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New Social Media App, SocialAI

Are we at peak social media yet? It’s an interesting question to ponder after the launch of an iOS app offering a social media experience just for one. At a glance, SocialAI — which is billed as a pure “AI Social Network” — looks like Twitter, but...

Forbes: 16 Skills Agencies Look For In New Hires

Agencies are constantly on the hunt for top-notch talent to stay competitive and deliver exceptional results for their clients. Even when an agency is able to recruit highly skilled professionals, they often leave for more lucrative positions and promises of growth at other employers. Forbes Agency...

Butterfiles AI

Butterflies AI, the new social network where humans and AIs interact with each other, is launching a new Clones feature that turns you into an AI character. This latest addition builds on a feature launched to the public back in June that lets users create AI personas,...

Check Out The App “Franki”!

Franki is a social discovery and video-based review app where users can interact with a community of foodies, discover local dining spots and create their own videos showing off their favorite restaurants. Franki recently underwent a brand refresh, which included the introduction of a new “Social...

Forbes: Optimizing Ad Campaigns With AI

Marketers face a complex array of variables at play when trying to optimize ad campaigns, from audience demographics to platform algorithms. With the media landscape in a constant state of evolution, it’s difficult to keep up with every new trend and technology that could impact...

Placer.ai Raises $75 Million

Location data, for better or worse, continues to be a part of the bedrock of how apps are built. Now a startup developing AI market research based on that location data, Placer.ai, has quietly raised $75 million at an expanded valuation of nearly $1.5 billion. The...

Flo Health Raises $200 Million

Women’s health tech, which leverages innovations in AI, smartphones and connected wearables to give women more insights into reproductive and menstrual health, continues to gain momentum with users, and investors are following. London-based Flo Health, a fertility-focused period-tracking app, said it has raised a $200 million Series...

Forbes: Going Viral For Negative Reasons

When negative stories go viral on social media, brands that fail to thoughtfully react risk losing trust, reputation and sales. With the pressure of the spotlight on them, some make a bad situation worse with poorly timed, insensitive responses. Members of Forbes Agency Council discuss common mistakes...

Lookout for Sekai!

Just like in your favorite anime, this is the story of a young group of twentysomethings who started with nothing, traveled the world and ended up with a global license to develop official Naruto consumer apps. Founded in early 2022, French startup Sekai describes itself as a studio that...

Nubank Acquires Hyperplane

Hyperplane, a San Francisco-based data intelligence startup that is building foundation models for banks, announced that it has been acquired by Brazil’s Nubank. Hyperplane was founded in 2022 by Daniel Silva, Felipe Lamounier, Rohan Ramanath and Felipe Meneses. Hyperplane focused on allowing banks to train their own models...