Paris Hilton avatars, a reason to say Go Birds, a much-needed feelings check in, & a16z expansion
Women in Emerging Tech - Issue #54
Welcome to Women in Emerging Tech! I’m Carly Long from Weld Recruiting and this is the 54th edition of our weekly get-down!
(Formerly known as #womeninweb3 -- y'all voted it was time to broaden the horizons)
So scroll through for some of the usual and some of the new stuff:
👯 Women in web3… and beyond
💼 Emerging tech job openings
🗓 Tech events to pencil in & big recaps
📰 All the #emergingtech news… (AI everything, NFT alpha, crypto updates, blockchain news, metaverse minutes + more)
📚 A little bit of learning
And a little bit of housekeeping… we’re looking for freelance writers or interns who want to contribute to this newsletter! If that’s you, get in touch :)
👯 Women in web3… and beyond
Maria Chak shared about the exciting partnership between Avalanche Arcad3 and Republic Crypto to help game studios enter web3.
Janey Park and her team at The Fabricant launch a collab with Weekday today for limited edition AR wearable sunglasses, and physical sunglasses.
Paris, Queen of the Metaverse, launched her first avatar collection with The Sandbox. S/o to Cynthia Miller for helping bring it to life.
Natasha and Deana of Boys Club invited TuongVy Le, Head of Regulatory & Policy at Bain Capital Crypto and former SEC counsel, on their podcast for a ‘Feelings Check-In’ to discuss the lawsuits brought against Coinbase and Binance.
💼 Emerging tech job openings
Looking for a blockchain recruiter? AI recruiter? A #web3 recruiter? We got you.
🚀 We do things a bit different at Weld with content recruiting – want to hear more about this complimentary benefit? Get in touch! I’d love to help.
Looking for a blockchain intern job? Salesforce blockchain jobs? web3 python roles? web3 #cybersecurity positions? We got you.
🚀 If you’re a candidate looking for a new career in web3, AI or emerging tech: Submit your resume to job openings on the Weld Recruiting site.
+ Jobs of the week:
dYdX is looking for an Engineering Lead — Security, and Senior Backend Software Engineer. If you’re interested, send me your resume!
Lewis Crosbie and Komi are hiring for a number of roles in the creator economy space.
Anthony Day is hiring for a number of jobs at Input Output.
Publicis Media is searching for a Vice President, Integrated Content & Technology.
🗓 Tech events to pencil in & big recaps
3XP happened. Anyone got updates? The speaker line up was stacked — from Michael Lee at Activision Blizzard to Chris Akhavan at Magic Eden, Gaurav Bhogale at Galaxy Interactive, Jay Chang of Genopets, Sean Dudley at Animoca, Grady Ha of PwC, Jeff Kim from Google Cloud, and a ton more.
Maggie Love and SheFi are hosting a Twitter Spaces tomorrow with policy experts Rebecca Rettig, TuongVy Le, and Marisa Tashman Coppel to chat about what’s going on with the SEC and crypto. Be there, 1 PM ET.
Cannes Lions is next week. Shannon Snow and World of Women will be there. Avery Akkineni and Vayner3 will be there. Yes, I also want to be there.
Worth going to Paris for. Boys Club is hosting Anon Ball on 7/19. RSVP here.
📰 All the #emergingtech news… (AI everything, NFT alpha, crypto updates, blockchain news, metaverse minutes + more)
Andreessen Horowitz announced their first international expansion — a U.K. crypto outpost.
Breck Stodghill and Haun Ventures led a $10M seed round for Argus, Scott Sunarto’s web3 gaming studio that announced World Engine, an SDK to help developers build their own blockchain-based gaming ecosystems.
Puma’s second digital world and shopping experience, Black Station 2, launches today — expanding on the company’s initial foray into web3. J.Crew also launched a (virtual) Beach House, a new way to shop and explore with immersive rooms, a catalog covers game, and even a J.Crew Men’s boathouse. Is it AR, VR, the metaverse… or just a virtual storefront?
I might have covered this in the last issue, but Nike’s RTFKT is the latest to sign with CAA, exploring film and TV projects based on the company’s IP.
Steven Bartlett’s Thirdweb is moving into web3 gaming — having built their first full-scale web3 game ‘Web3 Warriors,’ and now appointing former Facebook exec Atif Khan as the new VP of Gaming.
Paul Daugherty and Accenture announced a $3B investment in AI to accelerate their clients’ reinvention.
Crypto.com is shutting down its institutional exchange service for US customers in less than two weeks, saying demand is drying up — no doubt a reference to the lawsuits against fellow exchanges Binance and Coinbase.
Walmart launched Store No. 8, a startup incubator for folks building web3 tools to improve the retail and commerce experience. Chosen founders will also receive seed funding from Outlier Ventures. “Decentralized commerce has the potential to unlock new value in the global commerce ecosystem,” says Thomas Kang, vice president of Store No.8.
PS - Farokh’s thread on the Louis Trunk is a must-read. + It’s worth noting that the Trunk unlocks access to a first release with LV’s new men’s creative director, Pharrell Williams. Now I really want a Trunk.
📚 A little bit of learning
McDonald Predeleus from VMLY&R Commerce broke down what ‘decentralized commerce’ actually is, and what it means for brands.
“Hi, it’s Taylor Swift.” — Sara Ashley O’Brien covered how AI is using famous voices… and how these AI-counterparts might lead to defamation suits and violations of publicity rights.
S/o to Jared Favole for the share — Forbes’ Daily Cover this week shared a story exploring how Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire went from a kid in Philly to creating the future of money. #GoBirds
Marius Troy launched an AI fashion photography guide to Midjourney. (His work is pretty baller)…
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