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Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art assets

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As generative AI like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 attract investor attention, startup entrepreneurs are looking to cash in with new business models built around them. One of the more interesting ventures to emerge from the space recently is Poly, which lets designers create video game and other virtual assets, including textures for 3D models, using only text prompts.

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Dubai-based TD VC launches $100m Web3 ‘special situation’ fund

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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register TradeDog Group, the parent company of TD VC that is based in Dubai in the UAE, has announced the launch of their $100M Web3 “special situation” fund that will be allocated in projects with good products and businesses with struggling token markets.

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Daily Crunch: What’s around the corner for the EV market in 2023?

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To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Greetings, readers. As Haje and Christine told you last week, this week’s Daily Crunch will look a bit different, given they are both taking some time off. But you’ll still get some TC tidbits during this typically slow news week.

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How To Name Your LLC: 14 LLC Naming Tips

Startup Blogpost

From incorporating an entity type to Googling possible business names first, here are the 14 answers to the question, “What are some helpful tips for naming an LLC?” Include the Entity Type. Pick a Company Name With an Available Domain Name. Find a Name That Conveys the Purpose or Mission. Consider Using Keywords. Keep It Simple to Pronounce.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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Taking advantage of Latin America’s market downturn

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Andre Maciel. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Andre Maciel is the founder of Volpe Capital. He formerly worked with J.P. Morgan, and was a managing investment partner at SoftBank. Jennifer Queen. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jennifer Queen is the founder of Pina , a PR firm focused on startups and venture capital firms. Latin American venture capital and growth investments through 2018 had averaged less than $2 billion per year.

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All we are saying is give due diligence a chance in 2023

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Looking back, 2022 was quite the year for some investors, and not in a good way. Mistakes made in the boom period of the past couple of years led to many write-downs, but the most egregious example of abysmal investing practices this year was FTX, the bankrupt and disgraced crypto exchange. In fact, while we wrote this, Sam Bankman-Fried, the company’s co-founder, was being extradited from The Bahamas to the U.S. where he faces eight criminal charges.

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[Taranis in PR Newswire] Taranis hosts an inaugural Brazil sugar-energy forum focused on weed management

OurCrowd

CAMPINAS, Brazil and SÃO PAULO, Dec. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Taranis, the AI-powered crop intelligence leader, today published the summary of its first meeting focused on the Brazil sugar-energy sector. The 2022 Taranis Sinergia event was held in Ribeirão Preto city and was attended by key representatives from more than 20 mills, covering nearly 40% of the Brazilian sugar-energy sector.

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Special episode: Augmenting creativity with Alice Albrecht from re:collect (Found)

TechCrunch

The Equity crew is kicking off your week with a special episode from our sister podcast, Found, the stories behind the startups. Co-hosts Darrell Etherington and Becca Szkutak spoke with Alice Albrecht from re:collect, a software tool that augments creativity by helping people focus, recall and connect their ideas. The conversation covered a lot of ground, from how to hone your pitch when your product is so cerebral, how technology can help creativity but Alice argues will never replace it an

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[Entangled Networks in RoxxCloud] Podcast with Aharon Brodutch and Ilia Khait, Co-founders of Entangled Networks

OurCrowd

Read the transcript or listen to the podcast here. The post [Entangled Networks in RoxxCloud] Podcast with Aharon Brodutch and Ilia Khait, Co-founders of Entangled Networks appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Digital health startups can incorporate clinical expertise into business models – here’s how

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Robert Krayn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Robert Krayn is the co-founder and CEO of Talkiatry. Previously, he spent five years as vice president and senior analyst at an investment management firm. Early indications show funding to digital health startups in Q4 2022 fell so much , they’re close to levels last seen in 2019. But the dollar amounts don’t tell the whole story.

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2022 Was The Year We Decided To Not Raise Another Venture Capital Fund. What Happened Next.

Hunter Walk

When Homebrew Started Investing Its Own Money, The Reaction From Our Venture Capital Peers Surprised Me [Part One]. During the last several years venture firms approached fundraising like trips to an All-You-Can Eat buffet: fast, frequent, and without regards for the digestive impact. As they piled more LPs into more fund vehicles, and then deployed that capital faster than ever, it’s not a surprise that everyone involved is now dealing with the after-effects of a decade-long gorge. a buffet of