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Otrium’s AI Models Give Unsold Fashion A Second Chance
[Product]
2025/07/07 09:04
European fashion outlet platform Otrium has launched Ovatars, an AI-powered modeling system designed to give unsold clothing items a second shot at reaching consumers. The initiative addresses a persistent challenge in fashion retail: how to effectively showcase single-SKU items that don't typically warrant expensive model photography shoots.The system works by photographing unsold items in bas...
How Golf Fashion Made It to Gen-Z’s For You Page
[Product]
2025/07/07 09:03
Ring Concierge has long sold tennis bracelets and necklaces. But this year, it’s creating jewellery for another country club-coded sport: golf.In June, the fine jewellery brand announced a collaboration with apparel startup Malbon Golf, selling golf ball-adorned charm bracelets and a golf glove with a cut-out on the ring finger, meant to show off a diamond ring. To celebrate, it co-hosted an e...
South Korea’s Stock Market Is Having A Moment
[Investing]
2025/07/06 09:10
Even as the K-pop heartthrobs of BTS wrap up their military service and plot their return to arenas worldwide, the hottest thing in South Korea lately has been its stock market. Global investors poured almost $3 billion into Korean equities in May and June, propelling the country’s benchmark index up about 28% in the first half of the year, trailing globally only Slovenia’s blue-chip index, a...
(Patent) DeepMind Patent Gives AI Robots ‘Inner Speech’
[Tech]
2025/07/06 09:09
Google’s AI lab is seeking to patent “intra-agent speech to facilitate task learning,” a tool that would help AI agents or robots understand the world around them.The system would take in images and videos of someone performing a task and generate natural language to describe what’s happening using a language model. For example, a robot might watch a video of someone picking up a cup, while...
(PDF) BCG - Introducing the Top Ten Global Talent Hubs
[Consumer]
2025/07/06 09:08
The decision to move abroad for work is typically not a sudden one. Highly skilled professionals reflect upon and plan their moves, so the trends that we see capture long-held desires that may defy short-term challenges. The impetus to move to growth hubs remains strong, and powerful incentives remain in place to inspire and enable highly skilled talent to make global moves.The overall slowdown...
Othership Raises $11M To Grow Social Sauna & Ice Bath Experience
[Investing]
2025/07/06 09:07
Othership, the Canadian-born wellness brand known for its immersive, community-focused sauna and ice bath experiences, has raised $11.3 million to fuel its U.S. expansion, building on its existing footprint, which includes two locations in Ontario and a studio in New York City’s Flatiron district.The capital was raised through a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), with regulatory filing...
This New Ultra-Sweet Protein Can Replace 90% Of Sugar In Sweet Foods
[Product]
2025/07/06 09:06
The oubli is an ultra-sweet tropical fruit from West Africa—but it’s not full of sugar. Instead, it contains a type of sweet protein called brazzein. Recognizing the potential of sweet proteins to replace sugar, California-based food-tech company Oobli is using precision fermentation to make them at scale.“Because they evolved along with us to trick us into thinking they were sugar, they hit...
Chinese EVs Now Almost as Affordable as Gasoline Cars
[Business]
2025/07/06 09:05
Newly released data from the International Energy Agency shows how advanced the Chinese electric vehicle market has become in an international comparison. Next to the limits of charging infrastructure and range, the higher price of electric vehicles has been a major hurdle for buyers all over the world. In China, however, there are now almost as many affordable electric car models as there are...
Ex-Meta Engineers Have Built An AI Tool To Plan Every Detail Of Your Trip
[Investing]
2025/07/06 09:04
The travel industry has gathered extensive data over the years about trips and transportation, and founders are using it to create every conceivable kind of AI travel startup. In fact, every word of this sentence is a link to a new AI travel tool. Now startups and incumbent travel tech companies are in a race to build one comprehensive tool that could plan and manage every part of your trip.Air...
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