Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Faros AI, which offers an analytics dashboard for software engineering teams, raised a $20M Series A led by Lobby Capital, bringing its total funding to $36M  —  Three years ago, Vitaly Gordon, one of the founding members of Salesforce’s Einstein research division, started Faros AI … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Internal memo: SiriusXM plans to shut down its Stitcher podcast app on August 29 and move subscribers to its flagship SXM app, where podcasts will include ads  —  Sirius XM Holdings Inc., the satellite radio and audio company owned by Liberty Media Corp., plans to shut down its Stitcher podcast app … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Axios: Betr, a sports micro-betting app co-founded by boxer Jake Paul, raised $35M at a $300M pre-money valuation, in an extension to its $50M Series A in August 2022  —  Betr, a media and sports micro-betting platform co-founded by social media star and boxer Jake Paul, on Tuesday said it’s secured $35 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Unity’s stock jumps 15%+ after the company announces its Asset Store will sell third-party “AI solutions” that can generate game dialogue, graphics, and more  —  – Unity shares rose 12% Tuesday after the gaming tool maker announced a marketplace for artificial intelligence software. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: AI investors are snapping up privately held startup shares on marketplaces like EquityZen and Rainmaker; some Anthropic bidders are paying up to a 25% premium  —  The buzz around artificial intelligence has investors snapping up shares of startups on alternative venues … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anthony Vargas / AdExchanger: Tel Aviv-based Anzu, which offers in-game ad tools across mobile, PC, and console platforms, raised a $48M Series B led by Emmis Corporation  —  Investors are betting on the growth of video games as an advertising channel.  —  On Tuesday, in-game ad company Anzu announced a $48 million Series B round … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Issie Lapowsky / Fast Company: SCOTUS 7-2 ruling: for alleged cyberstalkers’ words to be “true threats”, a court must prove a person recklessly disregarded that the words were seen as threats  —  The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that in order to find someone guilty of making a “true threat” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: FTC v. Microsoft: an internal Microsoft presentation from June 2022 discussed building on Windows 365 “to enable full Windows … streamed from the cloud”  —  Microsoft has been increasingly moving Windows to the cloud on the commercial side with Windows 365, but the software giant also wants to do the same for consumers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Vallance / BBC: Apple says the UK should amend its Online Safety Bill, which would mandate scanning messages for CSAM, to protect encryption, joining WhatsApp and Signal  —  Apple has criticised powers in the Online Safety Bill that could be used to force encrypted messaging tools like iMessage … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok launches the TikTok Creative Challenge, which lets US-based creators with 50K+ followers submit video ads for brands and make money based on performance  —  TikTok is introducing a new way for creators to earn money on its platform.  The company announced on Tuesday that it’s launching the … Lees verder op Tech Meme