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Design Company's Figma today announced several features, including creating AI-powered sites and web apps, how marketers can create large quantities of assets, and new drawing tools. With the launch, the company is taking on other creative solutions such as Canva and Adobe, as well as AI-powered websites and prototypers for WordPress, Wix, Hostinger and Replit. The company's website creation tool is called the Figma site. Startups said designers often prototype what a site looks like within Figma. New AI-powered tools also make it easy to create and publish your website. Once a site is generated, collaborators can easily modify elements…
Cybersecurity's giant cloud strike said Wednesday that it would fire 5% of the global workforce. This amounts to about 500 workers. In 8-K filing, CrowdStrike said the layoffs are “part of the strategic planning (“plan”) and are part of the strategic planning (“plan”) to evolve the business to generate greater efficiency as the company continues to focus and expand with discipline to achieve its $10 billion goal. [Annual Recurring Revenue]. ” The company also said it plans to “employ in key strategic areas throughout the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026.” “These changes make it more efficient to move faster,…
Spotify announced on Wednesday an update to an app designed to give users more control over their listening experiences and recommendations. Refresh Experience introduces some new features that gradually roll out users and premium subscribers to Spotify users and premium subscribers, including helping them create queues, current listening experiences, and playlists. This change often leans heavily towards algorithmic recommendations and helps balance the apps that suggest music and play by giving the user the power to shape what was played, when and how often. For premium users, Spotify's queue has been revamped. The new design will make it easier to…
Photography and video editing platform VSCO launched an AI-powered collaboration mood board on Wednesday, expanding the way photographers and artists use their products. This mood board, called Canvas, allows you to import and edit photos using standard VSCO editing tools. Therefore, you can adjust settings such as shadow, brightness, exposure, temperature, shade, grain, blur, vibrantness, and tint. AI chops work when you want to generate images using a text prompt. Also, using the mood board, you can select some of the images and use the Region Prompt menu to allow AI to recreate those parts using a text prompt. Regional…
Netflix officially unveiled the feature at Wednesday's Tech and Product event after hinting at a new AI-powered search experience during its recent revenue call. This new search experience utilizes Openai's ChatGpt to provide users with a conversation discovery experience. Users can enter their preferences using natural phrases such as “I want something interesting and bright” or more detailed requests such as “I want something scary but it's not too scary and maybe a little less interesting, but haha isn't funny.” This feature is set to be deployed to iOS users as an opt-in beta this week. As Bloomberg reported last…
Netflix announced Wednesday that it was testing its short video feature, indicating that even the streaming giant with over 300 million subscribers is worried about losing time for viewers who spent mobile on apps like Tiktok, YouTube shorts and Instagram reels. The company debuted its feature at its first product and high-tech event. There, we also revealed some other future plans for the service. These plans include AI-powered search tools, redesigning the TV homepage and improving real-time recommendations. Netflix's new mobile-only vertical feed allows users to scroll through clips of the original title with ease. Within this feed, users can…
Ulili Onovakpuri, managing partner at Kapor Capital, said yesterday that she was leaving the company. Onovakpuri started as the principal of Kapor Capital over a decade ago, and went through the ranks and became a managing partner, eventually taking over the reins (with Brian Dixon) from the company's co-founders Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein. In the RinkedIn Goodbye Post, Onovakpuri said that during his stay in Capo, he co-formed a $126 million fund to support more than 70 companies. “I really miss you,” she wrote. “This is not a goodbye to invest or funding founders who will build critical…
As “vibe coding” gains popularity and tech companies are hiring developers to embrace generative AI tools, platforms that scan code vulnerabilities in AI-generated code have raised new funding. OX Security, which models risk with both AI- and human-generated code, announced on Wednesday it will close its $60 million Series B. The round was led by DTCP with participation from IBM Ventures, Microsoft, Swisscom Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners and Team8, increasing the OX total to $94 million. Neatsun Ziv and Lior Arzi founded OX in 2021, based in New York and Tel Aviv. Software and IT engineers met at a checkpoint…
According to partner Panospapadopoulos, Marathon Venture Capital, a venture company in Athens that is proud to be a “first day partner of Greek technology partners,” has closed its latest fund for 75 million euros with a capital commitment. The vehicle will increase the company's total assets to 175 million euros. This is a meaningful amount for a 8-year-old seed stage investor in Greece, and is a significant exit reflection. Among them was the marathon portfolio company Augmenta sold to CNH last year. CNH is a manufacturer of agricultural machinery and construction equipment in a cash transaction valued Augmenta at $110…
According to partner Panos Papadopoulos, Marathon Venture Partners, a venture company in Athens, boasts that it is “first day partner of Greek technology partners.” The vehicle will increase the company's total assets to 175 million euros. This is a meaningful amount for a 8-year-old seed stage investor in Greece, and is a significant exit reflection. Among them was the marathon portfolio company Augmenta sold to CNH last year. CNH is a manufacturer of agricultural machinery and construction equipment in a cash transaction valued Augmenta at $110 million. The Marathon also sold stocks in a secondary transaction to investment company Carlisle…