Paris Hilton's NFT drop, Streamingfellaz might be at your next Zoom call, & lots of HUG-filled news
Women in Emerging Tech - Issue #52
Welcome to Women in Emerging Tech! I’m Carly Long from Weld Recruiting and this is the 52nd 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
🎙 Who we’re talking to on the Weld podcast network
💼 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)
Always feel free to let me know what sections and topics YOU want to see! I want this content to be worth your time.
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
Paris Hilton’s NFT collection of 5,555 playable avatars is dropping May 31. (11 holders will also receive a free VIP ticket to Paris: Live in Concert on June 7 – a sold out show! We love IRL utility.)
Betty and Deadfellaz announced Streamingfellaz, enables NFT holders to embody their PFP characters during virtual calls, live streams, and recorded video content.
INSIDER rounded up 14 rising-star crypto venture capitalists, including Soona Amhaz of Volt Capital; Maya Bakhai of Spice Capital; Megan Guy of King River Capital; Liz Harkavy of Andreessen Horowitz; Magdalena Kala of Double Down; Medha Kothair of Variant; Winnie Lau of BlockTower Capital; and Alana Levin of Variant.
Dstillery’s chief data scientist, Melinda Han Williams, is using AI to prepare for a cookieless world.
Here’s how one remarkable woman turned Vincent van Gogh from unknown, to the most famous of all.
Startup inspiration for all those holiday weekend hustlers, from Leila Hormozi. (Know this: It’ll pay off.)
Debbie Soon, co-founder of HUG, is writing a book! Here’s to all you Digital Mavericks out there.
On the HUG train, I’ve been accepted to their artist platform!
🎙 Who we’re talking to on the Weld podcast network
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”Sometimes the Universe gives you exactly what you need—and who you need—when you need it.”
A little snippet from my BFF article with Randi Zuckerberg and Debbie Soon, exploring how they met and started HUG, details on their new funding round, and how they’re building the ‘curator’ economy. Yes, you read that right. A new kind of creator is in town.
Want to learn more? Peep our #womeninweb3 episode with Debbie!
Have you heard of our brother podcast, Blockchain IRL?
Check out this week’s episode with Annea Robinson, SVP, Business Development, at Apex Group, a global financial services provider with offices in over 50 countries worldwide and 12,000 employees upon the close of announced acquisitions.
💼 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:
Kerstin Skjefstad Larsson and the team at Parity Technologies are hiring a Senior Business Development Manager.
Nicki Sanders is the bomb, and you can work with her! Her team at Nerd United is looking for blockchain engineers.
Yuga Labs and Daniel Lehrich are hiring their first Art Outsource Manager with a focus on Otherside.
Apple recently posted a slew of generative AI jobs.
🗓 Tech events to pencil in & big recaps
Ok this event just happened, but it’s worth noting. Microsoft held its annual Build conference and announced 50+ AI updates.
Art Blocks Marfa Weekend is coming up September 21-24. RSVP here.
My VeeCon roundup in photos. Another VeeCon roundup from Michael Scott Cohen. And another from Liam Darmody.
📰 All the #emergingtech news… (AI everything, NFT alpha, crypto updates, blockchain news, metaverse minutes + more)
First, Napster came back from the dead. Ok - the ‘90s. Now, it’s opening a new HQ in our neighborhood. Welcome to Nashville, Jon Vlassopulos.
Zac Sebo & Uptop announced a new service where you can earn cash back in crypto on your daily purchases from DoorDash, Macys, Walmart, Ticketmaster and more.
Luca Netz’s Pudgy Penguins sold over 20K toys on their Amazon debut, bringing in half a million dollars in sales in just two days. Time to go shopping.
Facebook’s parent company might be partnering with AR startup Magic Leap… keep your eyes peeled.
Swedish House Mafia’s Axwell joined the $4M seed round for anotherblock, a web3 music startup working to democratize international music rights, including hit songs from The Weeknd, Rihanna, Martin Garrix, Alan Walker, R3HAB, and more. Led by Michel D. Traore, Sebastian Ljungberg, and Filip Stromsten.
Two new marketplaces are coming to the Avalanche blockchain, aiming to bridge the physical-digital gap.
The latest gaming news, from Max Kaufman.
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