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Moonlake AI Debuts with $28M to Vibe Code Interactive Worlds
Moonlake AI has exited stealth with a $28 million seed round backed by AIX Ventures, Threshold, NVIDIA Ventures, and more than a dozen AI leaders and founders.
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EchoTwin AI Raises $8M to Expand AI-Powered Urban Digital Twins
EchoTwin AI has raised $8 million in a seed round led by Metis Ventures, with support from a global syndicate of investors. The funds will be used to scale the company's real-time urban infrastructure platform and expand its reach in the fast-growing smart cities market.
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Hawk-Eye Volumetric Data Powers Football Manager’s Next-Gen Animations
Sports Interactive is using skeletal tracking data from Hawk-Eye Innovations, a Sony Group company, to power lifelike animations in Football Manager 26. The data is captured by in-stadium cameras across several football leagues.
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Nilo Raises $4M to Expand AI-Native 3D Creation Platform
Nilo has raised $4 million in seed funding to scale its AI-native 3D creation platform. The round was led by Supercell, with participation from a16z speedrun, Kfund, and others. Angel investors include veterans from gaming, venture, and creative tech.
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Niantic Spatial and Kojima Productions Join Forces on Real-World Storytelling
The collaboration will use Niantic’s geospatial AI to bring elements of Kojima’s storytelling into physical spaces.
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Earthmover Raises $7.2M to Power Physical AI With Scientific Data Infrastructure
Earthmover, a New York-based public benefit corporation founded by climate scientists and open-source developers, has secured $7.2 million in seed funding to modernize infrastructure for Earth science and other physical-world data.
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Over 300 VR Apps on Meta Horizon Have Topped $1M, With 10 Surpassing $50M
At Connect 2025, Meta emphasized growth in its VR ecosystem, announcing that over 300 apps on the Meta Horizon Store have each earned more than $1 million, with 10 apps exceeding $50 million in revenue.
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New Meta Tools Aim to Simplify 3D Content Creation in VR
At Connect 2025, Meta doubled down on its vision for AI-powered worldbuilding in VR. The company highlighted a stack of tools, including an AI-driven editor, a new game engine, and a capture tool, aimed at making immersive creation as simple as describing a scene or scanning a space.
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Glasses, AI, and VR: Everything Announced at Meta Connect 2025
Meta made some major announcements today as part of Mark Zuckerberg's keynote at its largest annual event, Connect. Zuckerberg framed his keynote around the three technologies Meta is focusing on as it reinvents itself for the era of spatial computing, including glasses, AI, and virtual reality.
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Luminary Cloud Raises $72M to Expand Physics AI Platform
Luminary Cloud has raised $72 million in Series B funding to grow its Physics AI platform. The round was led by N47, previously known as Next47, with participation from Sutter Hill Ventures and NVentures, the investment arm of NVIDIA.
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Copresence Unlocks Fast AI Avatar Creation With Just a Phone as Platform Exits Beta
Copresence's AI-powered avatar creation platform has moved out of beta, making it possible for anyone to create an avatar with just a smartphone. Already trusted by leading gaming and technology companies, the platform is designed to deliver production-ready results in minutes.
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Agora and Banuba Bring Real-Time AR Effects to Live Video
Agora and Banuba are collaborating to bring AI-powered augmented reality features to live video. The companies aim to equip developers, broadcasters, and media platforms with tools for creating more interactive and expressive real-time experiences.