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

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

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

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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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From CIO to CEO: IT leaders rise to the top

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The common thread is clients focused on initiatives that have a positive social impact, Kennedy Vickers says. Hart leveraged CIO, CISO, CTO, and consulting positions to accelerate his trajectory and was named CEO of Segra, a fiber networking company, last year.

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The NBA’s digital transformation is a game-changer

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The NBA has also enjoyed a 50% growth in subscribers and 52% increase in viewership this season, the CTO adds, attributing the wins to the NBA’s tight partnership with Microsoft and its three-point action plan that began in earnest three years ago. “We

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Bringing the Benefits of Athletics to More Kids—Through Esports

Battery Ventures

As we described earlier this year, the convergence of interactive gameplay, streaming and social networking has made esports and online gaming an increasingly accepted form of entertainment. Few platforms exist today to support competition, training, development and coaching for amateur players. Online gaming’s inclusive nature (i.e.

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