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These Startups Aim to Disrupt Travel, Real Estate, Healthcare and Investing

The Information Staff

Jan. 31, 2018 7:02 AM PT ·

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One company hopes to use cryptocurrency to finance journalism. Another is using artificial intelligence to help people snare the best hotel prices. A third is making an extremely low-powered microphone for portable voice-activated devices.

All three are in our latest group of startups we think are worth watching. The nine firms are in a wide variety of businesses—from real estate to stock trading to cybersecurity. But all are disrupting existing businesses. Several are using AI technology, such as Hopper, StockSmart and Darktrace.

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