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Snap Inc. is a US based technology and camera company that is behind the iconic Snapchat mobile app. Founded by Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy in 2012, the company has made waves by revolutionizing the way people communicate with each other. Snap Inc. recently reported a 7% decrease in revenue and had its stock plunge over 20% in after-hour trading for its first quarter of 2021. The lackluster earnings were due to changes by Apple, as well as increased competition from the likes of TikTok and YouTube. In order for the company to bounce back, Snap Inc. has made strategic decisions, such as offering subscriptions and offering their AI-powered product, My AI. At the same time, larger tech companies like Facebook's parent Meta are reporting revenue increases.

Replit, a San Francisco-based IDE provider, just secured $100 million in funding to further develop their AI-driven code-generating tool Ghostwriter, helping the company reach a post-money valuation of up to $1.16 billion. This new round was backed by renowned investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Coatue, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Bloomberg Beta, Naval Ravikant, ARK Ventures, and Hamilton Helmer. With the new funds, Replit is looking to focus on expanding its core product experience, cloud services, and AI innovation. Founded in 2016, Replit is an online collaborative IDE supporting programming languages like Java, Python, Go, and C++. Their signature feature of Ghostwriter is a suite of AI models suggesting and explaining code powered by open source. Since launch, Replit has grown to 20 million users and is now looking to move forward with more professional development offerings.

Meta is the world's leading tech giant, investing in AI tech to keep up with likes of ChatGPT and stay on top. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is exploring “chat experiences” to enhance ads and posts in Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. He is also investing $33 billion on AI tech - and recently reported a 24% increase in app users for its Reel feature. The company is also developing LLaMa, a conversational language model with 65 billion parameters.

. OpenAI, founded by Elon Musk, is making revolutionary developments in artificial intelligence & knowledge graph platforms, offering improved user experience, more customization options, better data control & subscription services. Google CEO Sundar Pichai & Mark Zuckerberg are both excited about the potential of AI. Take advantage of efficiently using AI technology with OpenAI.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has announced plans to incorporate AI tools into company services like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and virtual reality tools. AI could enable chatbots, enhanced video content, and content for posts and ads. Still, there is potential for backlash to such AI usage. Meta's AI investments are yet to be revealed, though they are expected later this year. ChatGPT provides potential alternatives to explore.