{"id":1379,"date":"2024-07-24T23:24:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T23:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2024-07-24T23:24:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T23:24:27","slug":"report-colin-kaepernick-is-starting-another-new-business-as-he-continues-to-be-blackballed-by-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1379","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Colin Kaepernick Is Starting Another New Business As He Continues To Be Blackballed By The NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>\u00a0quarterback\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/colin-kaepernick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colin Kaepernick<\/a>\u00a0has started another new business.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"mai-ad-video mai-connatix\" data-al=\"content\" data-unit=\"tpsplayer\" data-content-name=\"mai-ad-content-tpsplayer\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div id=\"cnx-outside\">\n<p>While Kaepernick still has designs on one day returning to the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>, he is keeping busy with various other ventures. As such, he launched a new artificial intelligence company on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/colin-kaepernick-ai-lumi-c9efdfc3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>\u2019s Andrew Beaton is reporting that the former QB has created an AI startup backed by venture capital firm Seven Seven Six, which is run by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.<\/p>\n<p>The platform, Lumi Story AI, was built with storytelling in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Kap wants to provide the tools for the development of stories, helping people with nothing more than an idea to flesh out full-fledged tales.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cIt allows us to help fill in the skill gaps of creators,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Kap said.<em>\u00a0\u201cWe are now building in that direction to try to open that up and democratize storytelling.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019ll handle all the logistics behind the scenes,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>he added.<em>\u00a0\u201cOne of the things that we\u2019ve found is that creators love creating, and they want to focus on creating. Most of them do not want to be business operators.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udc4b Meet our newest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sevensevensix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sevensevensix<\/a> portco: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lumistoryai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lumistoryai<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Founded by activist, storyteller, and former football player Colin Kaepernick <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kaepernick7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Kaepernick7<\/a>, Lumi is an end-to-end storytelling platform that empowers *anybody* to create and monetize their stories.<\/p>\n<p>Powered by AI, ofc! \u2728 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wdh4Vwvwfc\">pic.twitter.com\/Wdh4Vwvwfc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katelin Holloway \ud83d\udc99 (@katelin_cruse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katelin_cruse\/status\/1816156461283828219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-colin-kaepernick-doesn-t-view-ai-as-something-designed-to-steal-jobs-from-humans\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colin Kaepernick Doesn\u2019t View AI As Something Designed To Steal Jobs From Humans<\/h2>\n<p>According to Beaton, Colin Kaepernick decided to pursue this after encountering obstacles while trying to launch media companies.<\/p>\n<p>A beta version of Lumi focused on comics launched this Wednesday, and plans to expand the platform\u2019s capabilities are in the works.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-3\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>The former football player turned civil rights activist also addressed concerns over artificial intelligence putting humans out of work.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe look at it as AI should be empowering and enhancing creators,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old started a publishing company in 2019 and has written children\u2019s books, including \u201cI Color Myself Different.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former\u00a0San Francisco 49ers\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Colin Kaepernick\u00a0has started another new business. While Kaepernick still has designs on one day returning to the\u00a0NFL, he is keeping busy with various other ventures. 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