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Welcome back to another edition of The Roundup, folks. We've got stablecoin beer tokens, cheat-proof technical interview software, a breakdown on the GenAI landscape, and lots more. Let's get into it. — Aaron and Sanjana

Jaguar just pulled a major rebrand, and let’s just say it’s… ambitious. They ditched their iconic “growler” logo, rolled out a new font, and launched a campaign featuring checks notes no cars. Instead, they’re all about mysterious slogans like “Copy Nothing” and vibes of “exuberant modernism.” Whatever that means. Elon Musk summed up the general confusion with a snarky, “Do you sell cars?”

And because the internet never misses, Nothing—the smartphone brand known for its bold design—jumped in on the fun. They updated their profile pic to match Jaguar’s new font and changed their bio to “Copy Jaguar.” It was a quick, sharp jab that added some levity to the online discourse around Jaguar’s big pivot.

Our take: Revamping a legacy brand is always a gamble. Jaguar’s approach might feel like it’s trying too hard, but let’s not forget: people are talking about Jaguar again. For a brand that’s often been overshadowed by Tesla and others in the EV race, that’s a win—no matter how mixed the reviews.

Jamcorder bills itself as the world’s first automatic piano recorder. It clips onto your keyboard and records up to 25,000 hours of play — all of which it immediately syncs to an app.

Blanka claims it can help you start a beauty or cosmetics line in under 5 minutes. You can either connect your store to the site or select from a range of pre-formulated cosmetics and add your logo to them.

BeerMe is a community payment platform that lets you send and collect “tokens” (USDC) like martinis ($20), beer ($8), coffee ($5), and so on, to friends. The idea is that it’s a more personal way to send monetary gifts to people than just via simple bank transfer or Venmo.

By Romain Simon, CEO and Founder of Melies

Understanding the AI Art Generation Landscape

The AI generative art landscape has evolved dramatically in recent years, and even months, with new tools and AI models emerging almost weekly. In this guide, I'll try to explore as deeply as possible the many aspects that could fall under AI Generative Art to give you a comprehensive overview.

Why trust me?

As the founder of Melies, a software that helps filmmakers create stunning movies using AI, I have a unique perspective on AI generative art tools as creating an AI film requires many different components (from character design to writing scenario, generating images, videos, sound effects or music using AI) which has led me to keep an eye open on the entire landscape and try many different tools, many of which are now integrated within Melies…

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