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Apr 2023
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Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in driver m...

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CorrActions, an Israeli startup that, among other things, built a driver monitoring system that can understand a driver’s cognitive state, today announced that it has raised a strategic investment from Volvo Cars Tech Fund.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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