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Bessemer

American  
[bes-uh-mer] / ˈbɛs ə mər /

noun

  1. Sir Henry, 1813–98, English engineer: inventor of the Bessemer process.

  2. a city in central Alabama.


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SYDNEY—An artificial-intelligence defense startup seeking to deploy its voice-controlled AI agent across drones and other military technology has raised $6 million in a seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

From The Wall Street Journal

Growing up as the youngest of seven siblings in Bessemer, his older brothers would teasingly bully him, the smallest physically with the worst temper.

From Los Angeles Times

The National Transportation Safety Board released those details this week in a report on the interviews it conducted after Walter James Griffin was killed near Bessemer, Alabama, on Dec. 13.

From Seattle Times

Cardiff's Lamby Way recycling centre is expected to operate as normal but the Bessemer Road site will be closed to domestic users.

From BBC

Adam Fisher, a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and long-time investor in Israeli startups, has been happy to invest in Israeli-based tech firms over the past decade.

From Reuters