Charlize Alcaraz / BetaKit: Toronto-based Ideogram raised a $16.5M seed led by a16z and Index Ventures and launches a public beta of its generative AI-based text-to-image product  —  a16z, Canadian AI expert Raquel Urtasun, Github co-founder Tom Preston-Werner invested.  —  Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: São Paulo-based Nomad, which offers Brazilians access to financial services in the US, raised a $61M Series B led by Tiger Global at a ~$361M valuation  —  Brazilian financial tech firm Nomad raised $61 million in an investment round led by Tiger Global Management … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: São Paulo-based Nomad, which offers Brazilians access to financial services in the US, raised a $61M Series B led by Tiger Global at a ~$361M valuation  —  Brazilian financial tech firm Nomad raised $61 million in an investment round led by Tiger Global Management … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sahil Patel / The Information: Sources: Amazon has had early talks with Disney about working on a streaming version of ESPN, perhaps helping with distribution and taking a minority stake  —  Amazon has had early talks with Disney about working on the streaming version of ESPN it is developing, said people familiar with the matter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg: Mastercard and Binance plan to end their card partnership in Latin America and Middle East on September 22; Visa stopped issuing Binance cards in Europe in July  —  – Visa halts issuing new Binance Card while Mastercard ends pact  — Crypto exchange under legal and regulatory challenges globally Lees verder op Tech Meme