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Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos

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Apple has quietly acquired a Mountain View-based startup, WaveOne , that was developing AI algorithms for compressing video. “We started our journey at WaveOne, realizing that machine learning and deep learning video technology could potentially change the world. Apple wouldn’t confirm the sale when asked for comment.

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Mavenoid, which automates technical support and onboarding for hardware companies, raises $30M

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Mavenoid , a Swedish company that provides both human- and AI-enabled support and troubleshooting tools for hardware companies, has raised $30 million in a series B round of funding. Hardware issues are repetitive, difficult, and time-consuming to fix. Mavenoid: One-click video. ” Technical support.

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Deep Render lands $9M for its AI-powered video compression tech

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Deep Render , a startup developing AI-powered tech to compress videos on the web, today announced that it raised $9 million in a Series A funding round led by IP Group and Pentech Ventures. Deep Render isn’t the only venture applying AI to the problem of video compression, nor is its AI a silver bullet necessarily.

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Daily Crunch: Ledger locks down another $108M to double down on hardware crypto wallets

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Game on : Netflix is working on games for the TV where people can use their iPhone as the video game controller, Lauren reports. Daily Crunch: Ledger locks down another $108M to double down on hardware crypto wallets by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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Orbacam adds music video-making tools to its palm-size musical sequencer

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Not content with setting your feet a-tapping with its intuitive music sequencer aimed at amateur music makers, Artiphon today announced an app that adds video-making prowess to the Orba’s already impressive feature set. The idea of the Orbacam is to create quick and easy videos that Artiphon refers to as “Musical Selfies.”

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Extra Crunch roundup: Video pitch decks, Didi’s regulatory struggles, Nothing CEO interview

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Instead, the founders he’s worked with who made video pitches netted two to five times as many investor meetings as people who sent traditional pitch decks. Don’t send VC a cold deck ever again: Start sending video pitches. Nothing founder Carl Pei on Ear (1) and building a hardware startup from scratch.

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Ameelio’s free video calling service for inmates goes live at first facilities

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Ameelio , a nonprofit startup that intends to replace inmate-paid video calling in prisons with a free service, is making inroads against the companies that have dominated the space for decades. Screenshot of the Ameelio video call scheduling interface. The result is poor service at maximum price.

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