Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck real-estate startup Sundae used to win investment from Founders Fund and QED Investors

* Real-estate startup Sundae just raised $16 million in a Series A fundraising round backed by Founders Fund and QED Investors. * Sundae aims to help those selling a rundown home get a fair price and avoid predatory investors. * House "flipping", in which investors purchase properties and quickly sell them for a profit, rose to an eight-year high in 2019 – accounting for 6% of all home sales in the US. * We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck Sundae used to bring Founders Fund, QED Investors, and others on board. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Sundae, a real-estate startup helping homeowners sell their rundown properties, has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round backed by QED Investors and Founders Fund. House "flipping", in which investors purchase properties and sell them quickly for profit, usually after fixing them up, rose to an eight-year high in 2019, at 6.2% of all home sales, according to ATTOM Data Solutions. Sundae says it can help those forced to sell fast due to unforeseen circumstances — a death in the family, a divorce, or job loss — find the best deal and fend off predatory investors. The team puts together video walkthroughs, 3D renderings of potential renovations, and structural reports, before sharing it all with potential buyers. We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck Sundae used to bring the likes of Founders Fund and QED Investors on board.
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Bill Gates says the world would need as many as 14 billion doses of a coronavirus vaccine to stop the virus

* The world could need as many as 14 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Bill Gates said on Thursday in a blog post about the race to develop a way to make people immune to the disease. * "We need to make billions of doses, we need to get them out to every part of the world, and we need all of this to happen as quickly as possible," Gates said. * Gates said he had his eyes on eight to 10 promising candidates, adding that healthcare workers and people in low-income countries should be first in line once we find one that works. * While potential vaccines are progressing with historic speed, they're still months, or even years away, and the biggest challenge lies ahead in proving whether they are safe and effective in humans. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Bill Gates believes we may eventually need to produce as many as 14 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines globally and that we're anywhere from nine months to two years away from making tha...

The 11 most important details we already know about the PlayStation 5, Sony's next-generation video game console set to arrive this year

* The PlayStation 5, Sony's next-generation game console that's deep in production, is scheduled to launch during the 2020 holiday season. * As you might expect, the PlayStation 5 is promised to be more powerful than the existing PlayStation 4 — and we've slowly been learning more about the next-gen console's new features since it was first revealed. * So far, Sony has offered a first glimpse at the new console via its new DualSense gamepad, and a tech demo highlighted the technical prowess of the new machine. * Here's everything we know so far about Sony's next-generation PlayStation console. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The PlayStation 5 is almost here. Sony's next-generation PlayStation game console is scheduled to arrive this holiday season, but we already know plenty of details about it right now: how powerful it is, its main features, and we've even gotten a good look at its new gamepad. Here everything we kno...

Tokyo installed see-through public toilets in a park to let people inspect their cleanliness before using them, at which point the glass turns opaque

* Two see-through bathrooms have been installed in public parks in Tokyo. * They are made from "smart glass" designed so people can see how clean they are inside before using them. The glass turns opaque when the bathroom is locked and in use. * The stalls are part of a project that is redoing 17 of the city's public bathrooms with different designers to make them more accessible and appealing. * The goal is to fight assumptions that public toilets are "are dark, dirty, smelly, and scary," said the nonprofit foundation behind the project. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Tokyo has installed two see-through bathroom facilities in public parks, allowing people to see how clean they are before deciding to use them, at which point they turn opaque. The bathrooms are made of colored "smart glass," which turns opaque when the stalls are locked, said Shigeru Ban, the architect behind the designs. You can see how it works her...

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