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Snap accelerator names its latest cohort

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The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S. TRASH — using this machine learning-based video editing toolkit, users can quickly create and edit high-quality, short-form video. — hailing from Mexico City, this startup makes mini games in augmented reality for brands and advertisers.

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Influential Raises $5M For Influencer Marketing

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The startup, led by Ryan Detert, says it helps marketers reach more than 7,000 top influencers on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Vine and YouTube, using artificial intelligence technology from IBM Watson. The company says it has now raised a total of $9M.

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

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We caught up with Jack Ryan , the CEO of REX, to understand how, exactly, the company sells homes without the MLS. 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%.

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

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We started March Capital in late 2013. We did our first close in the summer of 2014, and over the first nine months we raised our fund and started investing. That can be good or bad, because that means you end up having to explain everything twice to your investors. There, you end up having big winners but a lot of losers.

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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

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He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected. He wanted to bring the same level of technology focus and energy that Mayor Bloomberg had brought to New York City.

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More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela

TechCrunch LA

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. “We started doing cartoon live streams and the founders of Musical.ly

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Interview with Scott Grimes, Stackin

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How did the company start? There are lots of others trying to put content on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tiktok, which is more about entertainment around social media. Scott Grimes: I previously started a company, Uproxx Media, which I sold to Time Warner Music. That's why I started Stackin.

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