Star Wars crypto toys, generative AI everywhere, & all the festivals from World of Women to FWB
Women in Emerging Tech - Issue #50
Welcome to Women in Emerging Tech! I’m Carly from Weld Recruiting and this is the 50th 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
🗓 Upcoming events you’re gonna want to pencil in…
📰 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!
👯 Women in web3… and beyond
Caroline Johnova shared big news and key highlights from Google I/O 2023
Lilian Rincon announced that generative AI is coming to Google Search
Grace Berkery shared the best story I read all week on Melyn McKay and Coala Pay
Lexy Schmertz spoke with Michelle Reeves on why Christie’s, a 256-year-old company best known for selling antiques, is investing in digital asset startups
Jamie Rubin taught me about synthetic media and why Tom Graham’s Metaphysic is urging actors to copyright their own AI doubles
World of Women’s Artfest Spring is officially open, in partnership with MakersPlace
Emma Bates and Divia Singh launched an AI-powered social search engine that’s meant to feel like your besties in your group chat: Meet Diem
Zofia Zwieglinska wrote how generative AI is changing the fashion industry
Boss Beauties and Barbie launched virtual collectibles
Liz Campbell, the woman behind the McRib NFT drop, shared how she used the Lunar New Year to break into web3
Amber Vittoria made some AI pieces that I kinda now really want to see IRL… (below)
🎙 Who we’re talking to on the Weld podcast network
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Now for this week’s guest… Meet TJ Chang. TJ is the president of Shopx, a web3 commerce platform. He spoke with our host Kathryn about his entrepreneurial journey that started about 7 years ago as he was trying to solve a lot of the problems in the e-commerce landscape and how he transitioned from working at Equinox, a luxury fitness club, to be the president of Shopx.
Have you heard of our brother podcast, Blockchain IRL?
Check out this week’s episode with Garrison Yang, VP of Growth & Strategy at Ava Labs.
💼 Emerging tech job openings
Looking for a blockchain recruiter? AI recruiter? A #web3 recruiter? We got you.
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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:
Andrew Parker and Papa are looking for a VP of Product Management, GTM
Danny Greene is hiring a Head of Business Development for Gaming at Yuga Labs
Maja Vujinovic’s portfolio company Balthazar DAO is hiring a Principal Engineer
🗓 Upcoming events you’re gonna want to pencil in…
Paul Tao and Raihan Anwar announced Phase 1 of the lineup for FWB Fest ‘23 (August 4-6 in Idyllwild, CA)
Get breakfast with Flaunt & Holder at the High Alpha Offices during VeeCon
Paul Brody has been recapping the EY Global Blockchain Summit, ICYMI
EDCON is kicking off next week for those interested in the ETH ecosystem
I’m keeping an eye out for when Decipher 2023 is — and maybe we can all go visit John Kraski in Dubai?
Google Cloud Web3 and Voltage are hosting a cocktail reception on 5/19
You can thank Sophia Cheng for this stellar list of NYC tech events (can someone make one for DC and Nashville too please? 😁)
📰 All the #emergingtech news… (AI everything, NFT alpha, crypto updates, blockchain news, metaverse minutes + more)
Wannabe Jedi web3 degens can soon buy Star Wars crypto toys, thanks to Disney, Andreessen Horowitz, Mattel and Dapper Labs
Kim Libreri at Epic Games unveiled their investment in CLO Virtual Fashion
Andrew Schiffman joined Shiller, a new web3 company I will be following bc it’s co-founded by Sam Jones and… Snoop Dogg!
Microsoft, Goldman Sachs and Deloitte are partnering in a new blockchain aimed at financial institutions network: The Canton Network
Armani Ferrante saved me a lot of Googling and explained what xNFTs are
Pudgy Penguins and Luca Netz deserve a congrats for completing a $9M raise led by 1kx… right after they announced that WME will be their official talent agency (IP FTW)
Solana’s smartphone went on sale this week. No clue if it’s sold out yet. Anatoly Yakovenko, you got updates?
Arvind Krishna and IBM unveiled a new AI and data platform: watsonx
Spencer Gordon brought web3 art to the Super Bowl. Here’s how he did it.
Kiser Barnes brought Walmart into the metaverse
Ivan Soto-Wright at MoonPay sat down on Gen C to discuss democratizing ownership with Avery Akkineni and Sam Ewen
Jason Howarth and Panini are taking the biggest name in the sports trading card business and creating digital collectibles
a16z relaunched Crypto Startup School featuring talks with Chris Dixon, Eddy Lazzarin, Dan Boneh, Maggie Hsu, Jason Rosenthal, Mary-Catherine Lader and Sonal Chokshi
That’s all for now folks! See you next week.
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