The Dodgers originally thought they’d need to get by for just a couple weeks without Max Muncy at third base. Now news of a setback that has forced him to shutdown all baseball activities while recovering from an oblique injury puts a spotlight on a third base spot that hasn’t been great for Los Angeles […]
Autobiographer’s app uses AI to help you tell your life story
Can an AI help you tell your story? That’s the idea behind a startup called Autobiographer which leverages AI technology to engage users in meaningful conversations about the events in their lives and how they felt about them, and then turns those into prose, effectively creating your own autobiography. The startup is dabbling in an […]
Former Priceline execs debut Plannin, a booking platform that uses travel influencers to help plan trips
Andrew Loewen and Randy Schartner, co-founders of Hotelsbycity.com and former Priceline executives, just announced their latest project: Plannin, a global travel booking platform that empowers creators to monetize their hotel recommendations and share travel-focused content. As the creator economy continues to ramp up in value, estimated to generate $ 250 billion in revenue, Plannin wants […]
Exactly.ai secures $4M to help artists use AI to scale up their output
With all the controversy surrounding visual artists being ripped off by AI, it seems like these are difficult and confusing days for creators. Now, a London-based startup hopes to use AI to help artists take back control. Exactly.ai says it uses generative AI to help artists retain legal ownership of their art and gives them […]
Bootstrapped for over a decade, this Dallas company just secured $110M to help people pay bills by text
Solutions by Text, a company that gives people a way to pay their bills and apply for loans via text messaging, has secured $ 110 million in new growth funding. Edison Partners and StepStone Group co-led the equity portion of the raise while Stifel Venture Bank provided a lending facility, which made up less than […]