- SBJ's sixth class of New Voices Under 30 features a number of people working in tech: the MLBPA's Ezra Frankel, NBA's Christina Harper, Meta's Becca Greenwell Wathen, CAMB.AI's Akshat “Ack” Prakash, SeatGeek's Dante Smith and DraftKings' Austin Zhu.
- Genius Sports reported Q3 revenue of $120.2 million, which represents an 18.2% year-over-year increase.
- In the latest Athlete's Voice, boxer Amanda Serrano (whose rematch with Katie Taylor is part of the undercard for Friday's Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight on Netflix) talks about her deal with Total Wireless and how at 36, she's getting her first mobile phone.
- Business documentation and employee onboarding software provider Trainual signed a two-year deal with the Suns and Mercury, making Trainual their official onboarding sponsor, a new marketing category for the teams, reports SBJ's Rob Schaefer.
- Ōura's recent acquisition of Sparta Science should fuel the fastest-growing segment of its business: enterprise customers using the Oura Teams dashboard, writes SBJ's Joe Lemire.
- Automated sports scheduling platform Fastbreak.ai acquired youth sports-focused social impact company SEQL for an undisclosed sum and is rebranding it as Fastbreak Connect, notes Schaefer.
- Amazon-owned robotaxi company Zoox is now a sponsor of the Williams Racing F1 team, writes SBJ's Adam Stern.
