The Zapier Blog

JUNE 5, 2025

Paid plans from $20/month offers the equal amount of credits and unlocks unlimited projects. " The madness compounds when you try to word your prompts perfectly and watch your credits evaporate as the bug remains unfixed—or worse, everything breaks.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

" draws in the target audience—like salons, spas, and fitness studios—by naming their problem upfront. Why this Facebook ad works : Pain point right in the headline : "Empty spots?" Simple, benefit-driven solution : "Fill them for free and increase your revenue" is direct and highly motivating for business owners.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Google recently released a native vibe coding solution in the form of Firebase Studio (formerly called Project IDX). Firebase Studio's App Prototyping agent converts natural language descriptions into working code. In any case, let's take a look at what each one brings to the table. Let's start with Firebase.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

And if you're on Jasper's business plan, you can even create custom content apps tailored to your unique workflow using Jasper Studio. Jasper also lets you customize its AI with knowledge sources, like style guides and user personas , and share website links to help train it on your writing style and brand voice.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

But you can take its capabilities even further with Zapier's Google AI Studio integration. Use these Zaps to collect those files from your file storage app or an AI transcription tool (like Fathom or tl;dv ), have Google AI Studio analyze and interpret them, then log them in Google Sheets or send them to Slack.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

Gemini Bring the power of Gemini into your workflows Automate Google AI Studio Gemini is Google's multimodal AI model family—and also Google's AI chatbot that runs on the model family. As you'll see any time an AI chatbot goes awry, balancing safety with over-blocking remains challenging.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It’s not a tech company this time — Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in 2016) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform — but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio. Here are some of the startups in the venture studio portfolio.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

Register Bain & Company, a prominent global management consulting firm, has revealed its plans to acquire the Asia-Pacific division of Rainmaking, a renowned venture-building and startup development studio.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

With that, Studio 45 by WooHah Productions was born. “We We created Studio 45, our pivot during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a state-of-the-art studio with the latest audio, lighting and video technology as well as a 14m-wide digital LED screen and broadcast cameras to enrich virtual events,” explains Arosh.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Cycling studios like SoulCycle are thriving and yoga centers are popping up left and right. While other fro-yo chains close , 16 Handles is growing--because it's more fun and engaging. You create your own dessert versus paying for someone else to give you standard items.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

But then the Harlem Shake went batshit crazy when Vernon Shaw of Maker Studios saw the video on Reddit and suggested that Maker should, well, make a video of the Harlem Shake in an office environment. ShayCarl (a Maker Studios co-founder) in particular. In fact, that’s how Maker Studios got started in the first place.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

It's been launching AI offerings for every major category (think Firebase Studio for vibe coding), and Veo is its answer to AI-generated videos. Of course, there are some that are scary good, but until recently, they were resource-intensive to develop, in terms of time, tokens, or even the hardware required. And it's impressive.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

You probably know that Disney recently paid nearly $1 billion to acquire Maker Studios (Upfront backed) and that is really just the 1st inning for online video companies hatching out of LA. If you throw in Oculus into the mix along with TrueCar, Rubicon, Burstly, Beats and others LA Tech has seen more than $8 billion in exits in 2014 alone.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

As you may know we co-lead the first round of financing of Maker Studios, the largest overall producer for online video content, along with Greycroft Partners. We will obviously take a page out of their successful playbook.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Maker Studios, the largest producer of online short-form videos (content) recently sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion. TrueCar, an LA-based company, sells more cars now than any physical dealer in the country and recently went public and has a $1 billion market cap.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2021

You can rent studio space, where staff will handle all of the sound technicalities and provide an audio engineer. On the other end of the spectrum, you can create your own studio in a small space and invest in a good microphone and headset. There are a range of options for recording your podcast.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

This accelerated after I co-led the seed & A rounds at Maker Studios, which sold 3 years later for $1 billion to Disney. We will port it to Android ASAP after our first rev of proper user feedback. So Why Did We Invest? As a VC (especially based in LA), I see hundreds of video apps.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

He turned to Mike Jones at Science who was newly set up as an accelerator of sorts or a venture studio. .” He didn’t have a product or a tech team at the time so it wasn’t really at a stage where I could fund it.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I’ve spent a lot of my career thinking about digital and online video (with investments in companies like Maker Studios) so for that reason amongst many, I was excited to open the Upfront Summit a few weeks ago by interviewing Meg Whitman about Quibi and the digital media space.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 21, 2023

Register Singapore-based global design studio XM HoldCo Pte Ltd and its subsidiaries, collectively known as the XM Group, have successfully concluded their latest fundraising round. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

This was certainly the case when I invested in a small YouTube video production company called Maker Studios that recently sold to Disney for just shy of $1 billion. As is often said if you don’t get at least a few fellow VCs (and entrepreneurs) scratching their heads you may not be funding ideas with enough upside.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 10, 2024

Rio Tinto, a prominent Australian mining company, has partnered strategically with Founders Factory, a renowned global venture studio and startup investor.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Maker Studios. Combine recycled capital with second-time entrepreneurs with local venture capital and you have the ignition to spark something big as we’re seeing in Los Angeles. Savings.com. There is much magic going on in this town with both pure tech as well as media tech.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

.” AIOX recently executed a lead in an investment within Singapore’s XM Studio, consequently becoming its primary stakeholder. This development is AIOX’s initial foray into a strong content ecosystem to facilitate the commercialization of technologies its portfolio companies develop through real-world applications.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 15, 2023

Currently, the venture builder operates a Singapore-based studio that serves as an incubator for 32 promising game developers organized into eight teams. Register Singapore-based Decentralized Gaming Ventures, a venture builder in the web3 gaming space, has secured a substantial seven-figure investment round.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Leap Venture Studio led the round and was joined by a group that included Mars Petcare Companion Fund, R/GA Ventures, Michelson Found Animals Foundation and Cloyes Ventures. It is also available direct-to-consumer through its website and Amazon.com. The company also has $1 million in new seed funding, which closed this week.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

HUSSLUP , currently an invite-only beta, is a job search and networking app for creative professionals in the media and entertainment industry to connect with studios and production companies looking to hire talent. Today, the company announced a web version of its mobile app. It will roll out widely next week.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Partnering organizations advance regional health innovation ecosystems To advance healthcare access, quality, and equity, the Ohio -headquartered managed care organization CareSource is partnering with Indiana -based Boomerang Ventures, an early-stage venture studio, specializing in connected health solutions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

The influx of pre-seed venture dollars in circulation has increased competition with accelerators and influenced more funds to pursue a “ platform VC ” model, with some even having a venture studio (e.g., building companies in-house) or incubator (e.g., long-term support at the earliest stages).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2023

Gener8tor is the biggest startup accelerator you’ve never heard of… “This is a researcher who spent 20 years of their lives chasing a certain thing,” said Joe Maruschak, the company’s managing director of Aventurine’s investment studio. That’s how he described who Aventurine is looking to fund. They’ve got their Ph.D.,

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 21, 2023

Bisonai , through its Web3 Studio service, offers development support for a wide range of dApps and blockchain infrastructure. Their team of experienced developers uses the latest tools and technologies to create scalable and secure blockchain solutions that meet the unique needs of each client.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

podcast and The Story Studio, successful ventures from which he continues to profit. Mark Netter had worked in entertainment advertising for 17 years for movie studios. “I spent a few hours every Friday with someone I admired, and thought was really smart,” Castiglione said. Sign Up: Receive the StartupNation newsletter!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Maqsad will use the proceeds for developing in-house content, such as production studio, academics and animators, as well as bolstering R&D and engineering, Aziz told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

(The four-year-old digital verification upstart has received less than $500,000 in venture capital funding since its inception as well as $450,000 in grant money from DFS Lab through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , Google’s launchpad studio accelerator , and others.)

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 18, 2024

AB also introduced the S mall Business Success Studio which provides free online educational tools and resources for small business owners to “start, run, and grow” their businesses. The company continued its S mall Business Grants program for 2024 with small businesses sharing awards totaling $250,000.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Register Healthcare infrastructure, digital health, pharma, and foodtech will be among the industries that will impact the world in 2-3 years, according to Angel Low , principal at early-stage venture capital investor and studio The Hive Southeast Asia. Edited excerpts below: What background and domain expertise do you have?

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 24, 2023

The competitive selection process saw nearly 750 global applications, from which only 12 teams were chosen, including Protico and other trailblazing companies such as JR Studio and OLTA. For full details of the Techstars Web3 program and the other participating teams, please refer to the official announcement from the Techstars Web3 program.

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