How a headphone site operator built loyalty startup Lantern to solve his own problems

After struggling to retain customers at his e-commerce site Headphones.com, founder Andrew Lissimore built his own loyalty solution — and it’s now a startup called Lantern. The Shopify-native platform helps brands boost retention through customizable loyalty, referrals, and account management tools.

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General Intuition lands $134M seed to teach agents spatial reasoning using video game clips

General Intuition’s next milestone is twofold: generating new simulated worlds for training other agents and autonomously navigating entirely unfamiliar physical environments.  

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How emerging Mubadala-backed AAF is winning VC deals in some of the hottest startups

In less than a decade, AAF has backed startups with exits totaling $2 billion, it says, and is doing so through an unusual VC model.

Enhanced Games founder on the controversial ‘future of sports’

Can performance-enhancing drugs push the limits of human potential? The creators of the Enhanced Games say yes — and they’re building a new sporting event to prove it.   Backed by Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital, the Enhanced Games aims to disrupt the Olympics with a competition that allows athletes to dope. Launching… Continua a leggere Enhanced Games founder on the controversial ‘future of sports’

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Coinbase boosts investment in India’s CoinDCX, valuing exchange at $2.45B

Coinbase’s latest investment lifts CoinDCX’s valuation from $2.15 billion to $2.45 billion.