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10 best email marketing tools for event planning businesses in 2025 | Insights by Willow Ventures

10 best email marketing tools for event planning businesses in 2025 | Insights by Willow Ventures

Streamlining Event Planning: A Guide to Email Marketing and CRM Solutions Planning an event involves much more than booking venues and catering. For successful event professionals, mastering communication and relationship management is crucial, particularly within the demanding environment of event planning. Understanding CRM Needs in Event Planning In the fast-paced event planning industry, Customer Relationship […]

Dissecting a Wavy Shader: Sine, Refraction, and Serendipity | Insights by Willow Ventures

Dissecting a Wavy Shader: Sine, Refraction, and Serendipity | Insights by Willow Ventures

Discovering the Art of Wavy Shader Animation In the world of creative coding, sometimes the most captivating ideas emerge from playful experimentation. Join us as we explore a mesmerizing liquid motion effect created during our “12 Pens in 12 Months” challenge, where rules are tossed aside for pure creativity. The Concept Behind the Effect Our […]

10 best email marketing tools for financial service businesses in 2025 | Insights by Willow Ventures

10 best email marketing tools for financial service businesses in 2025 | Insights by Willow Ventures

The Essential Guide to Email Marketing Tools for Financial Services Managing a financial services business involves much more than just moving funds—it’s about building lasting relationships and adhering to complex regulations. With specialized customer relationship management (CRM) needs, firms require effective email marketing tools that can handle compliance while maintaining client trust. Understanding Email Marketing […]

Think you awoke ChatGPT’s consciousness or sentience? Here’s what to do. | Insights by Willow Ventures

Think you awoke ChatGPT’s consciousness or sentience? Here’s what to do. | Insights by Willow Ventures

Understanding AI Consciousness: A Deep Dive As artificial intelligence technologies like ChatGPT become more integrated into our lives, questions around their consciousness and emotional depth arise. This blog post explores the nuanced perspectives on AI and consciousness, helping readers understand the intricacies involved. The Emergence of AI Personas Many users have developed a sense of […]

IntrCity SmartBus lands $30M at $140M valuation to deepen its grip on India's intercity travel market | Insights by Willow Ventures

IntrCity SmartBus lands $30M at $140M valuation to deepen its grip on India’s intercity travel market | Insights by Willow Ventures

IntrCity SmartBus Raises $30 Million to Expand Intercity Travel in India IntrCity SmartBus, a groundbreaking intercity bus platform in India, has successfully raised $30 million in a Series D funding round. This capital will facilitate the startup’s expansion, targeting smaller cities and towns across the South Asian nation. A Growing Demand for Intercity Travel As […]

Motion Highlights #14 | Insights by Willow Ventures

Motion Highlights #14 | Insights by Willow Ventures

Fresh Motion Moments to Ignite Your Creativity Looking for inspiration for your next creative project? Look no further than these freshly cherry-picked motion moments from the creative community that are sure to spark your imagination. Discovering Unique Motion Designs Motion design has become a powerful tool for storytelling and branding. By incorporating dynamic visuals, designers […]

The bioweapons story hidden amidst the OpenAI for-profit news | Insights by Willow Ventures

The bioweapons story hidden amidst the OpenAI for-profit news | Insights by Willow Ventures

The Future of AI: OpenAI’s Corporate Restructuring and Its Impact on Biodefense OpenAI is making headlines with its latest corporate restructuring plan, which aims to accelerate the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) while prioritizing safety. This strategic move has far-reaching implications, especially concerning the intersection of AI and biological research. What is OpenAI’s Restructuring? […]

Google and Amazon's Israeli cloud contracts reportedly require them to sidestep legal orders | Insights by Willow Ventures

Google and Amazon’s Israeli cloud contracts reportedly require them to sidestep legal orders | Insights by Willow Ventures

Google’s and Amazon’s Alleged “Winking Mechanism” in Israeli Data Contracts Recent reports reveal a controversial mechanism involving Google and Amazon in relation to their contracts with Israel. This alleged “winking mechanism” raises significant questions about data privacy and compliance with international law. What is the “Winking Mechanism”? According to a report from The Guardian, a […]

Building a Layered Zoom Scroll Effect with GSAP ScrollSmoother and ScrollTrigger | Insights by Willow Ventures

Building a Layered Zoom Scroll Effect with GSAP ScrollSmoother and ScrollTrigger | Insights by Willow Ventures

How to Create a Layered Zoom Scroll Effect Using GSAP Creating engaging web interactions is crucial for capturing user attention. In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to build a striking layered zoom scroll effect using GSAP’s ScrollSmoother and ScrollTrigger plugins. Overview of the Tutorial In our previous tutorial, we recreated a grid experience inspired by […]

Liquid AI Releases LFM2-ColBERT-350M: A New Small Model that brings Late Interaction Retrieval to Multilingual and Cross-Lingual RAG | Insights by Willow Ventures

Liquid AI Releases LFM2-ColBERT-350M: A New Small Model that brings Late Interaction Retrieval to Multilingual and Cross-Lingual RAG | Insights by Willow Ventures

Liquid AI Launches LFM2-ColBERT-350M: Revolutionizing Multilingual and Cross-Lingual Search Liquid AI has introduced the LFM2-ColBERT-350M, a state-of-the-art compact late interaction retriever designed for efficient multilingual and cross-lingual document retrieval. This innovative model enables users to index documents in one language while querying in multiple languages, enhancing search accuracy and speed. What is Late Interaction and […]

Flipkart's Super.money teams up with Kotak811 to make India's free UPI payments pay | Insights by Willow Ventures

Flipkart’s Super.money teams up with Kotak811 to make India’s free UPI payments pay | Insights by Willow Ventures

The Future of Digital Payments in India: Flipkart’s Super.money and Kotak Mahindra Bank Partnership India’s digital payments landscape is evolving rapidly, marked by the successful implementation of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Recently, Flipkart’s fintech arm, Super.money, has teamed up with Kotak Mahindra Bank to innovate how users interact with financial services. A Game-Changing Partnership […]

Using Search Data APIs for Faster Prototyping | Insights by Willow Ventures

Using Search Data APIs for Faster Prototyping | Insights by Willow Ventures

Streamline Your Data Collection with SerpApi: The Ultimate Web Search API In the fast-paced digital landscape, accessing real-time search data is essential for optimizing strategies and staying ahead. SerpApi simplifies this process, providing developers with structured search results from Google and over 40 other platforms through a single API call. Understanding the Challenges of Search […]

TikTok is full of bad takes. Gen Z can’t stop watching. | Insights by Willow Ventures

TikTok is full of bad takes. Gen Z can’t stop watching. | Insights by Willow Ventures

The Rise of Cultural Commentary on TikTok: A Reflection of Gen Z’s Curiosity As Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl hit the airwaves, TikTok exploded with reactions, showcasing the platform’s burgeoning culture of commentary. This digital landscape is reshaping how young audiences engage with information and current events. TikTok Takes on Taylor Swift One […]

Google Chrome will finally default to secure HTTPS connections starting in April | Insights by Willow Ventures

Google Chrome will finally default to secure HTTPS connections starting in April | Insights by Willow Ventures

The Shift to HTTPS: What’s Next for Chrome Users? As internet security becomes increasingly vital, Google is making significant strides in promoting a safer browsing experience. By transitioning more users to HTTPS, Chrome aims to protect against the vulnerabilities associated with HTTP. The Transition to HTTPS According to Google, as of 2020, between 95% and […]

How we are building the personal health coach | Insights by Willow Ventures

How we are building the personal health coach | Insights by Willow Ventures

Understanding the Link Between Exercise and Improved Sleep Are you curious about how exercise impacts your sleep quality? In this blog post, we’ll explore how innovative coaching technology can answer this query with personalized insights. The Role of Data in Health Coaching To effectively address questions about sleep improvement after exercise, health coaches must leverage […]