Lemon Slice nabs $10.5M from YC and Matrix to build out its digital avatar tech | TechCrunch
Lemon Slice-2 generates live-streamable digital avatars from a single image, enabling interactive video agents integrated with knowledge bases on a single GPU.
Creative machines and where AI meets imagination at Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch
AI is becoming an active collaborator with humans to reshape storytelling, animation, and media, enabling scalable, global creative production and new artistic frontiers.
Why Real Video AI Is Ad Tech's Next Frontier | AdExchanger
AI for video must understand sequence, sound, and narrative over time to unlock contextual intelligence, proper brand safety, and monetization in advertising.
D-ID acquires Berlin-based video startup Simpleshow | TechCrunch
D-ID acquired Simpleshow to combine products and teams, accelerate enterprise avatar video offerings, and consolidate offices in Berlin, Tel Aviv, and the United States.
Microsoft researchers develop new tech for video AI agents
Microsoft is developing MindJourney, a video-AI framework that explores 3D spaces using world models, VLMs, video generation, and reasoning to predict surroundings and movement.