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Masters, an app for training with celeb athletes, closes a $2.7M seed funding round

TechCrunch

Plus there is Moxie , where coaches create their own courses. Dorffer told me: “People love to follow their sports idols on TV, social media, print and audiobooks… Masters represents a brand new publishing format, we call it ‘interactive training documentaries’. What has not quite been cracked yet is the celebrity fitness class.

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Stream raises $38M as its chat and activity feed APIs power communications for 1B users

TechCrunch

The company already has amassed a list of notable customers, including Ikea-owned TaskRabbit, NBC Sports, Unilever, Delivery Hero, Gojek, eToro and Stanford University, as well as a number of others that it’s not disclosing across healthcare, education, finance, virtual events, dating, gaming and social.

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Haystax Technology (@HaystaxTech) Names Advisory Board Members (including @BobGourley and @BobFlores)

CTOvision

Six Advisors with Defense, Intelligence and Commercial Experience to Deliver Strategic Guidance to Haystax. Haystax is honored and pleased to have our advisors join our integrated team, and we are looking forward to their counsel and contributions.”. Bob Gourley, Founder and CTO, Crucial Point LLC.

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This new app is helping Gen Z invest in cars, food, video games and other ‘themes’

TechCrunch

Upon completing graduate school, he began working as investment banker at Goldman Sachs and then as a financial advisor for pro athletes for NBA stars Chris Paul and Stephen Curry as well as Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman. . It was at that point that Haddix realized he had a passion for educating athletes.

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6 generative AI hazards IT leaders should avoid

CIO

They list several scenarios to avoid — political campaigns and highly sensitive events where use or misuse could be consequential to life opportunities or legal status — and others to be cautious about, such as high stakes areas in healthcare, education, finance and legal. He does see opportunities, though, to use GenAI as a sidekick. “It

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Bringing the Benefits of Athletics to More Kids—Through Esports

Battery Ventures

Esports fandom already rivals that of traditional sports: In 2019, the League of Legends World Championship Finals ( 100 million unique viewers ) eclipsed Super Bowl 53 ( 98 million viewers) in terms of total viewership! Few platforms exist today to support competition, training, development and coaching for amateur players.

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Making Software Development Teams Hum with Ron Lichty

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

But as you do that you are oftentimes in the role of VP or fractional CTO or you’re the person who’s, I’m guessing the highest “ranking” person amongst the team. I mean software development is a team sport, then it sort of makes sense that we talk to each other at least once a day? Marcus: It does.