TikTok’s footprint in the social media space exploded in 2022, as the short-from video site became the favorite of Gen-Zers and younger users. Its flexibility and popularity encourage creators and consumers to turn to the site for engaging, entertaining content spanning everything from humor to...
Since its launch in 2018, Carry1st, a publisher of social games and interactive content across Africa, has raised funding from investors such as Google via its Africa Investment Fund and Avenir Growth Capital. It’s also received backing from top-tier funds focused on web3 and gaming:...
While increasing the number of visitors to your site is always the goal of any e-commerce business, it’s a goal that can quickly become overwhelming if your site isn’t properly set up first. As your e-commerce business and your customer base grows, a sudden spike...
OpenAI open sourced Point-E, a machine learning system that creates a 3D object given a text prompt. Point-E can produce 3D models in one to two minutes on a single Nvidia V100 GPU. Point-E doesn’t create 3D objects in the traditional sense. Rather, it generates...
From not staying on-brand or marketing it well enough to pushing out content at an inconsistent cadence, there are many ways a brand can falter when trying to create a podcast. Forbes Agency Council members were asked for tips how to create a successful branded podcast...
If you’re facing a lack of interest in one of your open positions, what’s one thing you can do to increase the number of applications coming in? Why does this work so well? YEC community members were asked the same question and CEO of Appetizer Mobile,...
Headspace Health is acquiring Shine, a mental health and wellness app dedicated to providing an inclusive mental health experience for the BIPOC community. Headspace Health says the acquisition of the New York-based company will expand its ability to provide more inclusive self-care content to its...
As of 2020, the clothing sector lost about $27 billion in annual sales due to counterfeits, an illicit trade that results in huge losses to both brands and buyers. MarqVision is looking to solve that with an AI-powered intellectual property (IP) protection platform that monitors...
Two years on from its launch, Charles has announced that it has raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from Accel and HV Capital. This follows a $6.5 million seed round of funding it raised last...
A number of crypto gaming firms have ramped up production in the past year with hopes of revolutionizing the growing industry. Adding to the list is London-based gaming firm Cauldron, which plans on becoming the “Pixar of web3” through a key element: storytelling. The company...
