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Play2Pay raises $13M to convert mobile user engagement into bill payment

TechCrunch

— by playing games, watching videos and completing daily challenges, offers and surveys. Social+ payments: Why fintechs need social features. Other formats include watching videos, completing surveys and more conventional native advertising in some areas. million seed round from individual angel investors.

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Hexa raises $20.5M to turn images into 3D objects for VR, AR and more

TechCrunch

Hexa’s roots can be traced back to 2015, when Atias was working in the retail industry for brands like Walmart and H&M. Hexa also provides a range of 3D viewer apps for customers to use, including ones for the web and AR, plus code that can be used to insert models into social media posts and video games. million in total capital.

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Accelerating sustainability to build stronger businesses

CIO

According to Equinix’s 2022 Global Tech Trends Survey , 74% of Asia-Pacific IT decision-makers considered sustainability to be one of their organization’s most important drivers, while 62% regarded challenges in meeting sustainability targets as a threat to their organizations.

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What’s Coming Next in Digital and Social in the Enterprise?

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Many topics that are hot today were barely on anyone’s radar a short while ago, from the blockchain and holacracy , to social performance management and trimodal IT , to name four of a great many important topics that have been significant recently. Tracking Digital/Social Innovations with Business Impact. Social HR and Sales.

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Apploi raises $25M to address the healthcare hiring crunch

TechCrunch

Nearly 20% of medical workers have quit their jobs during the pandemic, according to a recent Morning Consult survey. When Lewis spoke to TechCrunch in 2015, he framed Apploi as a way to allow service industry workers to “put their best foot forward” with tools to share videos of their personality and skills.

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12 most popular AI use cases in the enterprise today

CIO

To gain a better understanding of how companies are putting AI to practical use, consultancy Deloitte surveyed 2,620 global business leaders, across 13 countries, as part of its Fueling the AI Transformation report. And with the rise of generative AI, artificial intelligence use cases in the enterprise will only expand.

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Lilt raises $55M to bolster its business-focused AI translation platform

TechCrunch

San Francisco, Calfornia-based Lilt was co-founded by Green and John DeNero in 2015. According to a recent Salesforce survey , the average consumer now uses ten channels — including social media and SMS — to communicate with businesses. We are in three regions — the U.S., ” AI-powered translations.