Rob Pegoraro : The story behind Infinite Reality, the Florida firm that spent $207 million to buy the Napster brand and then rename itself Napster, is also weird. To learn more about that, see this investigation by @pheebini.bsky.social and @iainmartin.bsky.social (Napster had no new comment on it for me).

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Rob Pegoraro robpegoraro.com · Jul 1, 2025
In a singularly weird cycle of brand reincarnation, Napster has resurfaced as a gallery of animatronic-looking AI agents that offer video advice about everything from cooking and gardening to tax strategy and oncology. (Please don't base your tax planning or cancer treatment on their counsel.)
Napster Resurfaces As (What Else?) an AI Company. Can Its Agents Deliver?

The new company offers AI-generated Napster Companions that you can chat with via a Napster View add-on screen for $19 a month after 15 free minutes. I took it for a spin.

pcmag.com

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Rob Pegoraro robpegoraro.com
The story behind Infinite Reality, the Florida firm that spent $207 million to buy the Napster brand and then rename itself Napster, is also weird. To learn more about that, see this investigation by @pheebini.bsky.social and @iainmartin.bsky.social (Napster had no new comment on it for me).
The Mysterious Story Of $15 Billion Metaverse Startup Infinite Reality

This tech outfit says it raised more than $3 billion from one unnamed investor in one of the biggest funding rounds of the year. Not all is as it seems.

forbes.com
Jul 1, 2025 15:46
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Phoebe Liu pheebini.bsky.social · Jul 2, 2025
Thanks for sharing!

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