In this Weekly Radar, we cover:

• Zipline advances aerial drone delivery with its next-gen Platform 2, with the potential to improve efficiency, sustainability, and expanded healthcare access.
• DeepSeek challenges AI giants with a cost-effective, high-performing open-source model.
• CES 2025 showcases emerging PropTech and ConTech innovations.
• Amazon expands into automotive e-commerce, hinting at future ventures into high-value home sales.

As always, links surrounded by the ❇️ emoji indicate exclusive GEM Diamond content. If you would like to have access to all links, please consider GEM Diamond membership.

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We just made the first delivery to a customer (the Fire Dept) with Platform 2, Zipline’s next-gen automated delivery service. This will save people time and money, expand access to healthcare, reduce traffic, and transition last mile delivery to a zero-emission future