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Fish Audio, which offers AI voice models for creators and enterprises and has $21M in ARR, raised a $50M seed led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/28/fish-audio-ra…

Fish Audio raises $50M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises | TechCrunch
Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open-source or hosted version of its models, and now generates annual recurring revenue of $21 million.

Fish Audio, which offers AI voice models for creators and enterprises and has $21M in ARR, raised a $50M seed led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/28/fish-audio-ra…

Fish Audio raises $50M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises | TechCrunch
Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open-source or hosted version of its models, and now generates annual recurring revenue of $21 million.

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Amazon MGM Studios announces the GenAI Creators' Fund, greenlights three AI animated series for Prime Video, and launches an AI production platform with AWS (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/amazon-mgm-studios-…

Amazon MGM Studios Greenlights Three AI Series for Prime Video Under New GenAI Creators’ Fund
Amazon MGM Studios unveiled the GenAI Creators’ Fund, which will provide funding and access to AI production tools built on AWS, and announced deals for projects from Albie Hecht and Jorge Gutierrez.

Amazon MGM Studios announces the GenAI Creators' Fund, greenlights three AI animated series for Prime Video, and launches an AI production platform with AWS (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/amazon-mgm-studios-…

Amazon MGM Studios Greenlights Three AI Series for Prime Video Under New GenAI Creators’ Fund
Amazon MGM Studios unveiled the GenAI Creators’ Fund, which will provide funding and access to AI production tools built on AWS, and announced deals for projects from Albie Hecht and Jorge Gutierrez.

Meta quietly rolled out USDC stablecoin payouts on Solana and Polygon for select creators in Colombia and the Philippines (Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/04/29/meta-stablecoins-crypto-usdc-polygon-solana/

Meta quietly rolls out stablecoin payments four years after demise of controversial Libra project
Creators can receive payouts in the stablecoin USDC on the Solana and Polygon blockchains, according to a new page on Meta’s website.

Facebook brings back Facebook Creator Studio as a stand-alone app with built-in AI chatbot to help creators grow their audiences through personalized guidance (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/24/facebook-rolls-out-an-ai-companion-…

Facebook rolls out an AI companion app for creators | TechCrunch
The new app, which is currently being tested with select creators, will have Facebook's recently launched AI creator assistant built into it.

Forbes unveils Forbes Creator, which uses TikTok, Instagram, and events to push video-led coverage fronted by six creators, with flexible, case-by-case payments (Alyssa Mercante/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/forbes-tests-a-creator-led-audie…

Forbes tests a creator-led audience play to grow off-platform reach 
Forbes is yet another publisher tapping creators and their audiences to drive off-platform growth – with a slightly different structure.

Q&A with Claude Code creator and head Boris Cherny on how the title "software engineer" is disappearing, why AI may create more jobs than it destroys, and more (Casey Newton/Platformer)
https://www.platformer.news/boris-cherny-interview-ai-jobs/

Claude Code's creator on the end of the software engineer
Anthropic's Boris Cherny tells me major job loss due to automation really is coming — but job creation is, too. PLUS: the Pope's AI encyclical, and Trump abandons an AI executive order

Meta rolls out Plus plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp globally, will test $7.99/mo. and $19.99/mo. Meta AI plans, a $49.99/mo. creator plan, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/meta

Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions, with more to come, including AI plans | TechCrunch
Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings under its broader “Meta One” subscription brand.