Insights from Ty Ahmad-Taylor’s 32 years working at NYTimes, @Home Network, Samsung, Meta, and Snap

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Insights from Ty Ahmad-Taylor’s 32 years working at NYTimes, @Home Network, Samsung, Meta, and Snap

Meet Ty Ahmad-Taylor, VP of Monetization at Snap. Ty’s background: 32 years in information design, 26 years in consumer-facing software and product development leadership, and 25 years in interactive television services development. He has worked at four startups (one went public, and the other three were acquired), and at large social, media, and consumer electronic companies.

In the fireside chat with LDV’s Evan Nisselson, he shared his views on three things that every CEO should do, inclusive teams, systems thinking, and an exclusion filter that could make our experience of using social media so much better! Evan and Ty also touched on ideas ripe for AI automation, machine learning algorithms that make TikTok successful, and the mixed reality environment that’s coming soon.

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LDV Capital Leads Aquifer’s $2M Seed To Make Animation as Easy as Point-and-Shoot

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LDV Capital Leads Aquifer’s $2M Seed To Make Animation as Easy as Point-and-Shoot

With their AI-powered animation platform, Aquifer gives content creators with no technical animation skills the power to produce cinematic-quality animated content in minutes.

At LDV, we are honored to lead their $2M Seed financing along with Boost VC, Geekdom Fund, Wedbush Ventures, Techstars and strategic angels.

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The Future of Effortlessly Cinematic AI-powered Video Storytelling with Aquifer

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The Future of Effortlessly Cinematic AI-powered Video Storytelling with Aquifer

Thrilled to introduce the new guest in our Women Leading Visual Tech series. Meet Chen Zhang, co-founder & CEO at Aquifer – an AI-powered platform for teams and creators to make stunning animated videos and livestreams with their brand's IP in minutes.

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Can AI Generate Visual Content for Social Media?

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Can AI Generate Visual Content for Social Media?

Can AI create visual metaphors for creative ads? Can it understand the contextual meaning behind them? Is it the future of content creation?

We are honored to have Dr. Lydia Chilton, an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University, in our Women Leading Visual Tech series. Lydia leads the research about the creative design process from a computational standpoint. She builds AI tools that enhance people’s productivity.

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The Future of Online Shopping and Digital Fashion

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The Future of Online Shopping and Digital Fashion

50% of clothing items purchased online are returned, in part, due to poor size or fit. Nour Karessli, Senior Data Scientist at Zalando, is utilizing state-of-the-art computer vision and AI to improve online shopping. She leverages the visual cues present in fashion images for a better understanding of the complex problem of size and fit.

Tune in to see Nour and Abigail Hunter-Syed, Partner at LDV Capital, discussing the future of online shopping and digital fashion in this episode of our Women Leading Visual Tech series.

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The Cutting Edge Technologies Impacting Hollywood & the Media

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The Cutting Edge Technologies Impacting Hollywood & the Media

At our 7th annual LDV Vision Summit, we had the pleasure to host a fireside chat between Abhijay Prakash, President of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, and Evan Nisselson, LDV Capital’s Founder and General Partner. They discussed entertainment, Hollywood, and new technologies.

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