It solves the problem of waste-related pollution. Bioelements customers give the possibility of wrapping and delivering their products in biodegradable packaging. Unlike traditional plastic, which takes around 400 years to degrade, it takes between six and twenty months to do so. The added value of this packaging is that it degrades naturally under any circumstances (in contact with air, soil, water, and at any temperature) without human intervention. No need for recycling or composting.
Et tu, HubSpot? One of martech shining stars, Boston-based CRM-and-everything-else platform HubSpot, has followed the latest industry trend by cutting staff. The company announced it yesterday that it is firing 7% of its workforce. That would be about 500 ex-HubSpotters pursuing new opportunities.
There’s no shortage of lawsuits by publishers against genAI platforms for copyright infringement; now major studios are getting with the program. Walt Disney and Comcast’s Universal are accusing Midjourney of using some of their best known characters (think Darth Vader and the Minions) in its AI image generator — a “bottomless pit of plagiarism,” they say. No response yet from Midjourney.