June 2023

Sandwich, an L.A.-based, 17-person outfit, has produced many commercials on behalf of tech companies over its 14-year history, including Square, Slack and Figma. Sometimes, it has taken equity in exchange for some of its work, too. For example, nine years ago, Sandwich founder Adam Lisagor starred in an ad that Sandwich made for a then-nascent […]

Sandwich, known for its commercials, looks to help younger startups in exchange for equity by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

TechCrunch+ surveyed four active VCs about their views on the ecosystem for ML startups, an underexplored subfield of AI.

4 VCs illustrate why there’s good reason to be optimistic about the machine learning startup market by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Roku announced its first live sports rights package on Tuesday, marking a notable move for the streaming service as it steps into the highly competitive world of live sports streaming. Roku and CBS Sports struck a deal to become exclusive U.S. media partners for Formula E, the motorsport championship series for electric racing cars. Starting […]

Roku announces its first live sports deal by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Today’s the day that Showtime officially integrates with Paramount+ in the U.S., giving subscribers access to all Showtime titles, including “Billions,” “Dexter,” “Yellowjackets,” “George & Tammy” and more. The new ad-free plan, Paramount+ with Showtime, costs $11.99 per month and is replacing Paramount+’s premium ad-free plan, which was $9.99. Existing premium subscribers — with or […]

Paramount+ with Showtime launches at $11.99 per month by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch