Women in Emerging Tech - Issue 52 - Paris Hilton's NFT drop, Streamingfellaz might be at your next Zoom call, lots of HUG-filled news & VeeCon in pics

Welcome to Women in Emerging Tech! I’m?Carly Long?from?Weld Recruiting?and this is the 52nd 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

?? Tech events to pencil in & big recaps

?? 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! I want this content to be?worth your time.

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And a little bit of housekeeping… we’re looking for freelance writers or interns who want to contribute to this newsletter! If that’s you,?get in touch :)

?? Women in web3… and beyond

• Paris Hilton’s NFT collection of 5,555 playable avatars is dropping May 31. (11 holders will also receive a free VIP ticket to?Paris: Live in Concert?on June 7 – a sold out show! We love IRL utility.)
• Betty ? and Deadfellaz announced Streamingfellaz, enables NFT holders to embody their PFP characters during virtual calls, live streams, and recorded video content.
• INSIDER rounded up 14 rising-star crypto venture capitalists, including Soona Amhaz of Volt Capital; Maya Bakhai ?? of Spice Capital; Megan Guy of King River Capital; Elizabeth Harkavy of Andreessen Horowitz; Magdalena (Mags) Kala of Double Down; Medha Kothari of Variant; Winnie Lau of BlockTower Capital; and Alana Levin of Variant.
• Dstillery’s chief data scientist, Melinda Han Williams , is using AI to prepare for?a cookieless world.
• Here’s how one remarkable woman?turned Vincent van Gogh from unknown, to the most famous of all.
• Startup inspiration?for all those holiday weekend hustlers, from Leila Hormozi . (Know this: It’ll pay off.)
• Debbie Soon , co-founder of HUG, is?writing a book! Here’s to all you?Digital Mavericks?out there.
• On the HUG train, I’ve been accepted to their?artist platform!

?? Who we’re talking to on the Weld podcast network

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”Sometimes the Universe gives you exactly what you need—and who you need—when you need it.”

A little snippet from my?BFF article?with Randi Zuckerberg and Debbie Soon, exploring how they met and started HUG, details on their new funding round, and how they’re building the ‘curator’ economy. Yes, you read that right. A new kind of creator is in town.

Want to learn more? Peep our #womeninweb3 episode with Debbie!

Have you heard of our brother podcast, Blockchain IRL?

Check out this week’s episode?with Annea Robinson , SVP, Business Development, at Apex Group, a global financial services provider with offices in over 50 countries worldwide and 12,000 employees upon the close of announced acquisitions.

?? Emerging tech job openings

Looking for a blockchain recruiter? AI recruiter? A?#web3?recruiter? We got you.

???We do things a bit different at Weld with content recruiting – want to hear more about this complimentary benefit??Get in touch!?I’d love to help.

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:

• Kerstin S. and the team at Parity Technologies are hiring a?Senior Business Development Manager.
• Nicki Sanders is the bomb, and you can work with her! Her team at Nerd United is looking for?blockchain engineers.
• Yuga Labs and Daniel Lehrich are hiring their first?Art Outsource Manager?with a focus on Otherside.
• Apple recently posted a slew of?generative AI jobs.

?? Tech events to pencil in & big recaps

• Ok this event just happened, but it’s worth noting. Microsoft held its annual Build conference and announced?50+ AI updates.
• Art Blocks Marfa Weekend is coming up September 21-24.?RSVP here.
• My VeeCon roundup in photos.?Another VeeCon roundup?from Michael Scott Cohen . And?another?from LIAM DARMODY .

?? All the #emergingtech news… (AI everything, NFT alpha, crypto updates, blockchain news, metaverse minutes + more)

• First, Napster came back from the dead. Ok - the ‘90s. Now, it’s opening a new HQ in our neighborhood. Welcome to Nashville, Jonathan Vlassopulos .
• Zac Sebo & Uptop announced a new service where you can?earn cash back in crypto?on your daily purchases from DoorDash, Macys, Walmart, Ticketmaster and more.
• Luca S. ’s Pudgy Penguins sold over 20K toys on their Amazon debut, bringing in half a million dollars in sales in just two days.?Time to go shopping.
• Facebook’s parent company?might?be partnering with AR startup Magic Leap… keep your eyes peeled.
• Swedish House Mafia’s Axwell joined the $4M seed round for anotherblock, a web3 music startup working to democratize international music rights, including hit songs from The Weeknd, Rihanna, Martin Garrix, Alan Walker, R3HAB, and more. Led by Michel D. Traore , Sebastian Ljungberg , and Filip Str?msten .
• Two new marketplaces?are coming to the Avalanche blockchain, aiming to bridge the physical-digital gap.
• The latest gaming news, from Max Kaufman ?? .

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