The gaming industry is undergoing a significant shift, transitioning from an emphasis on hardware to a prioritization of software. Departing from the nine generations of “console wars” that previously confined players to specific ecosystems, the industry is now concentrating on selling games independently of the platform. This departure from the exclusive game-driven hardware sales model is due to several factors, including market saturation and the diminishing advantage of consoles in comparison to affordable PCs. At the same time, the industry’s embrace of cross-platform play aligns with gam ..read more

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, the emergence of generative AI technologies has been nothing short of revolutionary. However, this meteoric rise has not been without its challenges, particularly in the realms of intellectual property (IP) and data security. Amidst this backdrop, our latest investment in BRIA represents a step towards fostering a more secure, responsible, and innovative future for generative AI applications.  BRIA offers an AI generation and augmentation platform tailored for enterprises that demand high standards of IP and data security compl ..read more

Trust is a huge concern in the AI industry due to the black-box nature of Generative AI models, which makes it difficult to understand and regulate their decision-making. What’s more, the development process for large models often requires data access to be highly centralized, resulting in reluctance by data owners to contribute their data to model training. Addressing these challenges is crucial for fostering widespread adoption and ensuring ethical and reliable use of AI. Sahara’s decentralized AI network enables individuals and businesses to monetize their proprietary knowledge by leveragin ..read more

As technology changes the way we think about money and the financial system, finding innovative solutions to complex problems is paramount. One such solution that has captured our attention is Mesh, the modern financial operating system that makes digital asset transfers and account aggregation seamless.  We were particularly drawn to Mesh’s API capabilities and the implications on digital wallet and stablecoin development. Mesh is uniquely positioned to enhance fintechs, financial institutions, exchanges, and wallets. Additionally, Mesh was founded to address the fragmentation that plagu ..read more

It is well established that Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) have immense potential, particularly in enabling verification and authentication while preserving privacy. This can enable secure and private financial transactions on blockchains but can also be applied to a myriad of other use cases such as confidential voting in elections, selective disclosure of personal information for verification in fraud prevention, authentication in passwordless logins or privacy preservation of sensitive data like medical records. But its adoption has yet to take off in part due to the mathematical complexity a ..read more

Despite trillions of dollars moving through banking networks in Latin America (LATAM), real-time data access is limited, and payment flows are slow and expensive. Multinational financial institutions face additional challenges when operating in the region due to operating in different countries, each with unique financial infrastructure. Prometeo offers cross-border data aggregation, streamlined digital payments, and account validation services and has demonstrated strong progress towards enabling payments and data to flow seamlessly in LATAM. With a $5 trillion GDP economy and 650 million peo ..read more

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