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Luma raises $43M to build AI that crafts 3D models

A couple of years ago, Alex Yu and Amit Jain came together to found a company that’d let people capture objects in 3D using their smartphones — no additional equipment required. At the tim

Luma raises $4.3M to make 3D models as easy as waving a phone around

When online shopping, you’ve probably come across photos that spin around so you can see a product from all angles. This is typically done by taking a number of photos of a product from all angl

Even the Most Interesting Man in the World couldn’t make Luma work as standalone company

Luma, a three-year-old, Atlanta, Ga.-based maker of smart Wi-Fi routers, has been acquired by First Alert, a maker of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors that is itself a subsidiary of Newell Brands,

Luma launches a home tech support service for $5 a month

The Luma was a compelling product when it was announced back in late-2015 — we even went so far as declaring the WiFi-extending home mesh system, “fun.” That descriptor doesn’t really appl

Luma’s WiFi system gets Alexa integration

It was really just a matter of time before WiFi startup Luma added Alexa functionality to its bag of tricks. After all, the hardware startup counts Amazon as among its biggest backers – and distribu

Luma’s home WiFi boosting system goes up for sale, will hit Best Buy stores in July

Been a long time coming, but Luma’s finally ready to start shipping units to eager early adopters of the hardware startup’s home WiFi system. The routers, which have been up for pre-order since la

With $12.5 million in funding, including from Amazon, the slick Luma router looks like fierce competition

Finally, companies have begun to recognize a long overlooked opportunity to develop a next-generation router that looks sleek and is far more user-friendly than the networking hardware of yesteryear.

Router Company Luma Acquires A Smart Home Security Provider

As routers get smarter we will expect them to do amazing things: protect our networks, filter bad stuff, and even make margaritas. But Luma, the fan favorite Wi-Fi router has bought Nodal Industries t

Luma For iPad Is A Personalized TV Guide For Streaming Video…With A Few New Tricks

Movie and TV recommendations app <a target="_blank" href="http://luma.tv/">Luma.tv</a> has been working to solve the "what to watch" problem for years. The company first launched as Inveni.com, a free

Instagram’s First Acquisition Is Video Sharing App Luma

Instagram has just made its first acquisition, buying both the team and technology of Y Combinator company Luma (formerly known as Midnox). Luma had created a video-capture, stabilization, and sharing