Recent Tech Funding Highlights in NFTs and Audio Transcription

The Biden administration signs an executive order addressing the chip shortage. I’ll tell you why this is evolving into a big deal. Coinbase files its S-1 so we get to look under the hood of their business for the first time. Paramount+ reveals pricing and content details for the first time. And timely interesting raises in the Ethereum space which means: NFTs.

Sponsors:

• Oracle.com/goto/ride
• FlatFile.io

Links:

• Biden Orders Broad Supply-Chain Review Amid Chip Shortages (WSJ)
• Coinbase Reveals $322M in Profit For 2020 Ahead of Landmark Public Debut (Decrypt)
• ViacomCBS bets you will subscribe to 5 or more streaming services, leaving plenty of room for Paramount+ (CNBC)
• Verizon Leads 5G Airwave Bidding With Record $45 Billion Splurge (Bloomberg)
• NFT marketplace Sorare raises $50 million in Series A led by Benchmark (The Block)
• Ethereum scaling startup Optimism raises $25 million Series A led by a16z (The Block)
• Otter.ai raises $50 million for AI transcription (VentureBeat)

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