Although roughly 80% of global data is in video format, generative AI has mainly concentrated on text and images due the complexity of video analysis in processing visual, textual, and audio data concurrently. Not only is video analysis complex due to its nature of multimodality, the need to recognize objects, emotions, and context and to effectively search, engage, and communicate with video data further provide challenges.  Enter Twelve Labs, a startup building multimodal foundation models for video understanding. The overarching problem that Twelve Labs solves for is video-language ali ..read more

Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have long dominated the cloud market due to their extensive global infrastructure and data center networks, enabling them to provide reliable and low-latency cloud services to customers worldwide. While these cloud providers have made efforts to simplify certain aspects of deployment and management, most organizations still lack the resources and DevOps expertise required to operate those tools to effectively manage and scale their infrastructure. Koyeb addresses this challenge by offering a managed full-stack serverless edge platform. Developers can deploy applic ..read more

It is estimated that 75% of adults in the United States are overweight or obese. Traditional weight loss methods have consistently fallen short in their ability to address obesity. In addition, in the United States alone, a staggering 96 million individuals find themselves prediabetic, and it’s predicted that 1 billion people worldwide may grapple with diabetes by the year 2050.  Many people embarking on their weight loss journey have experienced the frustrating limitations of conventional approaches. These methods often revolve around simplistic mantras like “eat less and move more,” whi ..read more

Checkout friction on mobile devices is an ongoing and substantial hurdle that consumers face when online shopping. In a digital landscape where convenience and speed are paramount, the statistics are telling – with an average cart abandonment rate of 70%, a significant portion of potential sales slips through the fingers of online merchants. This high abandonment rate translates into lost revenue, missed opportunities, and an underutilization of the e-commerce potential that mobile offers. Beyond the obvious losses suffered by merchants, checkout friction has a ripple effect throughout the ent ..read more

When patients arrive at the hospital, the hope is to leave with an evidence-based, systematic solution to their problem. Although doctors aim to provide these solutions, the process can be inconsistent. Currently, only 14% of daily medical decisions are made based on high-quality evidence. Clinical trials shape most care guidelines and payer decisions, yet they exclude ~70% of the U.S. population, often because potential subjects are excluded from trials due to comorbidities, age, or other considerations. The unfortunate reality of this is that clinicians are forced to rely on prior experience ..read more

With recent breakthroughs in AI-powered image generation, the market is ripe for the next leap: generative video. From media and entertainment to gaming, advertising, and beyond, the applications are limitless. But it’s not just about automating content creation; it’s about unlocking creativity, enhancing storytelling, and pushing the boundaries of what is possible in video production. As the technology continues to evolve, we can expect generative video to reshape industries, empower creators, and provide captivating experiences for audiences around the world. That’s why we invested in Irreve ..read more

Technological advancements in augmented reality and virtual reality, coupled with the rise of home consoles, PC gaming, and mobile devices are reshaping gameplay experiences. At the same time, diverse gaming genres, esports, and social streaming have positioned gaming as a vibrant and culturally influential medium. But one frontier remains largely a puzzle in democratizing gaming channels: cloud gaming.  Though game streaming has emerged as a paradigm shift, it has yet to fully emerge as a dominant approach to gaming. For cloud gaming to succeed on a broad scale, striking a balance betwee ..read more

Open banking is empowering consumers by helping them securely share their financial data, effectively shifting the power from incumbent financial institutions to consumers. Notably, the shift is welcomed by lenders since it provides consumer-permissioned financial data that is accurate, detailed, and current, making it easier for consumers to use their banking history to qualify for new and different financial products and services. At Samsung Next, we are particularly keen on identifying fintech innovations that both disrupt traditional industries and democratize financial services for unders ..read more

Luxury, retail, and consumer brands are increasing their exploration into Web3 via airdrops, NFTs and more for acquisition, novel reward programs, community building, and gamification. Brands with deep investment and interest in their customers’ lifestyles and identities such as NBA, LVMH, Reddit, and Starbucks are leading the way, but the tools to systematically integrate web3 data and engagement into existing marketing workflows have been nonexistent.  Additionally, brands rooted in Web2, and their marketing teams often lack the tools and expertise to build campaigns and programs that l ..read more

The proliferation of proprietary blockchains has created a need for secure connections that facilitate communication between the different networks.  LayerZero has the solution – an omnichain interoperability protocol that enables direct transactions across all chains. Bridging between chains can be an expensive and vulnerable process in which applications are forced to depend on a third party consensus mechanism to secure their messaging in perpetuity. Should this messaging protocol change its upgradeable contracts, underlying consensus mechanism, or get hacked the application stands to ..read more