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TechCrunch’s Ivan Mehta reports that Spotify is expanding its ad and Premium revenue-sharing program for podcasters beyond the U.S., Europe and Australia into 35 total regions, including Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Italy. Podcasters keep sponsorship revenue and can distribute shows elsewhere.
TechCrunch’s Ivan Mehta reports that a Vinyl Bar in Shibuya raised a $5.5 million pre-seed round led by Mantis VC, with Spotify’s former ad chief Dawn Ostroff advising. Founder Máuhan Zonoozy builds interactive music toys instead of AI song generators, betting participation beats generation.
Sep 15Suno launched Suno v6, a new AI music model family trained on licensed data from Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe, replacing models trained on data now at issue in copyright suits from Sony, Universal and artists like Jason Isbell.
Sep 9TechCrunch’s Ivan Mehta reports that Nvidia has acquired Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, absorbing a platform hosting three million models, one million apps, and half a million datasets used by over 18 million developers.
Sep 3TechCrunch’s Ivan Mehta reports that Adobe has acquired India-based marketing intelligence startup Rilo in a deal involving licensing and team acquisition. Terms weren’t disclosed, and Rilo will shut down, folding its six-member team and workflow-automation IP into Adobe’s marketing suite.
Sep 2TechCrunch’s Ivan Mehta reports that Gamma, the AI presentation startup valued at $2.1B, acquired Accel-backed Lica to launch a research division on video and design. Lica’s co-founders will lead the effort, exploring new multimodal formats beyond slides.
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