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Kiswe Powers the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition for Third Consecutive Year

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Kiswe, the fan first streaming company, announced it is partnering with the Metropolitan Opera's Laffont Competition for the third consecutive year. The Met will be leveraging Kiswe's Studio Switcher technology to help bring its vocal competition to opera fans around the world.

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  • NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Kiswe, the fan first streaming company, announced it is partnering with the Metropolitan Opera's Laffont Competition for the third consecutive year.
  • The Met will be leveraging Kiswe's Studio Switcher technology to help bring its vocal competition to opera fans around the world.
  • The Laffont competition, formerly known as the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, is a nationwide vocal competition founded in 1954 and designed to discover promising young opera singers and assist in the development of their careers.
  • "We are honored that our technology will help bring this revered competition to more fans of the Metropolitan Opera," said Glenn Booth, CEO of Kiswe.

Cybersyn Raises $62.9M in Series A Funding Led by Snowflake

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

NEW YORK, April 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cybersyn , the data-as-a-service company, announced today it has raised $62.9 million in Series A funding and emerged from stealth to launch its data-as-a-service (DaaS) offering.

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  • NEW YORK, April 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cybersyn , the data-as-a-service company, announced today it has raised $62.9 million in Series A funding and emerged from stealth to launch its data-as-a-service (DaaS) offering.
  • “Cybersyn is an investment in people,” said Alex Izydorczyk , CEO & founder of Cybersyn.
  • We’re focused on bridging that gap.”
    Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, led the Series A round , with participation from Coatue and Sequoia Capital.
  • This funding round will enable Cybersyn to grow the team and acquire more proprietary data to create derived products that are useful for market intelligence, investment, and policy decisions.