BLACKPINK‘s Jennie interviewed American pop star Billie Eilish for Spotify‘s Hit Me Hard and Soft private listening party. Billie Eilish and BLACKPINK’s Jennie | @oddatelier/X It was a fun night for fans of the two as they seemed open and friendly on stage. Their banter even included Billie “flirting” with Jennie. the whole interview was […]
Finbourne taps $70M for tech that turns financial data dust into AI gold
Companies in fields like financial services and insurance live and die by their data — specifically, how well they can use it to understand what people and businesses will do next, a process that is becoming increasingly dominated by AI. Now, a startup called Finbourne, founded out of London’s financial center, has built a platform […]
Dealt turns retailers into service providers and proves that pivots sometimes work
Dealt, a French startup formerly known as Mon Super Voisin, raised a €6 million funding round ($ 6.5 million at today’s exchange rate) a few months ago. More importantly, the startup went through an important pivot. And this funding round proves that this strategy was the right one. It’s an interesting lesson for early-stage founders […]
ESPN's Kendrick Perkins turns in brutal batting practice session with the Red Sox at Fenway Park
Former Celtics big man Kendrick Perkins is back in Boston for coverage of the NBA Finals, and he showed Tuesday night why basketball was probably the right career path. Perkins took batting practice at Fenway Park ahead of the Red Sox game against the Braves — or at least he tried. The NBA center-turned-TV analyst […]
Detroit Lions may get infusion of cap space as calendar turns to June
The Detroit Lions may have even more cap space to work with this week, as the team might save some money thanks to the post-June 1 release of Cameron Sutton. We say might because the assumption is Sutton’s $ 9 million guarantee was voided because of his legal troubles, although that isn’t 100% certain, according to […]