire, Hearth Raises $23M From The Chainsmokers and Others - Link
  • AI Startup Hypergiant Brings on New CEO, Plans to Open a New Office - Link
  • How Can You Build an Effective Design System? - Link
  • Mythic Grabbed $70M, Literati's New Book Clubs, and More Austin Tech News - Link
    - Built in Austin
     
  • Samsung: No site decision yet for $17B chipmaking plant despite rumors - Link
  • Bill to stop Big Tech companies from censoring users to be heard by Texas House - Link
  • Austin drops mask mandate for all - Link
  • Employee mental health has never been more important — here's how to promote it - Link
  • M&A wrap: SparkCognition opens wallet; Accounting firm acquired - Link
  • Bill to expand Texas medical cannabis program referred to Senate committee after delay - Link
  • How Mosaic Sound Collective helped Austin's music scene stay afloat during the pandemic - Link
  • Journal Profile: Why Josh Jones-Dilworth thinks scientists should be loved like LeBron James - Link
  • Austin tech startup raises millions to facilitate home improvements - Link
  • Austin OKs higher fees for Downtown Density Bonus Program, developers respond - Link
  • Oracle sells Silicon Valley trophy tower for $155M - Link
  • Austin dishes out more than $2M to longtime local businesses - Link
  • Vaccine, fewer homeless near sidewalks could fuel return to office, Colliers says - Link
  • KORE Power names Texas one of three finalists for new lithium-ion battery factory - Link
  • After financial meltdown, Austin's Superconductor Technologies reattempts merger with Clearday - Link
  • Acclaimed Austin restaurants to hit Houston later this year after Covid-19 setbacks - Link
  • Fresh funding means new unicorn Cognite to hire in Austin - Link
  • Land auction delayed again in Phoenix as speculation builds that Samsung will pick Austin for $17B plant - Link
  • 10 startups to join M/O; New program boosts minority-owned ventures - Link
  • Texas may neuter cities' powers to create rules around business hiring, benefits - Link
  • Telehealth startup Wheel raises $50M series B - Link
  • Moody Center lands another major sponsor in Brown Distributing - Link
  • Why Resonant, a $173M public tech co., quietly moved its HQ to Austin - Link
  • Mike Betzer replaces Ben Lamm as Hypergiant CEO - Link
  • Prominent VC Tim Draper considers moving Draper University to Austin - Link
  • Cold storage facility planned in Seguin as demand for refrigerated space ratchets up - Link
  • In the money May 17: $174M in deals announced - Link
    - Austin Business Journal & Austin Inno's Brent Wistrom
     
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  • Health tech company Wheel raises $50 million to grow team, technology - Link
  • Can Austin drive-in theaters ride a boom year into the future?  - Link
  • Austin's SparkCognition acquires energy startup to grow renewables offerings - Link
  • Austin's jobless rate drops below 5% in April - Link
  • Marijuana advocates eye small gains at Legislature - Link
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  • Facebook sees 'immense opportunity' in Austin, company's local leader says - Link
    - Austin American-Statesman

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  • Lone Star restart: Council passes agreement to fund infrastructure costs - Link
  • St. Mary’s will no longer require SAT, ACT for admission - Link
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  • ‘A win for the good guys’: San Antonio College lauded as best community college in US - Link
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    - San Antonio Report
     
  • The long, strange trip of FunnelAI, a San Antonio tech startup - Link
  • SAInc Accelerator 0530 - Link
  • San Antonio Missions boss talks Flying Chanclas, pandemic and excitement about new season - Link
    - San Antonio Express-News
     
  • Local VC firm focused on sustainable agriculture raises $2.2M - Link
  • LiftFund receives $4M from Wells Fargo for minority-owned business aid - Link
  • Schertz manufacturer raises $230,000, seeks further investment - Link
  • 'Seriously nice' airline from JetBlue co-founder to launch San Antonio flights - Link
  • Local nonprofit laying off entire division amid abuse allegations - Link
  • South Texas receives $6M in funding for nursing school and biomedical research - Link
  • Local investment firm acquires majority stake in Colorado software company - Link
  • USAA taps former Wells Fargo exec as chief data officer - Link
  • Table of Experts: Mental health in the workplace for 2021 - Link
  • Rapidly expanding coffee chain planning another location - Link
  • Houston sports startup finds capital, connections in SA - Link
  • UTSA taps leader for new School of Data Science - Link
  • SA health firm making second run at merger with Austin superconductor company - Link
  • Local veteran-owned startup wins national pitch competition - Link
  • SA company expanding into renewable diesel market - Link
  • Pair of solar farms proposed near San Antonio - Link
  • Bexar County to contribute $25M for new Alamo museum - Link
  • Buying booze before noon on Sundays is one step closer to reality in Texas - Link
  • San Antonio College named top community college in nation - Link
  • Pandemic may take toll on local teens' participation in workforce - Link
  • UTSA taps Houston group to help shape downtown museum plan - Link
  • SA accounting firm buys Austin company - Link
    - San Antonio Business Journal
  • Dallas real estate tech firm lands new $4.5 million investment in its software-as-a-service - Link
    - The Dallas Morning News
     
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  • LifeGift names Browning vice president - Link
  • Rocket scientist to keynote Chamber’s annual meeting - Link
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  • 27th annual Living Legends Award recipients announced - Link
  • Tarrant Area Food Bank partners with meal kit company HelloFresh - Link
  • Westlake-based Core-Mark acquired by rival in $2.5B deal - Link
  • Price, Federal Reserve Bank Dallas leader to discuss work and working parents on Wednesday - Link
  • Fort Worth glove manufacturer awarded $56M government contract - Link
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     - Fort Worth Business Press
     
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    - Culture Map Dallas
     
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  • Is It Risky Business When Nonprofits Become Landlords - Link
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    - D Magazine
     
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  • DI People: Lockheed Martin, Signify Health, Eyemart Express Make Executive Moves - Link
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  • Gig Boom: Dallas Ranks in the Top 10 Markets for Skilled Independent Worker Revenues - Link
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  • Innovative Spaces: Fort Worth’s Foundry District is Getting a Bite-Size Version of the Iconic Sweet Tooth Hotel - Link
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  • Dallas Invents: 115 Patents Granted for Week of May 4 - Link
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  • Westlake-Based Core-Mark Acquired by Performance Food Group in a $2.5B Deal - Link
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  • Tele-tech Firm Dubber Leases Dallas Offices, Launches New Call Recording Solutions - Link
  • Innovative Spaces: Hari Mari opens flagship store in Dallas - Link
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  • UTD 3D Printing Spinoff Acquired by Desktop Metal - Link
    - Dallas Innovates
     
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  • Here are 19 bankruptcies filed recently in North Texas - Link
  • 7-Eleven senior counsel leads $21B deal ‘soup to nuts’ - Link
  • Prospective homeowners reeling from sticker shock as building materials skyrocket - Link
  • Local fulfillment company expands footprint with 472K-SF lease in Garland - Link
  • Form D Friday: TPG raising new technology fund - Link
  • Get to know the Women in Technology class of 2021 - Link
  • Newly launched marketplace startup looks to connect athletes with endorsement deals - Link
  • Local real estate private equity firm raises latest fund of $750M - Link
  • Dallas was at one point a top choice for Amazon's HQ2. A new book details what happened next. - Link
  • Amazon confirmed as tenant of build-to-suit warehouse near DFW Airport - Link
  • Texas may neuter cities' powers to create rules around business hiring, benefits - Link
  • KORE Power names Texas as one of 3 finalists for new lithium-ion battery factory - Link
  • After getting new site at Preston Center, tech company unveils $4.5M in new funding - Link
  • PNC Bank adds 3 more DFW locations this week, continuing its rapid growth locally - Link
  • Her lifetime of work is creating products that are 'cleaner, greener and more cost-effective' for BPS Technology - Link
  • Collin County business organization works to elevate race conversation in corporate community - Link
  • Fort Worth telehealth provider forms partnership to aid mental health of college students - Link
  • Dallas private equity firm continues rapid acquisition pace with new deal - Link
  • AT&T exec Amy Wheelus on the value of open-source software: Collaboration dramatically increases ROI - Link
  • Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union CTO on advancing faster payment processing - Link
  • Cybersecurity expert says the speed of technology means 'security always lags' - Link
  • Technology, cybersecurity have no borders: Tech discussion with Softek's Betty Cardiel - Link
  • With new funding, Chicago health tech startup plans relocation to Dallas - Link
  • Dallas investment firm raises biggest fund ever at $50M as its leaders eye more deals - Link
  • PepsiCo VP Fern Johnson oversees team of hundreds aimed at strengthening tech strategy - Link
  • Consulting firm's managing director a tech problem solver at heart - Link
  • Tech exec: Empathy for user should drive tech products above all else - Link
  • This nonprofit founder is training the next generation of tech leaders on data literacy - Link
  • Ericsson VP keeps people connected while working remotely - Link
  • Despite pandemic, this Texas Instruments leader oversaw critical business to achieve growth - Link
  • Dallas founder Lauren Hasson is driving change in the tech space - Link
  • Driving change: Lavanya Raja pairs tech and initiatives for inclusivity - Link
  • Evelyn Torres-Gomez prides herself on being 'first' - Link
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  • Through relationship management, this Vizient leader connects engineers to the boardroom - Link
  • nThrive CIO connects company's different business units through tech - Link
  • California tech company plans HQ move to Fort Worth - Link
  • Dallas-Fort Worth home prices, sales continue to skyrocket. Is it a bubble? - Link
  • National wealth management firm brings on Dallas-based chief compliance officer - Link
  • Westlake’s Solera to acquire two other Dallas-area companies - Link
  • Plano polymer startup makes exit with acquisition by Massachusetts 3D printing solutions firm - Link
  • CEO brings Fortune 500 experience to nonprofit that connects volunteers to opportunities - Link
  • Wellness, edtech startup lands $4M to fund mission to prevent student suicides - Link
  • Behind the move: Deep talent pool won North Texas this HQ move over Georgia, Florida and Nevada - Link
  • North Texas-based Core-Mark snapped up in $2.5B deal - Link
  • Texas businesses speak out on politics, but does it matter? - Link
  • There's a 'gold rush' mentality in Dallas-Fort Worth's housing market - Link
  • What's in store for DFW when the foreclosure moratorium lifts? - Link
  • North Texas SPAC looks to raise $200M in search for energy company, filings say - Link
  • Trilogy Networks' COO is changing precision agriculture — and rural America along with it - Link
  • Dallas Founder talks about coming back to Texas, tech trends and angel investing (Video) - Link
  • At Home's largest shareholder opposes proposed $2.8B deal, calls it "insulting" - Link
  • Inside Match Group, Julia Estacolchic uses her background to drive change - Link
  • Texas Women's Foundation CEO to retire at the end of 2021 - Link
  • RELOCATION STATION: Lewisville expects to see at least 10 relocations this year, city official says - Link
  • Chicago-area manufacturer expands into DFW - Link
  • Southwest Airlines executive provides updates on major technology upgrade - Link
  • Executive started young with tech and now she's tackling transformation at Verizon - Link
  • The IPO market is drawing interest —and DFW is 'ripe' for more - Link
    - Dallas Business Journal & NXT Inno's Kevin Cumming
  • Patrick Talley On Using Empathy And Communication When Selling To Innovators - Link
     
  • How The Founders Of Hello Alice Raised $20 Million During The Pandemic And What They’re Doing To Save The Future Of Small Businesses - Link
    - ForbesWomen's Pauleanna Reid
     
  • Otso Selected for National Association of Realtors® 2021 Reach Commercial Scale-Up Program - Link
    - inForney.com
     
  • New Houston-based golf app links up players, sets tee times, and more - Link
  • 50 Cent bankrolls new Houston high school entrepreneurial program - Link
  • Houston hospital taps artificial intelligence to boost stroke treatment - Link
  • Houston entrepreneur recounts journey from communism to U.S. success in new book - Link
  • 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
  • Houston-based artificial heart company snags $22M in fresh funds - Link
  • Research: Rice professor reports on the impact of personalized health care marketing - Link
  • Report: Houston venture capital raised exceeds $1B over the past year - Link
  • Advancing innovation in disaster relief will need local and federal support, says Houston panel - Link
  • 50 Cent bankrolls new Houston high school business program with $600,000 donation - Link
  • Houston software startup to use fresh funds to become 'unquestionably the best' for the electricity industry - Link
  • Houston Tech Rodeo: Here's what venture capital investors look for in health tech - Link
  • Overheard: Master P shares his entrepreneurial advice at Houston Tech Rodeo kickoff - Link
  • Experts: Houston can win in the energy transition — here's how - Link
  • Houston med-aesthetic company acquired in $550M deal - Link
  • Major new Rice study reveals what Houstonians care about most in 2021 - Link
  • 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
    - InnovationMap's Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
     
  • Stephanie and Katie Tsuru, co-founders of SheSpace - Link
  • Dr. Juliet Breeze, Founder and CEO of Next Level Urgent Care - Link
    - High Drive Network
     
  • Moshe Vardi wins Knuth Prize - Link
  • Thin is now in to turn terahertz polarization - Link
  • Grande-Allen named IAMBE fellow - Link
  • Body chemistry can predict severity of depression after death of spouse - Link
  • Rice Business professor elected fellow of Academy of Management - Link
  • 7 Rice Business professors recognized as 2021 Teaching Excellence Award winners - Link
  • Igor Marjanović named dean of Rice Architecture - Link
  • Record number of psychology undergraduates earn honors - Link
  • Engineered organism could diagnose Crohn’s disease flareups - Link
  • Baker Institute webinar examines global supply chain - Link
    - Rice University
     
  • The Quad was never worth its hype, price - Link
  • Commuters have mixed feelings about returning to campus - Link
  • Founding Dean of Hobby School leaving by the end of the month - Link
    - University of Houston
     
  • Silicon Bayou? Houston ranks #2 among fastest growing tech hubs - Link
  • Space enthusiasts are willing to pay $2M+ for 11-minute trip - Link
  • Collins Aerospace to be Spaceport tenant - Link
    - Houston Chronicle
     
  • Bill to expand Texas medical cannabis program referred to Senate committee after delay - Link
  • 2021 HBJ Residential Real Estate Awards finalists revealed - Link
  • Prairie View A&M University getting new $70M engineering building - Link
  • HBJ reveals rankings of fastest-growing midmarket cos. in 2021 Middle Market 50 awards - Link
  • Meet Houston's top five fastest-growing middle market companies for 2021 - Link
  • 7 timeless cash-flow management tips - Link
  • How Plug and Play Ventures considers deals in Houston's tech market - Link
  • Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity launches to support grassroots nonprofits that uplift the Black community - Link
  • Sysco to acquire US-based Italian food co. - Link
  • Houston Dynamo, Dash soccer teams to be sold to NY businessman, reports say - Link
  • Why University of St. Thomas is offering free fall tuition for certain associate degrees - Link
  • Should you transition back to a traditional office after Covid-19? - Link
  • Rice working group says millions needed to stem Ion's potential gentrification of the Third Ward - Link
  • Artificial heart co. Bivacor nabs $22M in Series B, grant funding - Link
  • Acclaimed Austin restaurants to hit Houston later this year after Covid-19 setbacks - Link
  • Texas Women's Foundation CEO to retire at the end of 2021 - Link
  • Rice University hires architecture dean with international background - Link
  • Houston Spaceport to add Collins Aerospace as an anchor tenant - Link
  • Landry's appeals judge's order to repay $20M related to credit card data breach - Link
  • Pandemic-fueled drive-thru boom good for everyone in real estate, expert says - Link
  • Think your workers are coming back to the office? Not if they can't find child care. - Link
  • Evolve Transition Infrastructure to back $750M joint venture for electric vehicle services - Link
  • Stephen Klineberg: Investing in education, health access for Houston's minority communities 'palpably important' - Link
  • Astrodome Conservancy seeks public input on iconic structure's future - Link
  • Merit SI plans $540M solar farm project in Wharton County - Link
  • 50 Cent bringing advanced business labs to 3 HISD high schools - Link
  • M&A Roundup: Tech, engineering, legal services firms make acquisitions - Link
  • Houston winery owners open Heights tasting room - Link
  • Shipley Do-Nuts taps former chairman as CEO, Panera exec as COO - Link
  • Sprouts CEO: 'Our customers are more likely to get vaccinated' - Link
  • Braun Enterprises hopes to attract entrepreneurs with new Urban Office product line - Link
    - Houston Business Journal
     
  • How to Produce a Good Day - Link
  • Four Negative Traits in Leadership - Link
  • How to Effectively Promote Your Business, Part I - Link
  • A Transport Empire Built On Integrity – Parker & Company - Link
  • 13 Questions With Mcallen Chamber – Hershal Patel - Link
  • Mcallen Chamber Wins Kaliff Marketing Awards From The Tfea Association - Link
    - McAllen Chamber of Commerce
  • How to Avoid Giving Up Too Much Equity, Too Early - Unorthodox Ventures’ Carey Smith - Inc.com - Link
  • How HumanCo Plans To Make Living A Healthier Life Easier - Link
  • May Update: Fall Accelerator, Recap on Spring, Upcoming Events - Texas Venture Labs - Link
  • Working FOR a Startup - SEO'Brien’s Paul O’Brien - Link
  • What Are SPACs — Do They Target Energy Entrepreneurs? - Kirk Coburn - Link
  • What are series A, B, C of investments for your business? - Link
  • Plaid CEO Zach Perret is raising a VC fund - Link
  • Learn How to Get VC Investment From a Former Investment Banker - Link
  • Boulder Startup Week: How new companies can land funding outside of VC firms - Link
  • WeWork lost $ 2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2021 thanks to the settlement between COVID-19 and Adam Neumann. - Link
  • Podcast: Alamo Drafthouse CEO talks about movie theaters readying for a rebound - Link
  • Astroport Space Technologies, awarded a NASA Technology Research contract for lunar construction - Link
  • How Whitney Wolfe Herd created Bumble, the $13 billion dating app that will save the internet - Link
  • 100+ female VC partners in Europe: the complete list - Sifted - Link
  • Private equity fumes over higher taxes and threat to end billionaires' loophole - Link
  • Snoop Dogg-backed medical cannabis company launches in London - Link
  • More Opportunity Than Capital: Venture Dollars Spread Throughout the US - Link
  • Venture Atlanta Reinforces Mission of Connecting More Companies to Capital with New "Creating Momentum" Workshop Series - Link
  • JPMorgan Is Growing Its Team Focused on Tech, VCs, and Life Sciences - Link
  • Hitting Home Runs in Venture by Playing Early in the Game | Alumni Ventures Group - Link
  • Winners of the TiE University Global Pitch Competition for College Entrepreneurs Announced - Link
  • Covid Forced America to Make More Stuff. What Happens Now? - Wired - Link
  • Procore Raises $634.5 Million in IPO Priced Above Range - Link
  • AT&T plans to spin off WarnerMedia. What went wrong? - Los Angeles Times - Link
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  • Philanthropitch San Antonio Application Q&A Event Tickets, Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite - Link
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