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Synthesia raises $3.1 million to Deliver the First AI Video Synthesis Platform to Customers

Synthesia, a UK based startup developing video synthesis technology, raises $3.1 million to continue their mission of helping brands and content creators scale their video production using AI. This financing was led by LDV Capital, early investor Mark Cuban, and joined by new investors  MMC Ventures, Seedcamp, Martin Varsavsky’s VAS Ventures, TransferWise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus, […]

MUSO Raises £3.5m To Continue Growth Trajectory

MUSO, the global authority on digital piracy data, has raised £3.5m in an extension to its £2.5m 2017 Series A with Harwell Capital. The investment will be used to expand the company’s sales and marketing and increase its foothold in the digital media, gaming and live broadcast sectors. MUSO’s technology removes unlicensed digital content and provides […]

Imandra Completes $5 Million Seed Round Led by AlbionVC, IQ Capital and LiveOak Venture Partners

Since its founding in 2014, Imandra has pioneered advances in AI for algorithm safety and compliance and their application to new industries. In 2015 it won the UBS Future of Finance Challenge, coming in 1st place out of more than 600 companies from 52 countries by using its AI technology to find a fundamental flaw […]

First episode of Game of Thrones Season 8 pirated over 54 million times in first 24 hours

MUSO has been tracking Game of Thrones activity across piracy networks in the run up the premiere of the eighth season for the past several months. The first seven seasons were all listed in the top 25 most pirated TV show seasons globally for the first 11 days of April, with piracy surging throughout March, […]

VChain Technology receives Golden Ticket for Dubai Future Accelerators programme in partnership with Emirates and GDRFA

The challenge undertaken by VChain and local partners is to enhance the passenger experience for transit passengers in Emirates Airline airports – and Dubai in particular – with VChain’s GDPR-compliant identity-as-a-service solution, which allows airlines and governments to safely verify passenger information. This reduces the need to check and re-check physical passenger IDs in airports […]

A world away from the city: your next adventure starts with ‘THE OUT’

THE OUT is an effortless way to escape the bustle of the city. Customers can book through the iOS app in a matter of moments and a sought-after Land Rover Discovery Sport HSE will be delivered to their home or office. With so many incredible destinations to tick off the list – such as exploring […]

Leading European VC Target Global launches into London

Target Global was founded in 2012 and today has four General Partners: Shmuel Chafets, Alex Frolov, Mike Lobanov, Yaron Valler and a broad team of professional across Europe. Target Global is connecting key European startup ecosystems, providing entrepreneurs with support and capital across Europe. Expanding its reach to London, Target Global will continue to back […]

Senseon brings AI response to cyber defence

David Atkinson, Senseon Founder and CEO, said:  “Senseon Reflex represents a huge leap forward in the capability and practical application of AI in cybersecurity. Many of us at Senseon have been on the other side of the fence and have experienced the pains of not being able to stop threats in a timely manner. We […]

Apple’s services story: cause for optimism, but some things don’t quite add up

For several years – right the way back to Steve Jobs’ triumphant return to the company, but most notably during the rocket-propelled heyday of the iPhone and iPad – Apple proved itself a masterful storyteller. It could show you something you didn’t know you wanted until you saw it – at which point you desperately […]

Global Piracy Reaches Almost 190bn Visits in 2018

Throughout 2018, TV was by far the most popular content for piracy, with almost half (49.38 percent) of all activity focused on sites providing access to television programmes, followed by film (17.09 percent), music (15.87 percent), publishing (11.49 percent) and software (6.16 percent). Similarly to 2017, the US topped the list of countries with the […]

Onwards and upwards!

As relocating is quite a big leap to take, I had to make sure I was going to go to the right place. Having worked in a small agency for more than a year, I had naturally gained a clear idea of the kind of professional I was as well as the kind of agency […]

New drone legislation reduces ‘drone friendly’ sky area by half the size of Wales

In February the government announced new legislation to extend the ‘no-fly’ zone around airports, banning drones from flying within five kilometres of runways, up from one kilometre, with the new law coming in to force on 13, March 2019. The revised airspace map, generated by Altitude Angel, has revealed 9,182 square kilometres of airspace (or […]