Good morning. CapCut just rolled out “Seedance 2.0,” a new viral AI video model with up to 15-second multi-shot storytelling, built-in lipsync, and spatial sound.
Meta also “acqui-hired” the entire founding team behind Dreamer, an AI app builder that launched just a month ago (they're now joining Meta's Superintelligence Labs).
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CapCut rolls out Seedance 2.0, with 15s multi-shot AI videos, built-in lipsync, and immersive spatial sound.
Lovable is actively looking to acquire startups and bring founder-types in-house.
Meta acqui-hires the entire founding team of AI agent startup Dreamer, just one month after its beta launch.
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🎬 CapCut launches "Seedance 2.0"
“Seedance 2.0” is now live on CapCut (app, desktop, and web), rolling out gradually across Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brazil, and Mexico (with more regions coming).
It's one of the most capable AI video engines to land in a consumer app.
Worth knowing: CapCut is owned by ByteDance, the same company behind TikTok.
Seedance 2.0 is a ByteDance-built AI model (not a third-party engine) meaning the same company that owns the platform you're likely posting to also built the AI generating your videos.
Here's what's possible:
Up to 15-second multi-shot videos with strong text prompt adherence and long-form story coherence.
Built-in dialogue, lipsync, and spatial sound: no separate tools needed to make your video feel alive.
Multimodal reference: use images, video clips, or other media as reference inputs for more precise visual direction.
Available in three places inside CapCut: Rolling out in AI Lab & AI Generator (app v17.1.0) for a quick try.
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🤝 Meta “acqui-hires” the team behind "Dreamer"
Dreamer, an AI app builder that launched in beta just a month ago, is effectively shutting down after Meta hired its entire founding team.
The deal is structured as an acqui-hire: Meta gets the talent, not the underlying technology, though it does receive a non-exclusive license to use Dreamer's platform. Dreamer remains a standalone entity.
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Its founding team is a serious one:
Co-founder Hugo Barra previously led Meta's VR division and held senior roles at Google and Xiaomi.
Co-founder David Singleton was CTO at Stripe and VP of Engineering on Google's Android team
And… Chief Design Officer Nicholas Jitkoff was a lead designer on Google Chrome OS.
All three are now joining Meta's Superintelligence Labs under Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang — the same group that recently absorbed the Manus and Moltbook teams via acquisitions.
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👀 Lovable is “on the hunt” for acquisitions
Lovable CEO Anton Osika announced on X that the company is actively looking for great teams and startups to bring in-house — and the framing is worth paying attention to.
The company recently hit $400M annual recurring revenue (ARR) with only 146 employees, adding $100M in a single month (!!!).
Théo Danlot recently joined Lovable specifically to lead partnerships and acqui-hires, and he's the one to reach out to if you're building something interesting. He's an ex-founder himself and describes it as a great environment for people who love speed, ownership, and are genuinely mission-driven.
If you've built something in the creator tools, AI, or app-building space and want to keep building with more resources behind you, this seems like a legitimate door worth knocking on.
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Google is shutting down Doppl, its virtual try-on app, but the underlying technology is moving into Google Search and product listing results.
WordPress.com now lets AI agents write and publish posts, opening up agentic automation for content creators managing WordPress sites.
OpenAI added a file library to ChatGPT, allowing you to browse and reuse files you've uploaded via a new Library tab in the web sidebar. Rolling out to Plus, Pro, and Business users now (EEA, Switzerland, and UK coming soon).
xAI locked Grok's image generation and short video creation behind a SuperGrok subscription, ending free access. An xAI employee confirmed it's paid-only "in the near term" with no timeline for reversal.
Framer launched Static Files, letting you serve any file from your Framer domain at a custom path — useful for verification files, manifests, PDFs, and other assets. Available on Pro and Scale plans.
Luma AI released Uni-1, a new model that thinks and generates pixels simultaneously, designed to feel less artificial and more contextually intelligent than previous generation models.
HeyGen launched Brand Systems, allowing you to paste your company URL, and it automatically extracts your logo, fonts, and colors and applies them across every template, AI Studio session, and Video Agent output.
Descript added a media preview to Underlord, allowing you to hit play and hear any suggested audio before committing to it in your project.
Base44 is now inside ChatGPT's app store, allowing you to turn a ChatGPT conversation about features, flows, or business logic directly into a working app.
v0 added private blob stores — the agent now automatically sets up authenticated routes so any files you upload stay private.
v0 also launched Auto mode, which automatically picks the right model tier (Mini, Pro, or Max) based on what your prompt actually needs.
Notion announced Japan and Korea data residency for Enterprise — workspaces will soon be able to choose Tokyo or Seoul for in-region data storage without losing any collaborative features.
Filmora 15.3 shipped Nano Banana 2 (improved AI visuals, smoother results) and new Star & Polygon Shapes for masks, graphics, and stylish transitions.
