#AI-Based Learning Management Market

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AI in Education Market Opportunities: Growth, Share, Value, Size, and Scope

"AI in Education Market Size And Forecast by 2032

The EdTech AI Market is showing significant growth across various sectors, where demand is surging due to innovation and industry expansion. Market research data reveals that businesses in the Smart Learning Technology Market are adjusting to new regulations, sustainability initiatives, and changing consumer trends. Companies operating in the AI-Powered Tutoring Market are utilizing big data and analytics to track emerging trends, optimize supply chain operations, and improve service offerings. As competition intensifies, firms in the Intelligent Classroom Systems Market are investing heavily in strategic market research to uncover new opportunities, address industry challenges, and shape future business models within the AI-Based Learning Management Market.

According to Data Bridge Market Research The global AI in education market size was valued at USD 5.32 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 53.34 billion by 2032, with a CAGR of 33.51% during the forecast period of 2025 to 2032.

The buzz around the Adaptive Learning Systems Market is undeniable. It's a space that's rapidly evolving, demanding a clear understanding of its current state. From our extensive research, we've seen how shifts in consumer preferences and technological integration are reshaping the AI in Education Market. Businesses are keen to grasp the real-time dynamics of the Virtual Teaching Assistants Market, moving beyond assumptions to data-driven insights. Our focus is on providing that clarity, illuminating the current landscape of the AI in Online Learning Market. The challenges and opportunities within the AI in Education Market are becoming increasingly apparent. We're dedicated to helping organizations navigate the complexities of the AI in Education Market. The present understanding of the Automated Educational Tools Market is vital. We are focused on providing information on the AI-Enhanced Student Support Market. The current state of the AI in Education Market is very important.

Our comprehensive AI in Education Market report is ready with the latest trends, growth opportunities, and strategic analysis. https://www.databridgemarketresearch.com/reports/global-ai-in-education-market

**Segments**

- **Component**: The AI in education market is segmented based on component into solutions and services. Solutions segment is expected to dominate the market due to the increasing demand for AI-powered educational tools and platforms to enhance learning outcomes.

- **Deployment**: Based on deployment, the market is divided into cloud and on-premises. Cloud deployment is witnessing significant growth as it offers scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness.

- **Application**: The AI in education market is categorized by application into virtual facilitators and learning environments, intelligent tutoring systems, content delivery systems, and others. Intelligent tutoring systems are anticipated to have substantial growth as they provide personalized learning experiences.

**Market Players**

- **IBM**: IBM offers AI-powered educational solutions that cater to various educational institutions' needs, including personalized learning, student assessment, and analytics.

- **Microsoft**: Microsoft provides AI tools and platforms for educators to create interactive and engaging learning experiences for students.

- **Google**: Google's AI solutions in education focus on enhancing classroom experiences through tools like Google Classroom and G Suite for Education.

- **Pearson**: Pearson utilizes AI to develop adaptive learning technologies that tailor educational content to individual students' needs.

- **Amazon Web Services**: Amazon Web Services offers cloud-based AI services for educational institutions to build innovative learning applications and services.

The global AI in education market is witnessing significant growth due to the increasing adoption of AI technologies in the education sector. The market is driven by factors such as the growing demand for personalized learning experiences, the need for interactive and engaging educational tools, and the rising focus on improving learning outcomes. The component segment, particularly solutions, is expected to dominate the market as educational institutions increasingly invest in AI-powered tools and platforms to enhance teaching and learning processes. Cloud deployment is gaining traction in the market due to its scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness benefits. In terms of applications, intelligent tutoring systems are projected to experience substantial growth as they offer personalized learning experiences to students.

The global AI in education market is experiencing a significant transformation as educational institutions increasingly adopt AI technologies to revolutionize learning processes. The market players mentioned, such as IBM, Microsoft, Google, Pearson, and Amazon Web Services, are at the forefront of this innovation by offering AI-powered solutions tailored to the specific needs of the education sector. These companies are focusing on developing sophisticated tools and platforms that cater to personalized learning, student assessment, and content delivery, among other aspects. By leveraging AI, these market players are enabling educators to create interactive and engaging learning experiences that drive improved learning outcomes.

One of the key drivers propelling the growth of the AI in education market is the rising demand for personalized learning experiences. AI technologies enable the customization of educational content and teaching methods based on individual student needs and learning styles. This approach not only enhances student engagement but also improves the overall quality of education by addressing the unique requirements of each learner. As educational institutions increasingly prioritize the delivery of personalized learning, the demand for AI-powered solutions is expected to continue growing.

Furthermore, the focus on interactive and engaging educational tools is driving the adoption of AI in the education sector. AI enables the development of immersive learning experiences that incorporate elements such as virtual facilitators, intelligent tutoring systems, and adaptive content delivery systems. These tools empower educators to create dynamic and interactive learning environments that capture students' interest and facilitate better knowledge retention. As the demand for these innovative educational tools grows, market players are investing in AI technologies to meet the evolving needs of educators and learners alike.

Another significant trend influencing the AI in education market is the increasing emphasis on improving learning outcomes. Intelligent tutoring systems, in particular, are gaining traction as they offer personalized learning experiences that cater to students' individual strengths and weaknesses. By leveraging AI algorithms, these systems can identify areas where students may be struggling and provide targeted interventions to support their learning progress. As educational institutions seek to enhance student performance and academic achievement, the adoption of intelligent tutoring systems is expected to rise, driving further growthThe global AI in education market is experiencing a significant transformation as educational institutions increasingly adopt AI technologies to revolutionize learning processes. The market players mentioned, such as IBM, Microsoft, Google, Pearson, and Amazon Web Services, are at the forefront of this innovation by offering AI-powered solutions tailored to the specific needs of the education sector. These companies are focusing on developing sophisticated tools and platforms that cater to personalized learning, student assessment, and content delivery, among other aspects. By leveraging AI, these market players are enabling educators to create interactive and engaging learning experiences that drive improved learning outcomes.

One of the key drivers propelling the growth of the AI in education market is the rising demand for personalized learning experiences. AI technologies enable the customization of educational content and teaching methods based on individual student needs and learning styles. This approach not only enhances student engagement but also improves the overall quality of education by addressing the unique requirements of each learner. As educational institutions increasingly prioritize the delivery of personalized learning, the demand for AI-powered solutions is expected to continue growing.

Furthermore, the focus on interactive and engaging educational tools is driving the adoption of AI in the education sector. AI enables the development of immersive learning experiences that incorporate elements such as virtual facilitators, intelligent tutoring systems, and adaptive content delivery systems. These tools empower educators to create dynamic and interactive learning environments that capture students' interest and facilitate better knowledge retention. As the demand for these innovative educational tools grows, market players are investing in AI technologies to meet the evolving needs of

The market is highly fragmented, with a mix of global and regional players competing for market share. To Learn More About the Global Trends Impacting the Future of Top 10 Companies in AI in Education Market :   https://www.databridgemarketresearch.com/reports/global-ai-in-education-market/companies

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Crypto Trading Strategies for Beginners: A Deadpool-Style Guide to Making Your Wallet Go Cha-Ching!

Crypto Trading Strategies for Beginners: A Deadpool-Style Guide to Making Your Wallet Go Cha-Ching! Hey there, future crypto mogul! So, you’ve decided to dip your toes into the wild world of cryptocurrency trading, huh? Well, buckle up, buttercup! We’re about to embark on a thrilling ride filled with charts, coins, and maybe a few bad puns along the way. Let’s dive into some killer crypto…

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Hello !! I was wondering, is AI gonna have a role in your field?

I don't think there's a single knowledge-based profession out there that isn't under threat of being automated by some pig ignorant dipshit beancounting middle manager with a hardon for AI and entomology is certainly no exception. even before the big AI explosion of the last couple years people have been trying for a long time to automate pest arthropod identification, but at least so far they haven't been successful. Especially when it comes to things like bark beetles, which I specialize on, the differences between a harmless native species and an intensely destructive exotic one can be unbelievably subtle, not to mention the fact that new/cryptic species are always being discovered and that's not something an AI would ever be able to detect or understand.

That doesn't mean that our jobs aren't still under constant threat even by an algorithm that would do a piss-poor job of imitating us; the executive perverts that get all hot and bothered by the idea of replacing humans with fancified autocomplete functions have a vested interest in not understanding the nuances of the professions they're killing and as long as it's good enough or even just appears to be good enough, they'll push for it.

Also let's not forget one thing about "AI" which is that half the time it's actually just a marketing term used to cover up the usual outsourcing/offshoring to cheaper workforces that has been ongoing for the last 30 years. My lab was recently and repeatedly pestered by someone selling "AI moth traps" that purported to be able to identify any pest species of moth that flew into it. When we pressed him on it it turns out that part of the service it offered was that the moths would be photographed by a little digital camera in the device and the pics sent to a team of entomologists in Hungary to confirm. Aside from the fact that a lot of small moths need to be carefully examined under a microscope and often even have their genitalia dissected by an expert to be confirmed as a particular species, this is no different then any of the other supposed AI products that have been revealed over the last couple years as just being a shiny veneer over the same old digital sweatshops on the other side of the world.

More importantly though, even if the AI moth traps did work as advertised either through the ~*magic of machine learning*~ or desperate poorly paid eastern european entomologists either way it's yet another thin edge of the wedge designed to put me and my colleagues out of a job by convincing our bosses or our bosses' bosses that there's a cheaper and more efficient alternative and I view them and literally anything else marketed as AI as part of the same anti-human push to deskill and demoralize as much of the workforce as possible. I've never once used chatGPT or any other LLM, I've never used an AI image generator, and I will never, ever fucking use any purported AI entomology tool because aside from being shined up dogshit it is an existential threat to the discipline I've dedicated almost 20 years of my life to.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Reality-Based Communities

I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel PICKS AND SHOVELS. Catch me in CHICAGO with PETER SAGAL next WEDNESDAY (Apr 2), and in BLOOMINGTON next FRIDAY (Apr 4). More tour dates here.

Remember the Global War on Terror? I know, it's been a minute. But there was a time when we were all meant to take terrorism – real terrorism, the knocking-down-buildings kind, not the being-mean-to-Teslas kind – seriously.

Back in the early oughts, I remember picking up a copy of the Financial Times in an airport lounge and flipping through it, and coming across an "advice to corporate management" column in which the question was, "Should I take out terrorism insurance for my business?" The columnist's answer: "The actual risk to your business of a terrorism-related disruption rounds to zero. However: a) your shareholders don't understand this, an b) your insurance company does. That means that you can buy a very large amount of terrorism insurance for a very small amount of money, making this a cheap price to pay to mollify your easily frightened investors."

I never forgot that little piece of writing. It was a powerful reminder that successful large-scale enterprises must attend to the world as it is, not as ideology dictates that it should be. This was – and is – a deeply heterodox position among the ideological defenders of capitalism, who continue to uphold Milton Friedman's maxim that:

Truly important and significant hypotheses will be found to have "assumptions" that are wildly inaccurate descriptive representations of reality, and, in general, the more significant the theory, the more unrealistic the assumptions (in this sense)

https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/17/caliper-ai/#racism-machine

These ideologues – who often cross over from boardrooms into governments – are with the GW Bush official who dismissed a journalist as a member of the "reality-based community":

When we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality-based_community

But ultimately, someone has to make investments and plans that take accord of the world as it is, the adversaries they face, the real and material emergencies unfolding around them. When the Pentagon announces that henceforth the climate emergency will take a prime place in its threat assessments and budgets, that's not "the military going woke" – it's the military joining the reality-based community:

https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/10/26/the-pentagon-has-to-include-climate-risk-in-all-of-its-plans-and-budgets/

This explains the radical shear between the Wall Street Journal's editorial page – in which you'll learn that governments can't solve any problems and markets solve all problems (including the problem of governments) – and the news reporting within, in which the critical role of the state in regulating and fueling markets is acknowledged.

The tension between the right's ideologues in boardrooms and governments and the operational people in charge of keeping the machines running has only escalated since the War on Terror days. There's an important sense in which leftists – as materialists – are playing the same game as these operational managers of capitalism. Take Thomas Piketty, the socialist economist whose blockbuster 2013 book Capital in the 21st Century argued that rising inequality threatened capitalism itself:

https://memex.craphound.com/2014/06/24/thomas-pikettys-capital-in-the-21st-century/

By analyzing three centuries' worth of capital flows, Piketty showed that when inequality reached a certain tipping point, the result was societal upheaval that continued until so much capital had been destroyed that inequality was reduced (because everyone had been pauperized). Piketty appealed to capitalism's technocrats to institute redistributive programs. His point was that building hospitals and schools was ultimately cheaper than paying for the guard-labor you'd need to keep people from building guillotines outside the gates of your walled estate.

The rise and rise of surveillance tech, and its successors, such as lethal drones and offshore gulags, can be seen as a tacit acknowledgment of Piketty's thesis. By lowering the cost of guard labor, it might possible to stabilize a society with higher levels of inequality, by identifying and neutralizing the people who are radicalized by the system's unfairness before you get an outbreak of guillotines:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/13/better-to-have-loved/#less-lethals

But reality is stubborn. Capitalism's defenders can insist that society will continue to function while wages stagnate and greedflation stokes the cost of living crisis, but ultimately, the military can't afford to have a fighting force that's in hock to payday lender usurers who are tormenting their families with arm-breaker collection calls:

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/03/payday-loan-apps-cost-new-yorkers-500-million-plus-new-study-estimates.html

As Stein's Law – a bedrock of finance – has it, "anything that can't go on forever eventually stops." The ideologues of capitalism can insist that Luigi Mangione is a monster and an aberration, an armed freeloader who wants something for nothing. But privately, their own security forces are telling them otherwise.

Writing for The American Prospect, Daniel Boguslaw reports on a leaked intelligence dossier from the Connecticut regional intelligence center – a "fusion center" created as part of the War on Terror – wherein we learn that the American people sees Mangione as a modern Robin Hood:

https://prospect.org/justice/2025-03-27-intelligence-dossier-compares-luigi-mangione-robin-hood/

Many view Thompson as a symbolic representation of both as reports of insurance companies denying life sustaining medication coverage circulate online. It is not an unfair comparison to equate the current reaction toward Mangione to the reactions to Robin Hood, citizens may see Mangione’s alleged actions as an attack against a system designed to work against them.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hM3IZbnzk_cMk7evX2Urnwh5zxhRHpD5/view

The Connecticut fusion center isn't the only part of capitalism's operational wing that's taking notice of this. Today, Ken Klippenstein reports on an FBI threat assessment about the "heightened threat to CEOs":

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-becomes-rent-a-cops-for-ceos

The report comes from the FBI's counter-terrorism wing, which (Klippenstein notes) is in the business of rooting out "pre-crime" – identifying people who haven't committed a crime and neutralizing them. As Klippenstein writes, Trump AG Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel have both vowed to treat anti-Tesla protests as acts of terror. That's the view from the top, but back on the front lines of the Connecticut fusion center, things are more reality-based:

[The public] may view the ensuing manhunt and subsequent arrest of Mangione as NYPD, and largely policing as a whole, as a tool that is willing to expend massive resources to protect the wealthy, while the average citizen is left to their own means for personal security.

Any good investor knows that anything that can't go on forever eventually stops. The only question is: will that halt is a controlled braking action, or a collision with reality's brick wall?

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/27/use-your-mentality/#face-up-to-reality

Image: Lee Haywood (modified) https://www.flickr.com/photos/leehaywood/4659575229/

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Androids and Electric Sheep

Ren is experiencing an unusual bug. Features F resus, M rescuer, CPR, stething, mouth to mouth, internal defibs, sex leading to cardiac arrest, sex acts both with consent and a person who cannot consent. I got too invested in the preamble so I highlighted the moment resus actually starts if you want to skip it.

No matter how advanced technology gets, it’ll only ever be used to fulfill man’s most base desires. Case in point- RN-34678. Or Ren, when the barcodes make my eyes glaze over and I get sick of calling them the number slurry X Tech names absolutely everything. Ren is as sophisticated as they come. Actual artificial intelligence. She makes the predictive text and ‘can’t even draw fingers’ image generating 21st century jokes people passed off as AI look like even more of a waste of time than they had been in those days. They might as well have been Speak n Spells. The collective power of every single basement dwelling crypto whizz kid with miles of wires and burnt up processors and bricked up video cards dedicated to their etherium farms pale in comparison to the computing power it takes to run Ren’s brain for an hour. She understands nearly 6,000 languages. She learns and retains information, consuming nearly 160 TB of memory every 8 hours. The bio-organic lace that makes up the net of her brain is a miracle, with the possibility of infinite memory. She is perfect in every sense of the word.

She is a glorified fuck toy.

The second the first android became commercially available, one of the first markets they hit was sex work. If nothing about late stage capitalism drove you crazy, that would have. Fuck curing cancer, or making androids for the dangerous, back breaking work people wreck their bodies to do, X Tech decided people needed a sex doll with a 100k price tag. The world’s most expensive cum sock. And yeah, alright, maybe I’m just bitter, partially because there’s no way in hell I could ever afford one, even as an android technician. But what a waste. She sits on my examination table, dutifully unzipping her black leather catsuit. Her managers always manage to stick her in something stupid looking, so overblown and sexualized they stop even being sexy at a certain point.

She looks up at me with lilac eyes. Last time they’d been blue. I like this shade better, I think, though I could do without the electric blue bob they have her wearing today. ”Your crash reports say you’ve been throwing error codes whenever a stream donation comes in over 2k,” I say. Which, for a bot like Ren, is quite a lot of her donations. “It’s probably just a bug in payment processing.” I look again over her diagnostics, floating on the screen at my desk. “Any complaints I wouldn’t find in the debug menu?”

”My heart has been feeling strange,” she says. I pause and look at her over the top of my glasses. “Well, firstly, it’s not your heart. An aether pump does not a heart make. Secondly, it shouldn’t feel like anything. You’re supposed to ignore the inner workings, it’s all background programs, runs without you thinking about it.” She shrugs. Her shoulders are pale as she rolls down the catsuit and pulls her arms from the sleeves, bunching up the tight leather around her midriff. Her breasts are small and round, standing upright as pretty as a Botticelli painting. I’d noticed the small bumps on either side of her nipples (Christ, did the things ever go soft? Or were they just always cutting glass?) but didn’t register until I saw them now that her managers had pierced them sometime since our last checkup. Little silver bars were stuck through the pink nubs, with winking silver balls on either end. Alright, cool, chill.

I clear my throat and pull up my rolling stool. “Well, let’s just take a look then.” I shift once I’m seated to alleviate the pressure of my stiffening cock. Listen, I’m not a technophile, honest to God. I go out of my way to filter out androids when I’m scrolling through porn sites because, despite the leaps and bounds we’ve made in technology, the uncanny valley is still a thing. It feels weird getting off to bots. But then there’s Ren. And fuck me if she isn’t the most attractive thing I’ve ever seen. I put a hand on the back of her neck, my thumb resting at the diagnostic mode button hidden just under the edge of her jaw. I feel the soft bump that sinks in when I press. Her lilac eyes flash black with snatches of white text, then roll back to lilac. Damn, she smells like a new car.

I glance back at the monitor, and as I suspected, nothing comes up about the aether pump. It seems in perfect working order. Still, I dig around my box of scrap wires and spare tubing until I find my mostly neglected stethoscope. I don’t often have to use it, but I feel a trill of excitement go up from my stomach to think I get to use it on Ren. I plug up my ears and put a hand on her shoulder, taking the bell of the steth in my other hand. Her breasts rise and fall with the rhythm of her breathing, set to mimic human intervals. The real purpose is to cool down her insides and keep her from overheating, but just like the aether pump and its auditory cues, its designed to mimic humans as closely as possible. After a guy fucks something like Ren, he gets the added benefit of being able to lay next to her and listen to her breathing. Feel her heart beat. Doesn’t matter what the purpose of the design is for, it matters so he doesn’t feel like he’s fucking a 100k fleshlight with arms and legs. I press the steth to a spot above her breast and it sinks into her pillowy soft skin like it was real. Cool it, Christ, you can’t get so hot and bothered over everything. Heel, boy.

But my thumb makes a slight imprint against her tit, and it’s hard to think of anything else. Same thing happens when I press the steth against a space under her breast, and it lays warmly against the back of my hand. The pump, like the fake lungs, is designed to look and act and even sound like a heart, pumping coolant through her body. I tell her it’s not a heart out of some petty, pedantic need to distance myself and my unique humanity, but truth is, the thing is a heart. She could die if something went really wrong with it, and a lot of bots have. Sudden cardiac arrest was one of the main bugs in the 2.3 rollout. It got so bad, tons of models in the service industry had to be recalled, because mechanical line cooks and servers were dropping if the ovens got too hot. My hand still on her neck, I pull her forward and press the bell to her back. Her forehead brushes against my shoulder, her gaudy blue wig draping against the side of my neck and jaw. I tilt my head just enough my nose brushes her hair. Fuck, she really does smell good.

“Well, I don’t hear any irregularities,” I tell her, because I don’t. The thing is pumping liquid aether around her body at around 70 bpm, like it should. She draws up from my shoulder, glancing at me sideways. “It only seems to happen with clients,” she says, drying out my throat in an instant. “Clients?” “Mhm. Whenever one of them climaxes. If they do it inside me, my heart starts going very fast. I get foggy and I can’t think afterwards.” I swallow. “Right,” I say, “I mean… I can’t exactly test that, Ren.” She touches my wrist. “It’s rather frightening, Doc. I worry…” She pauses, and I try very hard not to say out loud what I’m thinking. You shouldn’t be frightened of anything, Ren. You’re not supposed to feel any of this. She sits back, bringing her hand up, her fingers curling against where her pump lies in her chest, half covering her nudity.

She doesn’t want to get recalled. I wince in spite of myself. If she has the same defect others in her rollout had, she’s going right back to X Tech. I push the steth around my neck, scooping back hair from my face. “It’s a pretty fatal system flaw. It… I could… Well, I-“ I can’t look at her. Fuck, I really can’t look at her. My face feels hot. This is the plot of like, 90% of bot R34 on the internet. I might as well be a pizza delivery guy and she a lonely housewife who’s a few bucks short on a large sausage. She ‘breathes’. Her chest goes up and down, the lights winking off her pierced nipples. She’s so goddamn gorgeous.

“Doc?” “Thinking,” I huff. I spare a glance around the other cubicles bordering mine. Big glass offices, designed for this exact stupid fucking thing I’m about to do. The first guy who got caught with his dick in a bot ruined it for everyone, so now my coworkers and I are subjected to rat lab cubicles where we can look in on each other at any given moment. People around us testing reflexes, repairing cosmetic damage, quashing bugs. What I was about to do was also technically debugging, but there was no way in hell my boss was gonna see it that way if he saw my flat ass pumping in and out of a bot worth more than I make in a year on the other side of plexiglass. Alright, cool, chill. I scoop up my backpack with my work laptop and sling it over my shoulder. “Bathroom,” I whisper.

Cut to Ren and I, locked in the women’s bathroom. We have three women in the office, and their cubes are on the other side of the building, closer to another bathroom. This one is usually empty. Cut to her, awkwardly standing in front of a toilet. Me, on the verge of being the Most Fired Man Who Ever Lived. For extra security, I’d stuffed us both into a stall, locking it behind me too. It's cramped, which adds to the feeling this is absolutely not what I'm supposed to be doing. But hey, it's my job, isn't it?

I awkwardly maneuver around her and sit on the toilet lid, hastily undoing my pants. God, this is shameful. And weirdly hot? I can't tell if it's just Ren or the dozen or so corporate regulations and general laws I'm breaking doing this, but I can feel the pulse in my cock, pressing up against the inseam of my jeans. Those lavender eyes flick from my face to the swollen, flushed skin, and the outer rim of her pupils flash with color. I help her roll down the leather catsuit and then, holy shit, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I’m inside her. She feels real. My hands on her back, my face buried in her tits, her thighs on mine, she feels realer than any woman I had ever known. My breath warms her artificial skin, and the barbell through her nipple is cold, the contrast making me shiver whenever the hot skin of my cheek touches the metal. My fingers slide up her stomach, her hips bucking and pumping me in and out of her. She’s tight. Really fuckin tight. I can feel her aether pump, the artificial heart, throbbing in her inner walls, harder than any real heart I’d ever felt. It adds to every stroke, a thumping sensation that’s nearly making me come after a couple thrusts. Christ, I might as well be sticking my dick right against the chambers of her fake heart.

The job. Right, I’m doing a job. Fuck, I’ve never loved my job so much. “Lemme- ngh, God, fuck- lemme see i-ins-side your ch-est, R-Ren.” She’s straddling my lap, panting like a porn star, her bob swinging back and forth, and she nods. The synthetic skin goes translucent, a dull blue glow that starts at her collarbone and down to the bottom of her ribcage. I spare only a brief chuckle, Man, we never could get rid of those stupid gamer lights, before I try to focus my attention on her inner workings. The aether heart is basically a simplified human one, drawing hot fluid in one side and squeezing out coolant through the other in an eternal ebb and flow. And right now, it’s going insane. The valves are snapping open and closed rapidly, the thing shuddering instead of really beating. There’s a little display window pinned under her collarbone, and it’s clocking her at 150 bpm, the green spikes of her heartbeat saw toothing across the round display port. Not totally dangerous, but as I pump inside of her and she bounces on my thighs to match my quickening pace, it keeps climbing.

Alright. As much as I want to be stuck in here forever, with a beautiful woman bouncing on my dick in a way I’ve only ever dreamed of, I have to figure out what’s wrong. I wrap my arms around her body, pulling her flush against my chest. “Hold onto me, ‘kay?” I breathe against her ear. Her arms slid around me, nails brushing briefly against my shoulder blades. I take in her scent. Focus on the sensations of her body, the sharp cold of her piercings, breasts pressed against my chest, her warm, throbbing cunt. It doesn’t take long. I start to lose the rhythm as my breath shortens, my strokes shortening too, until finally I can take it no more. I come, hot seed filling her up, bathing my cock, spilling out from between our sexes. Her back arches, a cry ripping from her throat of the most exquisite ecstasy.

Then she dies.

No, seriously, the bot quits all at once. I’m there, still trying to enjoy the feeling of my load making her even tighter and full, when she goes completely limp. Her arms slide down from my back, and the artificial pulse I feel in her cunt just stops all at once. She’s dead weight on top of me. “Fuck,” I spit, trying to readjust her, but she’s goddamn heavy. “Ren? Hey, Ren- man, what the fuck-”

I look up at her sternum to see the aether pump has stopped. The little internal monitor is reading a flatline. I fumble to unlatch the bathroom door, my other hand cradling her back, as I awkwardly shift to try and swing it open. Both of us end up in a heap on the floor when I try to pick her up. I'm apologizing to her slack and lifeless face as I disentangle myself and hastily zip up, then lay her flat on her back. Her perfect round breasts sit in the open air, her still heart glowing between them. I set my laptop beside her and hook up a USB into the command port hidden behind her ear.

There was no tip off in her crash reports, but looking now, I can see the absolute mess of code in the last few lines she ran before arresting. I clean up some of the irregularities, get rid of the redundancies, and hit reboot. Two small circular nodes glow within her chest, then snap against the chambers of her heart. Basically built in defib units. Her body jerks, hand twitching in against her cheek, her back arching slightly. Her naked shoulder blades slap against the tile floor as she falls back, limp again. But she doesn't move. Her pump is still. I glance at the monitor and see FATAL SYSTEM ERROR flash across the screen. Fuck, am I going to have to do this manually?

Growling in frustration, I throw my hands against her sternum. It's easy to get the right position when I can see her heart lying beneath a few layers of synthetic skin. Squaring my shoulders, I push down hard. Unlike with real CPR on a real person, depth doesn't matter, nor the risk of breaking ribs. She's basically Wolverine. A hydraulic crusher couldn't break her ribs. They yield though, and bow in against her spine as I rhythmically pump her heart. The force ripples through her whole body. Her stomach pops up, her shoulders shrug in, her head rolls back and forth. I look from her face down to her tits. I can't help it, they're swaying with each compression, the light catching her piercings. I can feel the cool metal rest against my fingers. The position my hands are in leaves my fingertip pressing against her nipple, still standing upright from our exercise. A shiver runs through me. Am I seriously getting hard again? It's hard not to. My eyes drink in her still body, the remnants of our session dribbling down her thigh, her breasts bouncing like they had when she was riding me.

I can almost see the corner of the screen light up with “Kink Unlocked: Reviving Dead Girls”. I glance at the monitor and see the reboot option has lit up again. When I take my hands away from her chest, I see her aether pump jerking as if trying to start again. Once more I charge the internal defibrillators. While they hum to life, I partake in a ritual that isn't strictly necessary. The hero always gets to indulge in mouth to mouth with the downed heroine. She doesn't actually need air, but her lips are slack, full and inviting. I press mine over hers, breathing air she doesn't need into her mouth. I can feel her cheeks puff, and I'm surprised but excited to see her chest rises too. I give her a few quick bursts of oxygen. Her chest jerks up and I only allow it to fall part way before I give her another, making her chest rise and fall in short hyperventilations. My hand finds itself running up her stomach to feel the motion of my breaths, up over her breast again. It fills my palm as I breathe a long, slow draft into her throat, and I roll her nipple between my fingers. She sighs out recycled air against my face when I break the seal of our lips.

Man, how do EMTs not cum when they resuscitate hot girls? The whole tableau is so erotic, I can feel my pulse once more jerk in my cock. The defibs once more slap the chambers of her artificial heart and she thrashes under the current. Her breasts sway and she again falls limp to the tiles.

“Come on, Ren,” I say under my breath, watching her aether pump swelling at uneven intervals. The chambers aren't beating right still, snapping open and closed out of sync with one another. I again check her code on my laptop, using one hand to tap through my options. The other I lay against her sternum. It occurs to me I really don't know what the fuck I'm doing. Whatever feels like it helps, I guess. Or whatever feels good. I grind my heel in against her heart in slow, rhythmic compressions with one hand. “Come on, work with me here. Breathe for me. Do something, at least let me know you're not completely bricked.” The idea that she might be makes me swallow hard. I like Ren. I don't want to ship her off to the junkyard as much as she doesn't want to be shipped.

When her heart goes still again I lace my fingers together and start pumping her chest anew. I forget my laptop entirely- this isn't a software issue, it's the hardware in her chest acting up. If I can just get the damn thing to reset. Swinging my leg over her supple thighs, I straddle her so I can use my whole body. Like this, I can feel the motion my work creates in her otherwise still body. Each powerful thrust against her pump rolls the kinetic force through her whole body. Her feet swing back and forth. The force rolls from her chest, down her stomach, even rippling her thighs. Each compression makes her stomach roll out, only now I can feel it between my legs.

Fuck it, I'm already fired. These life saving efforts have got me hard all over again, something I would have thought impossible. I unzip and thrust into her almost in one motion. It's next to impossible to actually pump into her while I'm working her heart, so I mostly settle for letting her body rock into me while I do CPR. Only when the prompt for the defibrillator pops up again do I allow myself to roll my hips into her while it charges. The thing whines quietly as I brace my hand against her chest, driving my cock deep inside her. It slaps her heart again and she arches her back, filling my hand against her sternum. Her inner walls clench with the electricity and I groan as I roll in and out of her. That's when she draws in a breath and moans all at once. Her eyes flutter open and she instinctively begins to grind her hips in rhythm with me. Before long I'm filling her up all over again and I collapse on top of her. She's back. The thought strikes me as I look down and see her aether pump snapping out a normal, if elevated rhythm. I roll off onto the welcome chill of the tile floors, my arm still slung around her.

“You okay?” I pant, my eyes half lidded as I look at her. Ren nods, smiling weakly in return. Then she’s wrapping her arms around me, burying her face in my shoulder. I hesitate, the shame of what I had done to her when she was basically dead starting to creep up now that the high is waning. But eventually I slide my arms around her in return, drawing her close to my body. “Thank you, doc,” she whispers.

“Don't mention it.” Seriously, don't mention any of this.

[cyberstudious]

2025, week 2 (jan 6th - jan 12th) ☃️

This week felt much smoother than last week. All the holidays are done, I'm back in a routine, and I'm generally feeling pretty good. I started a new project at work & it's going well so far. I've been using pomodoro timers for forever, but I've learned that putting on a study with me video is helpful in keeping me focused. The hardest part is getting started, but once I get going, I can do like three solid 50-minute pomodoro sessions and get a lot done.

One of my next tasks for work-related training is to get the NVIDIA AI Infrastructure & Operations certification. The course is less than 10 hours of material, so my goal is to get it done by the end of February. I'm hoping that the course material is more actual technical content and less NVIDIA marketing material, but we'll see. I put together a study schedule and I shall attempt to stick to it 😅

For my language learning goals, I want to start by focusing on grammar. I struggle with Dutch word order a lot, so I need to just sit down and formally learn the rules. With Spanish, I've forgotten most of the formal rules but I remember enough to put sentences together based on vibes, which is… not ideal lol. I studied pretty casually this week. The planner I ordered to use as a language study planner is supposed to arrive tomorrow (👀) so I'm excited to really start getting back into language learning.

accomplishments this week:

I finished the Google Generative AI for Developers course (my overall impression of the course is meh, I'm glad to be done with it)

I had my biannual review at work and it went smoothly ("biannual review" sounds fancy, it's basically just a chat with my manager lol)

I reached 6.5k words in my current WIP

I reviewed the first chapter of the Dutch grammar book I'm using

I did a quick review of basic Spanish grammar

highlights from the week:

taking a walk through a nearby nature trail & looking at all the little snowmen that people built

thrifting with my partner & getting dinner at our favorite taco place

listening to spotify's acid jazz playlist a lot

watching some episodes of game changer that I hadn't seen before

[gladiusveritatis]

what would william & louis work in modern au? do u have any headcanon for them

Good question. I’ve based my ideas on their personalities in the manga, carefully considering key moments that reveal who they are. I believe these career paths suit them perfectly in a modern context. Dedication and commitment to their goals are defining traits of the brothers, so here’s my reasoning:

Despite the various discussions within the fandom about William’s potential involvement in criminology or profiling, he would most likely remain true to his original role in the work—a mathematics professor, an educator, and a man of science who teaches and researches. William’s drive to change people’s ways of thinking would still define him, leading him to conduct and participate in conferences, host seminars, and deliver lectures to students. Students, with their open and adaptable minds, are the demographic most ready to learn and understand the world they are preparing to navigate. I believe he would author numerous papers and books, not only on mathematics but also on planned economics.

As for Louis, in my view, he would be an excellent candidate for the position of head of an international banking consortium. With money, AI, and the trade market being pivotal factors in determining the stability of nations, Louis’s cool-headed, results-driven mindset makes him perfectly suited for such a role. Moreover, as someone dedicated to serving his country, he would undoubtedly establish ethical standards and excel at managing alliances, uniting divergent interests into a cohesive strategy. This role would also grant him transparency in transactions between major banks and provide him with an avenue to influence international organisations.

[mariacallous]

On February 10, employees at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) received an email asking them to list every contract at the bureau and note whether or not it was “critical” to the agency, as well as whether it contained any DEI components. This email was signed by Scott Langmack, who identified himself as a senior adviser to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Langmack, according to his LinkedIn, already has another job: He’s the chief operating officer of Kukun, a property technology company that is, according to its website, “on a long-term mission to aggregate the hardest to find data.”

As is the case with other DOGE operatives—Tom Krause, for example, is performing the duties of the fiscal assistant secretary at the Treasury while holding down a day job as a software CEO at a company with millions in contracts with the Treasury—this could potentially create a conflict of interest, especially given a specific aspect of his role: According to sources and government documents reviewed by WIRED, Langmack has application-level access to some of the most critical and sensitive systems inside HUD, one of which contains records mapping billions of dollars in expenditures.

Another DOGE operative WIRED has identified is Michael Mirski, who works for TCC Management, a Michigan-based company that owns and operates mobile home parks across the US, and graduated from the Wharton School in 2014. (In a story he wrote for the school’s website, he asserted that the most important thing he learned there was to “Develop the infrastructure to collect data.”) According to the documents, he has write privileges on—meaning he can input overall changes to—a system that controls who has access to HUD systems.

Between them, records reviewed by WIRED show, the DOGE operatives have access to five different HUD systems. According to a HUD source with direct knowledge, this gives the DOGE operatives access to vast troves of data. These range from the individual identities of every single federal public housing voucher holder in the US, along with their financial information, to information on the hospitals, nursing homes, multifamily housing, and senior living facilities that HUD helps finance, as well as data on everything from homelessness rates to environmental and health hazards to federally insured mortgages.

Put together, experts and HUD sources say, all of this could give someone with access unique insight into the US real estate market.

Kukun did not respond to requests for comment about whether Langmack is drawing a salary while working at HUD or how long he will be with the department. A woman who answered the phone at TCC Management headquarters in Michigan but did not identify herself said Mirksi was "on leave until July." In response to a request for comment about Langmack’s access to systems, HUD spokesperson Kasey Lovett said, “DOGE and HUD are working as a team; to insinuate anything else is false. To further illustrate this unified mission, the secretary established a HUD DOGE taskforce.” In response to specific questions about Mirski’s access to systems and background and qualifications, she said, “We have not—and will not—comment on individual personnel. We are focused on serving the American people and working as one team.”

The property technology, or proptech, market covers a wide range of companies offering products and services meant to, for example, automate tenant-landlord interactions, or expedite the home purchasing process. Kukun focuses on helping homeowners and real estate investors assess the return on investment they’d get from renovating their properties and on predictive analytics that model where property values will rise in the future.

Doing this kind of estimation requires the use of what’s called an automated valuation model (AVM), a machine-learning model that predicts the prices or rents of certain properties. In April 2024, Kukun was one of eight companies selected to receive support from REACH, an accelerator run by the venture capital arm of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Last year NAR agreed to a settlement with Missouri homebuyers, who alleged that realtor fees and certain listing requirements were anticompetitive.

“If you can better predict than others how a certain neighborhood will develop, you can invest in that market,” says Fabian Braesemann, a researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute. Doing so requires data, access to which can make any machine-learning model more accurate and more monetizable. This is the crux of the potential conflict of interest: While it is unclear how Langmack and Mirski are using or interpreting it in their roles at HUD, what is clear is that they have access to a wide range of sensitive data.

According to employees at HUD who spoke to WIRED on the condition of anonymity, there is currently a six-person DOGE team operating within the department. Four members are HUD employees whose tenures predate the current administration and have been assigned to the group; the others are Mirski and Langmack. The records reviewed by WIRED show that Mirski has been given read and write access to three different HUD systems, as well as read-only access to two more, while Langmack has been given read and write access to two of HUD’s core systems.

A positive, from one source’s perspective, is the fact that the DOGE operatives have been given application-level access to the systems, rather than direct access to the databases themselves. In theory, this means that they can only interact with the data through user interfaces, rather than having direct access to the server, which could allow them to execute queries directly on the database or make unrestricted or irreparable changes. However, this source still sees dangers inherent in granting this level of access.

“There are probably a dozen-plus ways that [application-level] read/write access to WASS or LOCCS could be translated into the entire databases being exfiltrated,” they said. There is no specific reason to think that DOGE operatives have inappropriately moved data—but even the possibility cuts against standard security protocols that HUD sources say are typically in place.

LOCCS, or Line of Credit Control System, is the first system to which both DOGE operatives within HUD, according to the records reviewed by WIRED, have both read and write access. Essentially HUD’s banking system, LOCCS “handles disbursement and cash management for the majority of HUD grant programs,” according to a user guide. Billions of dollars flow through the system every year, funding everything from public housing to disaster relief—such as rebuilding from the recent LA wildfires—to food security programs and rent payments.

The current balance in the LOCCS system, according to a record reviewed by WIRED, is over $100 billion—money Congress has approved for HUD projects but which has yet to be drawn down. Much of this money has been earmarked to cover disaster assistance and community development work, a source at the agency says.

Normally, those who have access to LOCCS require additional processing and approvals to access the system, and most only have “read” access, department employees say.

“Read/write is used for executing contracts and grants on the LOCCS side,” says one person. “It normally has strict banking procedures around doing anything with funds. For instance, you usually need at least two people to approve any decisions—same as you would with bank tellers in a physical bank.”

The second system to which documents indicate both DOGE operatives at HUD have both read and write access is the HUD Central Accounting and Program System (HUDCAPS), an “integrated management system for Section 8 programs under the jurisdiction of the Office of Public and Indian Housing,” according to HUD. (Section 8 is a federal program administered through local housing agencies that provides rental assistance, in the form of vouchers, to millions of lower-income families.) This system was a precursor to LOCCS and is currently being phased out, but it is still being used to process the payment of housing vouchers and contains huge amounts of personal information.

There are currently 2.3 million families in receipt of housing vouchers in the US, according to HUD’s own data, but the HUDCAPS database contains information on significantly more individuals because historical data is retained, says a source familiar with the system. People applying for HUD programs like housing vouchers have to submit sensitive personal information, including medical records and personal narratives.

“People entrust these stories to HUD,” the source says. “It’s not data in these systems, it’s operational trust.”

WASS, or the Web Access Security Subsystem, is the third system to which DOGE has both read and write access, though only Mirski has access to this system according to documents reviewed by WIRED. It’s used to grant permissions to other HUD systems. “Most of the functionality in WASS consists of looking up information stored in various tables to tell the security subsystem who you are, where you can go, and what you can do when you get there,” a user manual says.

“WASS is an application for provisioning rights to most if not all other HUD systems,” says a HUD source familiar with the systems who is shocked by Mirski’s level of access, because normally HUD employees don’t have read access, let alone write access. “WASS is the system for setting permissions for all of the other systems.”

In addition to these three systems, documents show that Mirski has read-only access to two others. One, the Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS), is a nationwide database that tracks all HUD programs underway across the country. (“IDIS has confidential data about hidden locations of domestic violence shelters,” a HUD source says, “so even read access in there is horrible.”) The other is the Financial Assessment of Public Housing (FASS-PH), a database designed to “measure the financial condition of public housing agencies and assess their ability to provide safe and decent housing,” according to HUD’s website.

All of this is significant because, in addition to the potential for privacy violations, knowing what is in the records, or even having access to them, presents a serious potential conflict of interest.

“There are often bids to contract any development projects,” says Erin McElroy, an assistant professor at the University of Washington. “I can imagine having insider information definitely benefiting the private market, or those who will move back into the private market,” she alleges.

HUD has an oversight role in the mobile home space, the area on which TCC Management, which appears to have recently wiped its website, focuses. "It’s been a growing area of HUD’s work and focus over the past few decades," says one source there; this includes setting building standards, inspecting factories, and taking in complaints. This presents another potential conflict of interest.

Braesemann says it’s not just the insider access to information and data that could be a potential problem, but that people coming from the private sector may not understand the point of HUD programs. Something like Section 8 housing, he notes, could be perceived as not working in alignment with market forces—“Because there might be higher real estate value, these people should be displaced and go somewhere else”—even though its purpose is specifically to buffer against the market.

Like other government agencies, HUD is facing mass purges of its workforce. NPR has reported that 84 percent of the staff of the Office of Community Planning and Development, which supports homeless people, faces termination, while the president of a union representing HUD workers has estimated that up to half the workforce could be cut The chapter on housing policy in Project 2025—the right-wing playbook to remake the federal government that the Trump administration appears to be following—outlines plans to massively scale back HUD programs like public housing, housing assistance vouchers, and first-time home buyer assistance.

[beastickersco]

The Top 10 Hardest Things About Starting a Small Business (And How to Overcome Them)

Starting a small business is an exciting journey, but it is not all passion projects and overnight success. Whether you’re launching a sticker business, an online store, or a local shop, the process is filled with challenges, setbacks, and lessons you never saw coming.

From funding struggles to burnout, many entrepreneurs face unexpected obstacles that can make or break their business. But knowing what to expect—and how to overcome these hurdles—can help turn challenges into opportunities.

Here are the ten hardest things about starting a small business and how to tackle them successfully.

1. Finding the Right Business Idea

The Challenge:

You might have too many ideas, or you may not be able to think of a single good one. Choosing the right business idea is tough because:

• It needs to be profitable.

• It should align with your skills and passion.

• It has to have market demand, meaning people actually want to buy it.

How to Overcome It:

• Test your idea before going all in—survey potential customers or create a prototype.

• Research the competition—if no one is doing it, there may be a reason such as lack of demand.

• Solve a problem—successful businesses fill a gap in the market.

Your first business idea does not have to be your last. Many entrepreneurs pivot after learning what works.

2. Getting Funding for Your Business

The Challenge:

Most businesses need money to start, but where do you get it? Banks require strong credit, investors want proof of success, and using your own savings is risky.

How to Overcome It:

• Start small and test with low-cost products before expanding.

• Look for alternative funding such as crowdfunding, grants, or small business loans.

• Consider bootstrapping by reinvesting early profits instead of taking on debt.

Pre-selling your products is a smart way to generate cash flow before investing too much.

3. Learning Everything (Marketing, Sales, Accounting, and More)

The Challenge:

As a business owner, you wear all the hats—you are the marketer, accountant, customer service rep, and CEO all at once.

How to Overcome It:

• Learn the basics with free online courses on marketing, finance, and branding.

• Use business tools such as accounting software, AI for content creation, and social media planners.

• Outsource when possible by hiring freelancers for things you do not have time to master.

Focus on your strengths and outsource the rest once you can afford it.

4. Building a Customer Base from Scratch

The Challenge:

No customers means no sales. But how do you get people to trust a brand that just launched?

How to Overcome It:

• Leverage social media by consistently posting valuable content.

• Offer early discounts or freebies to incentivize first-time buyers.

• Encourage word-of-mouth by asking happy customers for reviews.

Building a strong brand identity, including a logo, website, and social proof, makes people more likely to buy from you.

5. Managing Time and Avoiding Burnout

The Challenge:

Most small business owners work much more than 40 hours a week—without a boss to set limits, it is easy to burn out.

How to Overcome It:

• Set a schedule and balance work time with personal time.

• Prioritize tasks by focusing on what moves the business forward.

• Take breaks because burnout leads to bad decisions and lower productivity.

You are more productive when well-rested. Take at least one day off per week to recharge.

6. Handling Self-Doubt and Fear of Failure

The Challenge:

Every entrepreneur asks themselves, “What if this fails?” Self-doubt can kill motivation before you even start.

How to Overcome It:

• Focus on progress, not perfection—you will learn as you go.

• Surround yourself with support by connecting with other business owners.

• Celebrate small wins—every sale is proof that you are on the right track.

Every successful business owner has failed before. The key is learning and pivoting when needed.

7. Dealing with Slow Sales and Unpredictable Income

The Challenge:

Some months are great, while others are painfully slow—especially in the beginning.

How to Overcome It:

• Have a backup fund by setting aside money during good months.

• Create multiple revenue streams by selling online, at markets, and on different platforms.

• Run promotions during slow periods, such as flash sales or limited-time discounts.

Focus on repeat customers because loyal customers spend more and shop often.

8. Standing Out in a Crowded Market

The Challenge:

No matter what business you start, there is competition. So how do you make people choose you over others?

How to Overcome It:

• Find your Unique Selling Proposition (USP)—what makes your brand different?

• Offer top-tier customer service because people remember great experiences.

• Build a personal brand so that people connect with you, not just your product.

Brand story matters—people buy from businesses they relate to.

9. Managing Inventory and Supply Chain Issues

The Challenge:

Whether you are selling physical products or digital goods, inventory management can be a headache—especially when suppliers have delays or price increases.

How to Overcome It:

• Start with small batches and do not overstock before testing demand.

• Work with reliable suppliers and always have a backup plan.

• Track inventory closely using software to avoid running out or over-ordering.

Having a pre-order system can help manage unexpected inventory shortages.

10. Staying Motivated When Things Get Hard

The Challenge:

Not every day will be exciting. Some days, you will want to quit. Motivation comes and goes, but consistency is key.

How to Overcome It:

• Remember your “why”—what made you start this business?

• Join entrepreneur communities because talking to other business owners helps.

• Set small goals by breaking big tasks into manageable wins.

Mindset is everything—keep pushing forward, even when it is tough.

Final Thoughts: Is Starting a Small Business Worth It?

Absolutely. Even though starting a business is hard, the freedom, creativity, and potential for success make it worth the effort. Every challenge you face is a learning opportunity that brings you closer to long-term success.

What is the hardest part of starting a business for you? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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[jennieslittlegames]

GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE – Tactical Warfare Meets Waifu Arsenal

There’s no shortage of mobile games fighting for your attention these days—but few come in guns blazing quite like GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE. Released by Shift Up and published by Level Infinite, this third-person sci-fi shooter merges tactical action with jaw-dropping visuals, high-stakes storytelling, and a battalion of beautifully crafted female android soldiers known as "Nikkes."

But is NIKKE all looks and no depth? Absolutely not. Behind the curvy silhouettes and fanservice lies a shockingly intense post-apocalyptic narrative, a solid combat system, and one of the most polished live-service experiences on the market. Let’s dive in and see what makes this game a standout in the mobile arena.

🔫 What Is NIKKE?

NIKKE is a third-person cover-based shooter where you command a squad of humanoid androids—each with distinct personalities, voices, and combat styles—called “Nikkes.” Humanity has been driven underground after an alien invasion by robotic enemies known as the Rapture. Your mission? Take back the surface and unravel the sinister truths hidden within humanity’s last stronghold.

Gameplay revolves around tapping, swiping, and aiming to eliminate waves of enemies while managing cooldowns and team synergy. Though the mechanics are simplified for mobile, the game still rewards strategic planning and fast reactions—especially during boss fights and higher-level stages.

🎮 Gameplay Breakdown: Cover Fire, Waifu Style

Combat in NIKKE is played from a third-person perspective, with your squad members auto-firing when aiming and ducking behind cover when idle. You manually control one character at a time, and swap between your Nikkes based on the situation. Each one belongs to a class (Attacker, Supporter, Defender) and uses different weapons: SMGs, sniper rifles, shotguns, rocket launchers, and more.

Key mechanics include:

Burst System: Building up energy to unleash powerful chain burst skills.

Boss Mechanics: Some enemies have weak points, AoE patterns, or wipe mechanics requiring timely use of abilities.

Team Building: Optimal squads often rely on synergy (Burst I, II, III slots), weapon types, and elemental counters.

Though the gameplay loop is relatively simple, the variety of enemy designs, mission objectives, and challenge modes (like Interception or Simulation Rooms) keeps things engaging.

🌍 Worldbuilding: Beneath the Surface

One of NIKKE’s strongest aspects is its worldbuilding. The post-apocalyptic setting is darker than expected, filled with morally grey decisions, corporate conspiracies, and character deaths that hit surprisingly hard. As the Commander (that’s you), you not only manage missions but also interact with the Nikkes on a personal level—unlocking side stories, private messages, and loyalty events that flesh out their backstories.

It’s a mix of sci-fi noir, cyberpunk despair, and philosophical musings on AI, free will, and the ethics of war. This storytelling layer gives emotional weight to what could have been a generic gacha game.

👩‍💻 The Nikkes: More Than Pretty Faces

Let’s be honest—yes, the Nikkes are designed to be sexy. The game leans into fanservice with unapologetic confidence: tight bodysuits, physics-defying assets, and close-up animations that make it clear this game knows its audience. But the genius lies in the execution—each character is more than just a 2D pin-up.

Take Rapi, the stoic soldier who slowly learns to care again. Or Diesel, the bubbly tank with unexpected emotional depth. Or Modernia, whose tragic arc has become one of the game’s most beloved. Each Nikke has unique voice acting (Korean, Japanese, and English dubs), animations, and storylines that elevate them beyond eye candy.

There’s also a strong emphasis on personalization—you can level them up, equip gear, modify skills, and decorate the Outpost with custom furniture that affects their mood and productivity.

💎 Gacha System & Monetization

NIKKE uses a standard gacha system to acquire new characters. There’s a banner system, pity rate mechanics, and both free and premium currencies. Pull rates are reasonable for an SRPG, with most key characters obtainable within 200 pulls thanks to pity.

Is it pay-to-win? Not necessarily. F2P players can progress comfortably through most of the content by building meta teams and grinding daily resources. That said, endgame PvE (like Union Raids and Special Interceptions) and top-tier PvP might favor those who spend.

Devsisters regularly host events that give out premium currency and limited-time characters. There are also “skins” you can buy, though many are purely cosmetic.

📱 Presentation: S-Tier Aesthetics

Visually, NIKKE is one of the most stunning mobile games to date. The character designs by Kim Hyung-tae (known for Blade & Soul) are exquisite, blending anime aesthetics with sci-fi realism. Live2D animations bring each Nikke to life in menus and cutscenes, and the game runs smoothly even on mid-range devices.

The soundtrack is surprisingly atmospheric, shifting between melancholic melodies in the Outpost to heavy synths during boss encounters. Voice acting is top-tier and enhances the emotional beats of the story.

🧪 Live Service Done Right

NIKKE excels at keeping players engaged:

Daily Missions: Quick resource farming and login bonuses.

Events: Limited-time story arcs, mini-games, and time-limited characters.

Guilds & PvP: Join a Union, battle in Arena, or compete in co-op boss fights.

Outpost: A semi-idle base management system that auto-generates resources even while you’re offline.

Updates are frequent, content is consistent, and community engagement from the devs has been commendable. They've even addressed major complaints (like PC version improvements and UI bugs) with quick patches.

✨ Final Verdict: Victory Is Sweet

GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE is a bold blend of style and substance. Yes, it flaunts its sexy, waifu-forward presentation—but underneath the surface is a game rich with strategy, character depth, and story-driven ambition. Whether you’re here for the waifus, the worldbuilding, or the warfare, NIKKE delivers on all fronts.

If you’re tired of lifeless mobile gacha games and want something with flair, flavor, and a surprising amount of heart, this one’s worth your download.

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INTRODUCTION

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are digital applications that use intelligent algorithms to simulate human-like thinking and behavior. These tools help automate tasks, generate creative content, analyze large datasets, and make decisions based on real-time data. AI tools are used across industries such as education, marketing, design, healthcare, finance, and more.

Voice & Audio Tools

AI can now create human-like voices, convert text to speech, or even translate and dub content into different languages.

AI Design Tools

Design tools use AI to generate logos, edit images, remove backgrounds, and recommend designs.

AI Video Editors

AI-powered editors can cut, trim, enhance, and even auto-caption videos with very little manual work.

Marketing & SEO Tools

AI helps marketers with keyword research, SEO optimization, content scoring, and campaign automation.

AI writing assistants Improve student performance by making information more accessible, support personalized learning, and improve time management. But beyond flashy tech, they provide real, measurable value

24/7 Learning Support: Students no longer need to wait for office hours or tutor availability.

Improved Academic Outcomes: AI-driven tools, such as chatbots and study aids, help students grasp complex concepts more effectively.

Reduced Burnout: AI automates repetitive tasks, such as summarizing texts, organizing notes, and scheduling.

The Benefits of WorkBot for Educational Institutions: The Reasons Universities Select WorkBot Complete Coverage: Responds to 80% of typical student questions without the need for human assistance Simple Integration No-code configuration is compatible with current university systems. scalable Solution: Enables thousands of talks at once. Customizable: Adapts to university-specific policies and procedures Analytics Dashboard: Provides insights into student needs and operational efficiency.

CONCLUSION

AI tools have rapidly become essential in today’s digital world. From writing content and designing visuals to automating tasks and enhancing learning, these tools are transforming how we work, learn, and create. Whether you're a student, entrepreneur, content creator, or marketer, AI tools can help you save time, boost productivity, and unlock new levels of creativity.

As technology continues to evolve, the role of AI tools will only grow stronger. Embracing them today not only gives you a competitive edge but also prepares you for the future of work and innovation. Start exploring the power of AI tools now and discover how they can simplify your life and amplify your potential.

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Mastering Google Ads: Unlocking Advanced Targeting in Performance Max for Success

In an effort to improve the effectiveness and accuracy of campaign management, Google Ads has added new advanced targeting options for Performance Max campaigns. Advertisers can use a single campaign to target consumers across all Google channels, including Search, YouTube, Display, Gmail, and more, with Performance Max, an AI-powered campaign type. Every Business should know these features by knowing more by First DigiAdd The Best Digital Marketing Company

Highlights:

1. More Control with Advanced Targeting and Exclusion Tools.

2. Improved Reporting for Better Performance Insights.

3. Focus on Transparency, Actionable Data, and High-Value Customer Targeting.

Here's an overview of what the new targeted updates could include:

1. Audience Signals:

Improved Audience Segmentation: Google's AI can now better identify individuals who are more likely to convert by using audience information from advertisers. Customer information, demographics, interests, or even previous experiences with your company may serve as the basis for these signals.

Custom Audiences: More sophisticated customization choices enable you to target audiences according to more precise intents or behaviors, increasing the relevance of the advertisements that users see.

2. Contextual Targeting:

Users can now be targeted by Performance Max campaigns according to the context of their browsing activities. Ads might be displayed, for example, according to the content of the websites, movies, and applications that users are now using.

More dynamic ad distribution is made possible by this enhancement, which guarantees that advertisements are displayed in the appropriate environment and may increase conversions.

3. Improved Control with New Tools:

Exclusion Lists: In order to avoid targeting specific demographics or websites that might not be appropriate for their goods or services, advertisers can now build exclusion lists.

Updates to Geo-Targeting: By enabling advertisers to target certain cities or geographic areas, enhanced location targeting raises the campaign's local appeal and relevancy.

4. Enhanced Automation with Data-Driven Insights:

additional automation will give advertisers additional data-driven insights into the effectiveness of their efforts. With more precise control, Google Ads will employ machine learning to automatically modify bids, placements, and targeting tactics in response to performance data.

5. Cross-Channel Integration:

You can now prepare for even more powerful cross-channel targeting with Performance Max, which enables you to connect with potential clients across Google's wide range of platforms, such as Gmail, YouTube, and Search. To help advertisers better understand how people interact with ads on various platforms, Google Ads has boosted its capacity to optimize campaigns based on cross-channel behaviors.

6. Ad Asset Optimization:

In order to guarantee that advertisements are customised for certain formats, the latest revisions further enhance the optimisation of creative materials across several platforms. For improved engagement, Google Ads will automatically modify the assets, whether it's a text-based ad or a graphic creative for YouTube.

Advantages of Google Ads Introduces Advanced Targeting for Performance Max Campaigns:

1. Improved Audience Targeting:

Google uses improved AI-driven audience indications to find the most lucrative clients.

Increases the accuracy of targeting by using first-party data (customer lists, website visits).

Uses intent signals in real time to connect with people who are actively searching for similar goods or services.

2. Greater Control Over Campaign Performance:

Targeting parameters can be adjusted by advertisers according to corporate objectives

Better exclusions of irrelevant audiences are made possible by new restrictions, which lowers the amount of wasted advertising money.

Better brand safety features guarantee that advertisements show up in the right places.

3. Higher Conversion Rates:

Better conversion rates result from Google's AI-optimizing campaigns based on real-time signals.

For various user segments, dynamic asset optimization chooses the most effective ad creatives.

4. Enhanced Reporting & Insights:

Gives advertisers comprehensive audience information to better understand consumer behavior.

The most valuable audience segments are displayed in the latest performance breakdowns.

5. Cross-Channel Optimization:

Several Google platforms are already used by PMax campaigns (Search, Display, YouTube, Gmail, etc.).

For optimal efficiency, advanced targeting guarantees more intelligent budget distribution across channels.

6. Better Return on Ad Spend (ROAS):

Ad waste and cost-per-conversion are immediately decreased by more precise targeting. Spending money on clicks from users who are unlikely to convert is avoided when your advertising is displayed to the people who are most likely to be interested in your product or service. Your money will be spent more effectively thanks to this precision targeting, which will result in a cheaper cost for each conversion (sell, lead, or sign-up, for example). Reaching a larger percentage of eligible prospects increases the return on your advertising budget by reducing the amount of money wasted on irrelevant traffic.

Ad waste and cost-per-conversion are immediately decreased by more precise targeting. Spending money on clicks from users who are unlikely to convert is avoided when your advertising are displayed to the people who are most likely to be interested in your product or service. Your money will be spent more effectively thanks to this precision targeting, which will result in a cheaper cost for each conversion (sell, lead, or sign-up, for example). Reaching a larger percentage of eligible prospects increases the return on your advertising budget by reducing the amount of money wasted on irrelevant traffic.

Conclusion

Advertisers will have more control thanks to these sophisticated targeting options for Performance Max campaigns, which nevertheless rely on Google's AI-powered automation to boost results. Through improved segmentation and additional data and insights into user behaviour, the enhancements are intended to boost ad campaign efficacy and assist marketers in increasing conversions throughout the Google ecosystem. If you want to get more details about the Google Ad’s performance max campaign, contact Best Digital Marketing Company. If you're managing Google Ads, it might be a good time to explore these new features and adjust your strategies accordingly to leverage the full potential of Performance Max.

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Job Title: Remote Digital Marketing Interns (10 Positions) – Ahmedabad Based Candidates Preferred Company: Pickmyurl AI Marketer India (A Digital Marketing Innovation Leader Powered by AI Tools)

About the Role: We are inviting applications for 10 Digital Marketing Internship positions for freshers who are passionate about starting a career in digital marketing. The internship is completely remote, allowing you to work from your own premises if you have Wi-Fi and a laptop/desktop. This is a learning-oriented internship that includes free training, real-world project experience, and an opportunity to get hired based on your performance during the internship.

What You Will Learn:

Website Designing Basics

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Techniques

Social Media Marketing & Management

Link Building and Off-Page SEO

Keyword Research & Content Strategy

Working on Live Projects under guidance

Tools like Canva, WordPress, Google Tools, and more

Internship Structure:

100% Remote Work – Flexible hours from your home/office

Step-by-step assignments with complete mentorship

Phase-wise training to ensure gradual learning

Don’t worry if you fall behind – our team supports continuous learning

After 3 months, top performers may be considered for a permanent Job Role with Pickmyurl, based on their skills and consistency

Benefits:

Free Expert Training & Mentoring

Certification on Successful Completion

Opportunity to Work on Live Client Projects

Hands-on Experience with New AI-based Digital Tools

Chance to Earn a Job Offer after Internship

Exposure to International Standards in Digital Marketing

Eligibility Criteria: Location Preference: Ahmedabad (or Gujarat candidates preferred)

Languages: Must be fluent in English, Hindi, or regional languages like Gujarati or Marathi

Device Requirement: Laptop/Desktop with stable Wi-Fi connection

Basic Skills Required:

Internet browsing & research

Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Familiarity with Social Media Platforms (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn)

Bonus Skills (Not Mandatory):

Blogging or Content Writing

Canva Designing

Video Editing

Web Design knowledge (HTML, WordPress or any CMS)

How to Apply: 📧 Send your updated CV along with a recent photograph to our official HR team. (hr.ahmedabad@pickmyurl.com) 🔔 Hurry! Limited positions available for this batch.

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Smart Contracts & AI Agents: Building Autonomous Web3 Systems in 2025

Introduction to Autonomous Web3 Systems

In 2025, the convergence of artificial intelligence and blockchain has begun reshaping the Web3 ecosystem. One of the most powerful combinations emerging is the integration of smart contracts with autonomous AI agents. These systems are enabling on-chain services to operate without human intervention, improving efficiency, transparency, and scalability. Businesses are increasingly turning to a smart contract development company to engineer next-gen solutions powered by automation and intelligence.

From finance to gaming, AI-driven smart contracts are automating operations, making real-time decisions, and executing logic with unprecedented accuracy. As demand grows for fully autonomous digital ecosystems, the role of smart contract development services is expanding to include AI capabilities at the very core of blockchain architecture.

What Are AI Agents and How Do They Work with Smart Contracts?

AI agents are self-operating software entities that use data to make decisions, execute tasks, and learn from outcomes. When paired with smart contracts—immutable and self-executing blockchain scripts—AI agents can interact with decentralized protocols, real-world data, and even other AI agents in a trustless and programmable way.

Imagine a decentralized lending platform where an AI agent monitors market volatility and automatically pauses liquidity pools based on predictions. The smart contract executes this logic on-chain, ensuring compliance, transparency, and tamper-proof enforcement. The synergy between automation and blockchain immutability unlocks a new model for scalable, intelligent systems.

The Rise of Autonomous DAOs and AI-Powered DApps

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are early examples of self-governing systems. In 2025, AI agents are now acting as core components within these structures, dynamically analyzing proposals, allocating budgets, or enforcing treasury rules without human oversight.

Similarly, AI-infused decentralized applications (DApps) are gaining traction across industries. From decentralized insurance platforms that use AI to assess claims to logistics systems that optimize routing in real-time, the combination of smart contracts and AI enables new classes of adaptive, user-centric services.

A reliable smart contract development company plays a crucial role in designing these complex systems, ensuring not only their efficiency but also their security and auditability.

Use Cases Driving Growth in 2025

Several industries are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with AI-smart contract integration:

Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

AI agents in DeFi can manage liquidity, rebalance portfolios, and identify arbitrage opportunities with lightning speed. These agents interact with smart contracts to execute trades, issue loans, or change protocol parameters based on predictive models. A smart contract development company ensures that these contracts are robust, upgradable, and compatible across chains.

Supply Chain Management

Autonomous AI agents monitor shipment status, vendor reliability, and environmental conditions. Paired with blockchain-based smart contracts, they can release payments upon delivery verification, automate audits, and enforce service level agreements, streamlining the global logistics chain.

Web3 Gaming and NFTs

AI agents are being used to manage dynamic game environments, evolve characters based on player behavior, or even moderate on-chain gaming economies. Smart contracts enforce gameplay rules, ownership, and in-game economy transactions—all without needing centralized servers.

Real Estate and Property Tech

Property management is increasingly automated with AI agents handling tenant screening, lease renewals, and predictive maintenance. Smart contracts manage rental payments, deposit escrow, and legal compliance—reducing overhead and manual errors.

These innovations are pushing smart contract development services to go beyond simple scripting and embrace architectural strategies that support AI model integration and off-chain data access.

Infrastructure Enablers: Chainlink, Oracles & Agent Frameworks

To build autonomous systems, AI agents need access to real-world data. Chainlink Functions and decentralized oracles act as the middleware between smart contracts and off-chain data sources. In 2025, newer frameworks like Fetch.ai and Bittensor are offering environments where AI models can communicate, train collaboratively, and interact with smart contracts directly.

For example, an AI agent trained on user behavior data can invoke a smart contract that rewards high-value contributors in a decentralized community. The smart contract development company involved must ensure deterministic logic, compatibility with oracle inputs, and privacy protection mechanisms.

Security Challenges with Autonomous AI Systems

As AI agents begin to take on larger roles in Web3 systems, security becomes even more critical. Improperly trained models or exploited AI logic could lead to major vulnerabilities in autonomous smart contract systems.

That’s why AI-auditing tools, formal verification, and simulation testing are becoming core offerings of modern smart contract development services. AI-driven audits themselves are being used to detect bugs, gas inefficiencies, and logic flaws in deployed contracts. Combining human and machine review is key to ensuring safety in fully autonomous systems.

The Human-AI-Smart Contract Feedback Loop

What makes AI agents truly powerful is their ability to adapt based on feedback. In Web3, this creates a loop:

Smart contracts record immutable outcomes of AI actions.

These records are used by the AI agent to improve future decisions.

New decisions are enforced again through smart contracts.

This feedback loop leads to smarter, more efficient, and context-aware decentralized services. It’s also redefining how smart contract development companies build long-term logic systems, placing a stronger emphasis on adaptability and evolution.

Building Autonomous Web3 Projects in 2025

Creating a successful AI-smart contract system requires a collaborative approach. A skilled smart contract development company will work with data scientists, AI researchers, and decentralized architecture teams to ensure interoperability and functionality. Key steps include:

Designing modular smart contracts that can be triggered by AI decisions.

Integrating decentralized oracles and machine learning APIs.

Ensuring security through formal verification and continuous testing.

Enabling governance mechanisms to override AI in case of anomalies.

As these practices become more mainstream, smart contract development services are evolving into end-to-end partners for AI-powered Web3 ecosystems—from ideation and data modeling to deployment and maintenance.

The Future of AI-Smart Contract Systems

Looking ahead, the development of fully autonomous digital economies is on the horizon. Think of decentralized cities where AI agents handle resource allocation, governance, and economic modeling—all powered by a transparent network of smart contracts.

The evolution of AI models—especially multimodal agents capable of language, vision, and planning—is accelerating this shift. In response, blockchain protocols are becoming more composable, privacy-preserving, and AI-compatible.

For businesses, now is the time to explore pilot programs, AI-smart contract integrations, and long-term infrastructure investments. Working with a forward-thinking smart contract development company can provide the strategy and support needed to capitalize on this new frontier.

Conclusion

In 2025, the marriage of AI agents and smart contracts is creating a new paradigm in the Web3 world: systems that think, act, and enforce rules autonomously. This powerful combination is driving innovation across industries, offering scalable and trustworthy automation that reduces costs and improves performance.

Whether you’re building a decentralized finance app, managing logistics, or launching an AI-based DAO, aligning with the right smart contract development services will be essential to unlocking the full potential of autonomous Web3 systems.

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Udaan by InAmigos Foundation:  Elevating Women, Empowering Futures

In the rapidly evolving socio-economic landscape of India, millions of women remain underserved by mainstream development efforts—not due to a lack of talent, but a lack of access. In response, Project Udaan, a flagship initiative by the InAmigos Foundation, emerges not merely as a program, but as a model of scalable women's empowerment.

Udaan—meaning “flight” in Hindi—represents the aspirations of rural and semi-urban women striving to break free from intergenerational limitations. By engineering opportunity and integrating sustainable socio-technical models, Udaan transforms potential into productivity and promise into progress.

Mission: Creating the Blueprint for Women’s Self-Reliance

At its core, Project Udaan seeks to:

Empower women with industry-aligned, income-generating skills

Foster micro-entrepreneurship rooted in local demand and resources

Facilitate financial and digital inclusion

Strengthen leadership, health, and rights-based awareness

Embed resilience through holistic community engagement

Each intervention is data-informed, impact-monitored, and custom-built for long-term sustainability—a hallmark of InAmigos Foundation’s field-tested grassroots methodology.

A Multi-Layered Model for Empowerment

Project Udaan is built upon a structured architecture that integrates training, enterprise, and technology to ensure sustainable outcomes. This model moves beyond skill development into livelihood generation and measurable socio-economic change.

1. Skill Development Infrastructure

The first layer of Udaan is a robust skill development framework that delivers localized, employment-focused education. Training modules are modular, scalable, and aligned with the socio-economic profiles of the target communities.

Core domains include:

Digital Literacy: Basic computing, mobile internet use, app navigation, and digital payment systems

Tailoring and Textile Production: Pattern making, machine stitching, finishing techniques, and indigenous craft techniques

Food Processing and Packaging: Pickle-making, spice grinding, home-based snack units, sustainable packaging

Salon and Beauty Skills: Basic grooming, hygiene standards, customer interaction, and hygiene protocols

Financial Literacy and Budgeting: Saving schemes, credit access, banking interfaces, micro-investments

Communication and Self-Presentation: Workplace confidence, customer handling, local language fluency

2. Microenterprise Enablement and Livelihood Incubation

To ensure that learning transitions into economic self-reliance, Udaan incorporates a post-training enterprise enablement process. It identifies local market demand and builds backward linkages to equip women to launch sustainable businesses.

The support ecosystem includes:

Access to seed capital via self-help group (SHG) networks, microfinance partners, and NGO grants

Distribution of startup kits such as sewing machines, kitchen equipment, or salon tools

Digital onboarding support for online marketplaces such as Amazon Saheli, Flipkart Samarth, and Meesho

Offline retail support through tie-ups with local haats, trade exhibitions, and cooperative stores

Licensing and certification where applicable for food safety or textile quality standards

3. Tech-Driven Monitoring and Impact Tracking

Transparency and precision are fundamental to Udaan’s growth. InAmigos Foundation employs its in-house Tech4Change platform to manage operations, monitor performance, and scale the intervention scientifically.

The platform allows:

Real-time monitoring of attendance, skill mastery, and certification via QR codes and mobile tracking

Impact evaluation using household income change, asset ownership, and healthcare uptake metrics

GIS-based mapping of intervention zones and visualization of under-reached areas

Predictive modeling through AI to identify at-risk participants and suggest personalized intervention strategies

 

Human-Centered, Community-Rooted

Empowerment is not merely a process of economic inclusion—it is a cultural and psychological shift. Project Udaan incorporates gender-sensitive design and community-first outreach to create lasting change.

Key interventions include:

Strengthening of SHG structures and women-led federations to serve as peer mentors

Family sensitization programs targeting male allies—fathers, husbands, brothers—to reduce resistance and build trust

Legal and rights-based awareness campaigns focused on menstrual hygiene, reproductive health, domestic violence laws, and maternal care

Measured Impact and Proven Scalability

Project Udaan has consistently delivered quantifiable outcomes at the grassroots level. As of the latest cycle:

Over 900 women have completed intensive training programs across 60 villages and 4 districts

Nearly 70 percent of participating women reported an average income increase of 30 to 60 percent within 9 months of program completion

420+ micro-enterprises have been launched, 180 of which are now self-sustaining and generating employment for others

More than 5,000 indirect beneficiaries—including children, elderly dependents, and second-generation SHG members—have experienced improved access to nutrition, education, and mobility

Over 20 institutional partnerships and corporate CSR collaborations have supported infrastructure, curriculum design, and digital enablement.

Partnership Opportunities: Driving Collective Impact

The InAmigos Foundation invites corporations, philanthropic institutions, and ecosystem enablers to co-create impact through structured partnerships.

Opportunities include:

Funding the establishment of skill hubs in high-need regions

Supporting enterprise starter kits and training batches through CSR allocations

Mentoring women entrepreneurs via employee volunteering and capacity-building workshops

Co-hosting exhibitions, market linkages, and rural entrepreneurship fairs

Enabling long-term research and impact analytics for policy influence

These partnerships offer direct ESG alignment, brand elevation, and access to inclusive value chains while contributing to a model that demonstrably works.

What Makes Project Udaan Unique?

Unlike one-size-fits-all skilling programs, Project Udaan is rooted in real-world constraints and community aspirations. It succeeds because it combines:

Skill training aligned with current and emerging market demand

Income-first design that integrates microenterprise creation and financial access

Localized community ownership that ensures sustainability and adoption

Tech-enabled operations that ensure transparency and iterative learning

Holistic empowerment encompassing economic, social, and psychological dimensions

By balancing professional training with emotional transformation and economic opportunity, Udaan represents a new blueprint for inclusive growth.

 From Promise to Power

Project Udaan, driven by the InAmigos Foundation, proves that when equipped with tools, trust, and training, rural and semi-urban women are capable of becoming not just contributors, but catalysts for socio-economic renewal.

They don’t merely escape poverty—they design their own systems of progress. They don’t just participate—they lead.

Each sewing machine, digital training module, or microloan is not a transaction—it is a declaration of possibility.

This is not charity. This is infrastructure. This is equity, by design.

Udaan is not just a program. It is a platform for a new India.

For partnership inquiries, CSR collaborations, and donation pathways, contact: www.inamigosfoundation.org/Udaan Email: partnerships@inamigosfoundation.org

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How does AI contribute to the automation of software testing?

AI-Based Testing Services

In today’s modern rapid growing software development competitive market, ensuring and assuming quality while keeping up with fast release cycles is challenging and a vital part. That’s where AI-Based Testing comes into play and role. Artificial Intelligence - Ai is changing the software testing and checking process by making it a faster, smarter, and more accurate option to go for.

Smart Test Case Generation:

AI can automatically & on its own analyze past test results, user behavior, and application logic to generate relevant test cases with its implementation. This reduces the burden on QA teams, saves time, and assures that the key user and scenarios are always covered—something manual processes might overlook and forget.

Faster Bug Detection and Resolution:

AI-Based Testing leverages the machine learning algorithms to detect the defects more efficiently by identifying the code patterns and anomalies in the code behavior and structure. This proactive approach helps and assists the testers to catch the bugs as early as possible in the development cycle, improving product quality and reducing the cost of fixes.

Improved Test Maintenance:

Even a small or minor UI change can break or last the multiple test scripts in traditional automation with its adaptation. The AI models can adapt to these changes, self-heal broken scripts, and update them automatically. This makes test maintenance less time-consuming and more reliable.

Enhanced Test Coverage:

AI assures that broader test coverage and areas are covered by simulating the realtime-user interactions and analyzing vast present datasets into the scenario. It aids to identify the edge cases and potential issues that might not be obvious to human testers. As a result, AI-based testing significantly reduces the risk of bugs in production.

Predictive Analytics for Risk Management:

AI tools and its features can analyze the historical testing data to predict areas of the application or product crafted that are more likely to fail. This insight helps the teams to prioritize their testing efforts, optimize resources, and make better decisions throughout the development lifecycle.

Seamless Integration with Agile and DevOps:

AI-powered testing tools are built to support continuous testing environments. They integrate seamlessly with CI/CD pipelines, enabling faster feedback, quick deployment, and improved collaboration between development and QA teams.

Top technology providers like Suma Soft, IBM, Cyntexa, and Cignex lead the way in AI-Based Testing solutions. They offer and assist with customized services that help the businesses to automate down the Testing process, improve the software quality, and accelerate time to market with advanced AI-driven tools.