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Twelve Labs Partners With Blackbird to Craft the Future of Narrative Excellence Through Video

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Monday, March 25, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, March 25th, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Twelve Labs, the video understanding company, today announced a major step forward in the world of video editing and storytelling. It has partnered with Blackbird plc (AIM:BIRD) the technology licensor, developer and seller of the market-leading cloud native video editing platform, Blackbird. This partnership makes Twelve Labs' state of the art video understanding AI available to Blackbird's fast, cloud-native editing suite empowering editors to deliver their most meaningful narratives with lightning quick turnaround.

Key Points: 
  • It has partnered with Blackbird plc (AIM:BIRD) the technology licensor, developer and seller of the market-leading cloud native video editing platform, Blackbird.
  • The partnership between Twelve Labs and Blackbird marries forward-thinking AI capabilities with the pressing needs of video editors and storytellers.
  • Twelve Labs and Blackbird will be showcasing the new AI Integration at The 2024 NAB Show in Las Vegas, 13-17 April.
  • To learn more about Twelve Labs' technology and how it works with Blackbird, please visit twelvelabs.io .

Tracksuit Secures $13.5M to Bring the Future of Brand Tracking to Growing Consumer Brands

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tracksuit, the modern brand tracker for growth brands, today announced it raised $13.5 million in Series A funding to prove the value of brand building and usher in the era of sustainable consumer brand growth. Tracksuit will use the funds to officially launch into the US and UK markets, expand research and platform capabilities, and democratize previously unavailable market research data. Led by Altos Ventures and Footwork, the round marks the company's second external investment since its New Zealand inception in April 2021.

Key Points: 
  • Tracksuit raised $13.5 million to prove the value of brand building and usher in the era of sustainable consumer brand growth.
  • NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tracksuit , the modern brand tracker for growth brands, today announced it raised $13.5 million in Series A funding to prove the value of brand building and usher in the era of sustainable consumer brand growth.
  • "The funding, along with our partnership with the Altos Ventures team, speeds up our plans to democratize brand marketing data and market research."
  • "Because Tracksuit is 'always on,' we can continuously monitor and understand the health of our brand in real time.

BLACKBIRD.AI LAUNCHES GROUNDBREAKING CONTEXT-CHECKING PRODUCT DESIGNED TO HELP GUIDE USERS THROUGH THE COMPLEXITY OF MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird.AI, the leader in protecting organizations from narrative attacks created by misinformation and disinformation, announced the limited release of Compass by Blackbird.AI today. This innovative, AI-powered context-checking product is designed for everyone who wants clarity and context around questionable information in today's noisy and manipulated digital ecosystem.

Key Points: 
  • This innovative, AI-powered context-checking product is designed for everyone who wants clarity and context around questionable information in today's noisy and manipulated digital ecosystem.
  • The launch is pivotal as the World Economic Forum has recognized the urgency, naming misinformation and disinformation as the #1 global risk in its Global Risks Report 2024.
  • It is designed to guide end users through online misinformation and disinformation by contextualizing claims in articles, posts, links, images, videos, and more.
  • Designed for ease of use, allowing users to receive a context-rich, relevant, and informative summary response effortlessly, complete with citations and sources.

Blackbird.AI Launches Automated Narrative Feed Module Powered By The RAV3N Risk LLM To Combat The #1 Global Risk - Misinformation and Disinformation

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird.AI, the global leader in protecting organizations from narrative attacks created by misinformation and disinformation, has unveiled an innovative AI-based offering to its product lineup: the automated Narrative Feed module powered by the RAV3N Risk LLM as an integral part of its narrative intelligence platform, Constellation. This announcement marks a significant advancement in the battle against narrative attacks, which the World Economic Forum (WEF) has identified as the world's foremost global risk in its Global Risks Report 2024.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird.AI, the global leader in protecting organizations from narrative attacks created by misinformation and disinformation, has unveiled an innovative AI-based offering to its product lineup: the automated Narrative Feed module powered by the RAV3N Risk LLM as an integral part of its narrative intelligence platform, Constellation.
  • Enabling the Narrative Feed module significantly elevates customer capabilities to discover emergent, harmful narratives as they gain online momentum.
  • Integrating Narrative Feed and our proprietary RAV3N Risk LLM into our Constellation Platform is an evolution in narrative risk protection for organizations worldwide."
  • The world-class RAV3N Narrative Intelligence and Research Team works deeply with customers to identify narrative attacks and risks that impact them.

Blackbird.AI and DarkOwl Partner To Enable Organizations To Identify Narrative Attacks Across The Dark Web

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird.AI, the leader in AI-driven Narrative and Risk Intelligence, today announced a partnership with DarkOwl, the leading provider of Darknet Data, to enable organizations to identify narrative attacks across the dark web. This expands Blackbird.AI's comprehensive visibility of narrative attacks that today include social media, news, forums, podcasts, and more.

Key Points: 
  • Blackbird.AI extends its leadership position in narrative intelligence to gain insight into narrative attacks, misinformation, and disinformation across the dark web.
  • NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird.AI , the leader in AI-driven Narrative and Risk Intelligence, today announced a partnership with DarkOwl , the leading provider of Darknet Data, to enable organizations to identify narrative attacks across the dark web.
  • This expands Blackbird.AI's comprehensive visibility of narrative attacks that today include social media, news, forums, podcasts, and more.
  • Darknet and messaging app data from the DarkOwl collaboration will also facilitate in-depth reporting from Blackbird.AI's RAV3N Narrative Intelligence and Research Team .

Blackbird.AI Launches 'RAV3N Narrative Intelligence and Research Team' to Combat Rise of Narrative Attacks Across The Information Ecosystem

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird.AI, the leader in Narrative and Risk Intelligence, today announced the formation of the RAV3N Narrative Intelligence and Research Team, a specialized group dedicated to understanding the threats and risks organizations face from narrative attacks across the digital information ecosystem. The RAV3N team's primary focus is discovering and publishing data-driven, evidence-based narratives propagating at speed and scale that adversely impact corporations, governments, and other organizations, spanning financial and reputational harm. Driven by a cross-functional team of leading narrative and threat intelligence analysts, data scientists, behavioral psychologists, linguists, and national security professionals, Blackbird.AI's RAV3N team is an international unit of experts with diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

Key Points: 
  • A team of narrative intelligence and AI experts provide deep insights into narrative attacks to protect Blackbird.AI customers from financial and reputational harm.
  • NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird.AI , the leader in Narrative and Risk Intelligence, today announced the formation of the RAV3N Narrative Intelligence and Research Team, a specialized group dedicated to understanding the threats and risks organizations face from narrative attacks across the digital information ecosystem.
  • The RAV3N team and our Constellation AI-driven Narrative Intelligence Platform enable us to protect our customers from narrative attacks like no other."
  • Recently, the RAV3N team published the following research to help identify and educate organizations about the narrative attacks and risks they face:

Blackbird Labs Raises $24 Million Series A Round From a16z, Amex Ventures and More to Help Transform the Way Restaurants Approach Diner Loyalty

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Blackbird Labs, a hospitality technology company whose platform helps restaurants directly connect and reward their guests, as well as incentivize these customers to return, announced it has raised a $24 Million Series A round. The round was led by a16z, with participation from Amex Ventures and Bolt by QED, as well as the company's previous seed investors like Union Square Ventures, Shine, Variant, plus leading restaurant groups: Quality Branded, Rustic Canyon Family, Souvla and Brooks Reitz. The new funding will help Blackbird scale operations as it meets an ever growing need from leading restaurants across the country for an all new solution that will help them drive customer loyalty and create new revenue streams.

Key Points: 
  • Loyalty and connectivity are the next frontier and we're excited to be leading on this path forward.
  • Adding incredible investors like a16z, Amex Ventures and Bolt by QED will be crucial to us achieving our goals."
  • In just a few short months, Blackbird has struck a chord with over 80 leading restaurants in the industry, with 22 restaurants already live.
  • All of these restaurants have chosen the platform for its ease of use and ability to help them better understand their customers.

TILT Holdings Appoints Tim Conder as Permanent CEO, Announces Change of Board Chairperson

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

The Company also announced Art Smuck has been appointed Chair of the Board, succeeding John Barravecchia, who will continue to serve as Board Member and Chair of the Audit Committee.

Key Points: 
  • The Company also announced Art Smuck has been appointed Chair of the Board, succeeding John Barravecchia, who will continue to serve as Board Member and Chair of the Audit Committee.
  • Mr. Smuck brings extensive experience with large cannabis brands and complex distribution operations to his new role.
  • “Tim has been instrumental in bringing financial discipline to TILT, and since being appointed Interim CEO, we believe he has already made significant headway in strengthening the Company’s operations and financial position,” said TILT Board Chair, Art Smuck.
  • “I am excited to continue leading TILT on a permanent basis and have been impressed with the team’s commitment to our strategic goals and refined plan,” said Tim Conder, CEO of TILT.

Cookin -The Homemade Food Delivery App- Brings Made-to-Order Meals from Professional Home Chefs to Dallas

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

DALLAS, Aug. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- With today's U.S. debut of Cookin, Dallasites can now support local food entrepreneurs by ordering a diverse variety of fresh, made-to-order meals that cannot be found anywhere else, all made by some of the city's most talented food creators, professional home cooks, and chefs.

Key Points: 
  • Cookin customers can also order in advance and select a 30-minute delivery window for a future date or time.
  • With every order, customers hungry for authentic meals are supporting locals who are building their food businesses."
  • "Food is the best unifier for all of us, and we have hundreds of home chefs and professional cooks ready to facilitate that in the Dallas area," says Michael Baruch, co-founder and president, Cookin.
  • For every order placed on Cookin in Dallas, a donation will be made to feed those less fortunate via Cookin's support of the North Dallas Food Bank .

Marqo Secures US$5.2m to Bring Continuous-Learning Vector Search to Businesses

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Marqo is an end-to-end multimodal vector search engine for developers that includes all the infrastructure to enable AI-powered real-time search at scale.

Key Points: 
  • Marqo is an end-to-end multimodal vector search engine for developers that includes all the infrastructure to enable AI-powered real-time search at scale.
  • The funds will be used to develop a new form of vector search technology that continuously improves based on user engagement, which differentiates it from existing vector databases.
  • Unlike traditional keyword search, Marqo uses machine learning models to return more accurate search results by understanding content and meaning.
  • The continuous-learning vector search service is expected to be released later this year as a part of Marqo Cloud.