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About a week after Stability AI announced Stable Diffusion Video, laying the groundwork for AI text-to-video generators, AI startup Pika Labs has announced that it has raised $55 million to push its competing generative video platform further. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The remains of a glacier on Mars have been discovered via the HiRISE camera attached to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. If the ice is confirmed, it would have significant implications for humans who may land there one day. [Read More] petapixel.com »
ImagenAi, a desktop app that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help professional photographers edit their photos in their own personalized style, has raised $30 million in investment. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The buzz around artificially intelligent (AI) image generators shows no signs of abating as one of the companies behind Stable Diffusion announces it has raised $50 million at a $500 million valuation. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Photo-sharing app BeReal has secured $60 million in funding, pushing its valuation to just under $587 million.
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Metalenz, which makes flat, “meta-optic” lenses for 3D imaging and sensing – like those used in facial recognition – that are incredibly compact and multifunctional, just closed a $30 million venture funding Series B round and is shipping product to some “household names” in the mobile device game. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Annie Lebowitz's latest Vogue photo shoot of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena has sparked condemnation with many feeling the article was inappropriate amid the Russian invasion. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Facet, an API and browser-based content-aware artificial intelligence (AI) photo editor, has raised $13 million in a Series A round of funding to continue to build tools that have a chance to seriously shake up the photo editing space. petapixel.com »
It appears that Canon has quietly raised the prices of several of its products, most notably popular RF lenses saw a price increase of $100 as well as increases to cameras like the Canon 5D Mark IV DSLR. petapixel.com »
Picsart has announced that it has secured an additional $130 million in Series C funding from a host of huge investors, with a post-money valuation of roughly $1.5 billion. According to Forbes, the latest investment was led by Softbank with Sequoia, GSquared, Tribe Capital, Graph Ventures, and Siguler Guff & Company joining in. Picsart’s founder […] petapixel.com »
Dispo, a popular photo app that mimics classic disposable cameras that recently raised $20 million in Series A funding, doesn’t appear to know what it’s doing with user data, repeatedly editing its policy in response to questions from Mashable, adding and removing lines about location tracking. petapixel.com »
YouTuber David Dobrik’s app Dispo mimics the experience of using a classic disposable camera and is generating considerable buzz recently despite being over a year old. Thanks to the success of an international test, Dispo reportedly acquired $20 million in Series A funding at a $200 million valuation. According to a report on Axios, Dobrik […] petapixel.com »
The 12-year-old's hobby and his keen interest in car models led him to launch a Kickstarter where he's already surpassed the initial goal of $20,000 as the campaign currently has collected $43,467. boredpanda.com »
Anthony Schmidt is a 12-year-old boy on the autism spectrum who is making a name for himself with his iPhone photography. His passion is photographing model cars so that they look life-sized, and he has raised over $42,000 on Kickstarter to have his work published as a coffee table photo book. “From an early age, […] petapixel.com »
A new camera bag is turning heads after it attracted over $250,000 in crowdfunding in just its first day on Kickstarter. It’s called the WANDRD DUO Daypack, and it’s a dawn-to-dusk bag for photographers and others who are “looking to elevate the way they carry their daily gear.” WANDRD knows a thing or two about […] petapixel.com »
Apple Touch Bar, move over — ASUS just one-upped you. The Taiwanese electronics company just unveiled the ZenBook Pro Duo, a laptop that features a 14-inch 4K touchscreen as a secondary display right above the keyboard. petapixel.com »
The mobile photo-editing app startup Polarr has announced that it just raised another $11.5 million in Series A funding as it continues to capitalize on the boom in smartphone photography. VentureBeat reports that the round was led by Threshold Ventures with participation from Cota Capital and Pear Ventures. Founded by Stanford grad and ex-Googlers Borui […] petapixel.com »
A new startup company called Catalog has raised $1.5 million to drop the cost of advertising photos for businesses from hundreds or thousands of dollars to just tens of dollars per photo. As you might expect, many working professional photographers aren’t happy with the business model. Launched in early October with seed funding from a […] petapixel.com »
Creative minds are capable of making great things on their own, but collaborations always bring something interesting to the table. Some of the most unique and eye-opening collaborative projects also come from the merging of different industries. thephoblographer.com »
It seems that a lot of photography enthusiasts want to shoot a stripped down digital camera with pretend film rolls. The Kickstarter campaign for Yashica’s new Y35 “DigiFilm” camera is now over, and it managed to raise a staggering HK$10,035,296 (~$1,284,559) from 6,935 supporters to bring the camera to market. Yashica, a Japanese camera brand […] petapixel.com »
Benjamin Von Wong, a viral photographer turned environmentalist, has released a new project to raise awareness about “toxic laundry” that is full of plastic. An estimated 94% of American tap water contains invisible plastic fibers, and Von Wong felt compelled to do something about it. petapixel.com »
The Godox X series has become very popular over the last two years as strobists enjoy the vast functionality, portability, and low prices. This includes speedlights such as the TT685 and V860II, hybrid strobes such as the AD200 and AD360II, and portable monolights like the AD600. petapixel.com »
President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian diplomats is being heavily criticized by US photographers today. The administration’s decision to lock out US media has left them open to accusations of contributing to Russian propaganda, and potentially opening itself up to espionage. petapixel.com »
