…Yesterday, Google’s DeepMind AI arm announced that it has struck a $75 million, multiyear “research partnership” deal with A24 to develop a host of filmmaking technologies like a new storyboarding application…
Meta and eyewear conglomerate EssilorLuxottica plan to work together on smart glasses “into the next decade.” The two announced a long-term agreement today to extend a partnership that started…
…As common as partnerships between brands and creators are today, Haapoja’s and Kolder’s cases show what can happen when people with large social media followings involve themselves with products and…
Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) just announced a licensing deal that will allow users to prompt the creation of AI-generated remixes and covers for streaming songs. The tool will be…
Earlier this month, SpaceX and Anthropic announced a new compute partnership that provides access to the rocket company’s Colossus data centers in Memphis, TN. Now, with the release of SpaceX’s…
…Polymarket and Kalshi have been aggressively pursuing partnerships with journalists and news outlets, even less reputable ones. It’s unclear how Polymarket ended up in Google News results, or when exactly it…
…service, similar to Starlink’s partnership with T-Mobile. Earlier this year, Amazon announced it’s acquiring Globalstar’s satellite network and taking over its deal to provide direct-to-device…
…Nanoleaf also has expertise in connectivity standards and smart home ecosystems — areas where SwitchBot has lagged behind. Chu’s positive characterization of the deal feels optimistic — few acquisitions come without tradeoffs…
OpenAI and Microsoft’s partnership-turned-situationship just got even less committed. And a clause about artificial general intelligence, which has for years dictated the future of their deal, has officially been…
…In December, Disney entered into a three-year, billion-dollar licensing deal with OpenAI that would let Sora users make AI videos with 200 different characters from Star Wars, Marvel, and more…