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How 2 Australian sporting brands leverage human-centric digital innovation to drive new fan experiences in and out of the arena

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Creating new revenue streams, identifying untapped audiences and better engaging fans onsite and all year-round are just some of the wins iconic Australian sporting events are chalking up thanks to human-centric digital innovation. For us, this has been a monumental and strong partnership with the Australian Open since 2019.

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Veo raises $25M for AI-based cameras that record and analyze football and other team sports

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Sports have been among some of the most popular and lucrative media plays in the world, luring broadcasters, advertisers and consumers to fork out huge sums to secure the chance to watch (and sponsor) their favorite teams and athletes. Even with the slowdown in a lot of sporting activity this year due to COVID — in the U.K.

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Live video shopping startup Talkshoplive brings in another $6M

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million raised to date and enables it to scale its product management and technical teams. Now, the company is looking at food, beauty, fashion, and sports. Though the company launched its embeddable player in 2019, Moore says adoption of it became strongest over the last quarter, due in part due to new partnerships.

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Cardless raises $40M to help more brands launch custom credit cards

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But what if you’re a sports fan, and using your credit card could lead to a virtual conversation with a player on your favorite team? The startup, which is out to give brands and tech companies a way to launch custom co-branded credit cards, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Activant Capital.

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10 celebri disastri provocati dall’intelligenza artificiale

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Sports Illustrated potrebbe aver pubblicato articoli di falsi scrittori generati dall’IA Nel novembre del 2023, la rivista online Futurism ha scoperto che Sports Illustrated stava pubblicando articoli di scrittori non in carne e ossa ma generati dall’intelligenza artificiale [in inglese]. Il problema?

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Nigeria’s IROKO plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange AIM in 2022

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In October 2019, Njoku hinted that the company was going public either on the London Stock Exchange or a local exchange on the continent. However , the CEO kept mute about the whole process the following year due to how tumultuous it was for the company. A sub-market of the LSE, the AIM is built specifically for small-cap companies.

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The venture bull market is great for founders, but not in the way they might expect

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It seems there’s news every day about startup funding reaching record highs, new unicorns being minted and tech firms going public. It is more like playing an entirely different sport. There were an average of 35 “megadeals” (with over $100 million raised) per month from 2016 to 2019, according to Crunchbase.

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