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MLSE looks to revolutionize sports experience with digital R&D lab

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Digital solutions and data analytics are changing the world of sports entertainment at a rapid clip. From how players train, to how teams make strategic decisions during games, to how venues operate and fans engage, sports organizations are turning to software engineers and data scientists to help transform the sport experience.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: VCs rate pitch decks, IPO analysis, Techstars’ expansion plans

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

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Image Credits: Stream (opens in a new window). What is a trend worth watching is whether easy-to-integrate services like Stream’s might signal the proliferation of more social apps over time. Together, the apps Stream powers cover more than 1 billion users.

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Daily Crunch: AI content developer Jasper now valued at $1.5B following capital infusion

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Christine reports that the low-flying, Boston-based venture outfit just tripled the size of its second fund to $150 million thanks to its approach of investing in sports technologies with the help of its community of athlete backers who help promote and grow the portfolio companies.

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

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If you like the great outdoors : Strava, the activity tracking and social community platform, acquired Fatmap, a 3D mapping platform for the great outdoors, to make that next hike a doozy, Paul reports. Carly writes that the company’s owner, GoTo, says hackers stole customers’ encrypted backups.

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Tech forgot its umbrella

TechCrunch

Don’t forget them, and better yet, sport them proudly. of all VC funds in 2022, a drop from 2021 Image Credits: Emily Malan Gas Discord has acquired Gas, a compliments-based social media app for teens. If you forget your umbrella during a downpour, well, now you’re soaking wet and no one feels that bad for you.

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Daily Crunch: Beating ‘other takeover bidders,’ Bosch acquires autonomous driving startup Five.ai

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Some super fun hardware stories today – Brian explored how PitchCom is changing the fabric of baseball , a sport that’s been stuck in the time before technology in many ways. Sheesh-o : India’s startup darling, the social commerce platform Meesho, which recently raised at a $4.9 Startups and VC.