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STAN just raised $8.5M to gamify online communities

STAN, a social gaming startup from India, just landed $8.5 million with backing from Google, Bandai Namco, and Square Enix. Its goal? Reinvent Discord for gamers who want rewards, not just chat.

Here’s everything you need to know:

• STAN users earn in-app currency (“Gems”) by winning games, which can be redeemed for Amazon and Flipkart vouchers.

• Unlike Discord, players pay creators with social currency to unlock “gaming experiences” in game-specific Clubs.

• Google invested via its new AI Futures Fund, launched to back startups using its AI stack.

• The app has 25M downloads and 5.5M monthly users and it’s only live in India.

• STAN works with major publishers like Krafton, Garena, and Roblox to connect them directly with gaming communities.

• 70–80% of moderation is already AI-powered; new tools for avatar creation and chat filtering are on the roadmap.

• With this raise, STAN aims to expand across the Indian subcontinent, then into Southeast Asia and Latin America.

STAN is betting big on two things: that gaming is more social than ever and that gamers want more than just likes. They want tangible rewards. If STAN nails that dynamic, it could become the next big bridge between gaming, community, and commerce.

Big Tech is done footing the AI bill alone

Meta just reclassified $2 billion in data center assets as “held-for-sale.” Not because it’s downsizing but because it wants partners to help foot the AI bill.

Here’s everything you need to know:

• Meta plans to bring in outside investors to co develop massive data centers for AI workloads.

• The move reflects a broader trend: even tech giants can’t or won’t go it alone on AI infrastructure anymore.

• Meta’s quarterly filing confirms it will offload over $2B in land and projects-in-progress within 12 months.

• CFO Susan Li said the goal is flexibility, external financing makes it easier to adapt to evolving infrastructure needs.

• CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the scale of future AI superclusters as “a significant part of the footprint of Manhattan.”

• The company raised its capex forecast to $66–$72 billion, driven in part by AI.

• Despite the spending, Meta posted strong ad revenue thanks to AI-powered improvements in targeting.

AI scale is pushing even the richest firms to rethink strategy. Meta’s move isn’t just about raising cash, it’s about de-risking the future. The smarter bet may not be who builds the most, but who builds with the most optionality.

Hollywood’s New Star Isn’t Human

Hollywood is deep into its next evolution and AI is leading the charge. From de-aging actors to recreating cities, studios are using generative tools not just for efficiency, but to reshape what’s possible onscreen.

Here’s everything you need to know:

• AI-powered effects now help actors speak unfamiliar languages with native fluency without changing the human performance.

• In The Brutalist, Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones sounded Hungarian thanks to voice cloning firm Respeecher.

• Netflix used AI to de-age actors in Pedro Páramo, slashing costs compared to earlier hits like The Irishman.

• For the new series El Eternauta, AI generated entire dystopian environments, accelerating production tenfold.

• Hollywood’s biggest union, SAG-AFTRA, approved AI guardrails after a major strike, but some actors still fear the tech.

• The Academy decided AI won’t influence Oscar eligibility but didn’t mandate disclosure either.

• Experts warn that hiding AI use can backfire, eroding audience trust and artistic credit.

AI won’t replace filmmakers, it’ll redefine them. Like any powerful tool, it raises questions of control, credit, and authenticity. The studios that succeed won’t be the ones with the flashiest effects, but the ones that stay transparent, thoughtful, and human-first in how they use them.

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