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Powering Virtual Leadership interaction by leveraging Google Generative AI on GCP Cloud Run

Xebia

Let me introduce PaperCompany.io: It is a proof of concept designed to demonstrate the potential of AI-driven interactions with virtual leadership, and it harnesses the capabilities of Google’s Generative AI on GCP Cloud Run. Sports and Games: Michael is a sports enthusiast and enjoys participating in various games and activities.

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Admix raises $25M Series B to scale up in-game ads, and prep for Metaverse gaming

TechCrunch

The London-based company brings ads to games, e-sports, virtual reality, and augmented reality. However, he said the difference with these entities is that Admix is “building infrastructure to automate the process and serve non-intrusive ads to the right user in the right game at the right time, using data.

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Metaverse: The time for CIOs to experiment is now

CIO

For the past forty years CIOs have labored to retrofit, rearchitect, and ultimately replace underfunded and underappreciated legacy infrastructures in hopes of delivering the full benefits associated with periodically occurring waves of transformative emerging technologies. The metaverse has the potential to change that. Emerging Technology

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VUZ raises $20 million to scale its immersive social app

TechCrunch

Founder and chief executive officer Khaled Zaatarah launched VUZ, formerly 360VUZ, as a platform to bridge the gap between physical and virtual worlds by offering premium immersive content to a global audience. VUZ, which has raised over $30 million since inception, is one of e& capital’s maiden investments in the MENA region.

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‘PayPal for crypto’ wannabe Ramp raises $52.7M Series A round led by Balderton Capital

TechCrunch

Founded in 2017 by Szymon Sypniewicz (CEO) and Przemek Kowalczyk (CTO, CPO), Ramp has a non-custodial, full-stack payment infrastructure. It is also the exclusive on-ramping partner for Sorare, the blockchain-based, global sports video game, and Flow, the blockchain which specializes in NFT marketplaces and digital assets.

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SendOwl, a platform for selling digital goods, raises $4.5M from Defy.vc, Stripe and others

TechCrunch

SendOwl says it has delivered nearly $2 billion of value in digital and virtual goods for tens of thousands of paying merchants across millions of transactions. We want to get to parity and go beyond the tools and infrastructure that has been built for physical goods internet commerce.” ” Image Credits: SendOwl.

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Daily Crunch: Hackers pinched LastPass customers’ encrypted password vaults, parent company admits

TechCrunch

Blockchain infrastructure galore : Jacquelyn writes that QuickNode raises $60 million at a $800 million valuation to become the “AWS of blockchain.” Ivan writes that the feature is already available for thousands of properties and will eventually include the ability to choose between a virtual, in-person or self-guided tour.

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