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Mulch and the enduring appeal of internet absurdism

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The most recent mulch video came to me in the middle of the night, when I was hours into scrolling through a particularly nasty bout of insomnia. The video was an edit of a tiny dog surrounded by a frame of glittering hearts, with an AI-generated voice narrating, “Today, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. I am haunted by mulch posts.

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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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SoftBank leads $150M round for Firework’s shoppable video

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“We have big ambitions at Firework — to become the infrastructure on which the next-generation of the internet is built and run — and Softbank Investment Advisers supports that vision.”. Last year, Firework was working with some 600 companies, including Albertsons Companies, The Fresh Market and Omnicom Media Group.

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NFTs could bridge video games and the fashion industry

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Real-life fashion brands use NFTs for marketing in virtual worlds like Minecraft , plus several Atari and Microsoft video games. The fundamental value NFTs offer to bridge virtual fashion items with video games is the option to secure custody of the item for use in other games or mobile apps.

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3 ways to step up your short-form video and TikTok growth strategy

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More posts by this contributor 5 growth lessons I learned while scaling from $0 to $1M ARR When it comes to early-stage growth marketing, it’s often better to imitate than innovate Video content is king. There’s no denying the dramatic increase in video consumption across the globe. lighting, selfie-style, etc.) Let that sink in.

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Riverside.fm launches its video podcasting platform

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is a new startup with an easy-to-use platform for recording professional-quality video podcasts. There are plenty of other browser-based podcasting tools (for example, Zencastr recently expanded beyond audio with video support ), but the Keysons suggested that they’ve spent a lot of time solving common technical issues for podcasters.

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Along’s new mobile app lets creators record ‘infinite length’ video collabs

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A new app called Along wants to remove all these restrictions to allow infinite-length collaboration videos with multiple creators. The app is based on the concept of infinite videos called “tapes.” They can also enable collaboration for a tape, so other creators can add their own videos on a similar theme.

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