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Minted Tests First-Ever ‘Endless Assortment’ in Hard-Goods Retail

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Monday, October 26, 2020

Minted, the design marketplace that uses technology to bring the best in independent design to customers everywhere, today announced a partnership with The Michaels Companies, North Americas largest arts and crafts retail chain, to offer the first in-store endless Minted assortment of hard goods in physical retail stores across the Northeast.

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  • Minted, the design marketplace that uses technology to bring the best in independent design to customers everywhere, today announced a partnership with The Michaels Companies, North Americas largest arts and crafts retail chain, to offer the first in-store endless Minted assortment of hard goods in physical retail stores across the Northeast.
  • The endless Minted assortment combines the agility of ecommerce merchandising, enabling vastly more choice for customers, size and frame customization, locally-relevant assortment, and frequent assortment refreshes.
  • Retail is being transformed to meet todays challenges and opportunities, said Mariam Naficy, Minted Founder and CEO.
  • The winning designs are manufactured by Minted, enabling artists from around the world to share and sell their work while letting Minted do the rest.

RealityEngines.AI rebrands as Abacus.AI, announces Series A funding and general availability of the world's first autonomous AI service

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, July 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Abacus.AI , formerly RealityEngines.AI, an AI research and AI cloud services company, is announcing today the general availability of the world's first fully autonomous AI service.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, July 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Abacus.AI , formerly RealityEngines.AI, an AI research and AI cloud services company, is announcing today the general availability of the world's first fully autonomous AI service.
  • Abacus.AI is going to use the funds to scale the service, gain early customers, and grow its research team.
  • Mariam Naficy, Erica Shultz, Neha Narkhede, Xuezhao Lan, and Jeannette Furstenberg, prominent women industry leaders, also joined in the round.
  • "I'm thrilled to join Abacus.AI as a key advisor as they prepare to launch the world's first fully autonomous AI service.

Yelp Announces New CFO and Adds New Board Member

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Thursday, February 13, 2020

Mr. Schwarzbach joins Yelp from Optimizely, where he most recently served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

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  • Mr. Schwarzbach joins Yelp from Optimizely, where he most recently served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
  • Speaking to the appointment of Ms. Barone to the Board of Directors, Diane Irvine, Chair of the Yelp Board said, Christine brings valuable and complementary skills and expertise to our Board, and we are very excited to welcome her.
  • On behalf of the Board, Id also like to thank Mariam for her years of service to Yelp; we wish her well.
  • Ms. Barone replaces Mariam Naficy, who stepped down after six years as a Director of the Yelp Board, effective February 8.

Minted Launches Personalized Gifts and Children’s Home Decor

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Thursday, November 14, 2019

Minted , the design marketplace known for bringing unique design from the best independent artists to consumers everywhere, today announced the launch of personalized gifts and childrens decor, to expand on its stationery, art, and lifestyle businesses.

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  • Minted , the design marketplace known for bringing unique design from the best independent artists to consumers everywhere, today announced the launch of personalized gifts and childrens decor, to expand on its stationery, art, and lifestyle businesses.
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    Minted, the design marketplace known for bringing unique design from independent artists to consumers everywhere, today announced the launch of personalized gifts and childrens decor, to expand upon its custom art and stationery gift business.
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    This holiday season, were excited to introduce an even wider range of personalized gifts, says Minted Founder and CEO Mariam Naficy.
  • Minteds entire range of personalizable gifts includes:
    Minted brings independent design and beautiful customization to another part of the homeyour kids space.

method® Teams Up with Minted® for Latest Collection Featuring Designs by Independent Artists

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Wednesday, July 24, 2019

The collection, featuring artwork from four crowd-favorite Minted artists,launches exclusively this July at Target and Target.com.

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  • The collection, featuring artwork from four crowd-favorite Minted artists,launches exclusively this July at Target and Target.com.
  • We're thrilled to join forces with Minted to combine their captivating artwork and artist stories with our plant-based ingredients and inspired scents."
  • "method is celebrated for bringing thoughtful design to all spaces of the home," said Mariam Naficy, Minted Founder and CEO.
  • The winning designs are manufactured by Minted, enabling artists from around the world to share and sell their work while letting Minted do the rest.

Prodoscore Appoints Sam Naficy as Chairman of the Board

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Thursday, March 7, 2019

Prodoscore , the workforce productivity optimization company, today announced the appointment of Sam Naficy as Chairman of its Board of Directors.

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  • Prodoscore , the workforce productivity optimization company, today announced the appointment of Sam Naficy as Chairman of its Board of Directors.
  • Sam should be an excellent conduit to expand the industries served by Prodoscore, based on his broad experience and relationships network.
  • A true cohesive group of visionaries, said Sam Naficy, now Chairman of the Board of Prodoscore.
  • Sam Naficy is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of DTiQ, a company he founded in 1999.