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Snap accelerator names its latest cohort

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TRASH — using this machine learning-based video editing toolkit, users can quickly create and edit high-quality, short-form video. SketchAR — this Lithuanian company is developing an AI-based mobile app for teaching drawing using augmented reality.

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Influential Raises $5M For Influencer Marketing

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Beverly Hills-based Influential , a developer of influencer marketing software, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The company says it has now raised a total of $9M. The company says its clients include Hershey's, Coca-Cola Company, NBC Universal, Nestle, General Mills and Sony Pictures.

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Influential Names New CFO, COO

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Los Angeles-based influencer marketing software developer Influential says it has named Michael Lin as its new dual CFO and COO. Lin was previously CFO at Mavenlink and Cake, and also served at Gehry Technologies and Fast Search and Transfer. READ MORE>>.

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REX: Skipping The MLS When You Sell Your Home, with Jack Ryan

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Using big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, REX takes care of everything both buyers and sellers need, while removing traditional agent commissions of 5-6%. Finally, what has been the biggest lesson you've learned from the startup so far?

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Google Rolls Out Challenger To Snap's Spectacles

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The new device--which is currently on waitlist at $249--uses artificial intelligence to recognize faces, and even pets like cats and dogs, and decide whether or not to take photos, and lets users share those with friends and family.

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More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela

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At Betaworks, the firm is exploring the popularity of these virtual characters — and the role that artificial intelligence and new content creation technologies will play in reshaping entertainment and social media platforms. “ People are totally fine with things that are artificial,” says Rojas. ”

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Interview With Jamie Montgomery, March Capital Partners On The Firm's New Fund

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Fund I was really focused on AI, and what we now call big data and machine learning, and we focused on the cloud and Internet infrastructure, plus made a couple of investments in India and in gaming. Something like a CrowdStrike might be worth more than a Snapchat, in the end. Jamie Montgomery: Sumant deserves the credit here.

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