South Park creators’ deepfake video startup Deep Voodoo conjures $20M in new funding

December 21, 2022

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park and various other media over the years, have raised $20 million to continue work on their professional deepfake studio for creators, Deep Voodoo. The company got its start during the media shutdown of 2020, when the pandemic prevented most travel and on-set productions. Parker and Stone […]

South Park creators’ deepfake video startup Deep Voodoo conjures $20M in new funding by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

SBF is headed back to the U.S. to face a number of criminal charges

December 21, 2022

Nine days after being arrested in the Bahamas on a handful of criminal charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is heading back to the United States to face them. Bankman-Fried was being held in the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services’ Fox […]

SBF is headed back to the U.S. to face a number of criminal charges by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

TechCrunch Early Stage focuses on fledgling founders

December 21, 2022

Whether you’re singing “Take This Job and Shove It” while workin’ “9 to 5” or you’re a fledgling startup founder, TechCrunch Early Stage 2023 is the bootstrapping bootcamp designed just for you. The daylong founder-focused summit — on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts — covers the essential building blocks you need to build a solid foundation […]

TechCrunch Early Stage focuses on fledgling founders by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Radar and laser breakthroughs serve humanitarian ends

December 21, 2022
Every 90 minutes on average, someone in the world is injured or killed by a landmine or other remnant of war, according to the Explosive Ordnance Risk Education Advisory Group. Even more sobering: there has been “a sharp increase” in the number of civilian casualties in recent years, says the group, which encompasses more than a…

Gynger launches out of stealth to loan companies cash for software

December 21, 2022

Software spend is becoming a prime target for cuts as it grows into a larger line item in enterprises’ budgets. According to one recent report, customers are putting 53% more toward software-as-a-service (SaaS) licensing compared to five years ago. Management has come down aggressively; 57% of IT teams told Workato in a 2022 poll that […]

Gynger launches out of stealth to loan companies cash for software by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch