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Former Myspace founders introduce a text-to-video generator that uses your selfie to personalize content

November 7, 2023

For almost two decades, Chris DeWolfe and Aber Whitcomb – the minds behind social network platform Myspace and gaming company Jam City — have made it their mission to be on top of the hottest tech trends. Earlier this year, the veteran tech entrepreneurs shifted their focus to the web3 and generative AI craze with […]

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Cast AI, which helps companies optimize cloud spend, lands $35M

November 7, 2023

The mass move to digital during the pandemic and the embrace of generative AI accelerated cloud adoption, and trend hasn’t reversed — on the contrary. Gartner estimates that, in 2023, global end-user spending on public clouds will reach over $599 billion, up from $421 billion in 2021 and nearly $500 billion in 2022. Not every enterprise […]

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a16z writes first check out of UK to crypto startup Pimlico

November 7, 2023

Upon opening its first overseas office in London last Thursday, a16z announced today that its first check written from the U.K. was for Pimlico. Based out of London — as one could surmise from its name borrowed from the city’s charming area — Pimlico is building the infrastructure for developers to make more user-friendly decentralized […]

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Enable, a platform for managing B2B rebates, is now worth $1B

November 7, 2023

There’s a new unicorn in town, and its name is Enable. A rebate management platform, Enable today announced that it raised $120 million in a Series D funding round that values the company at $1 billion pre-money. Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Insight Partners and Sierra Ventures participated, bringing Enable’s total raised […]

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