Neowin News Feed for: Crowdfunding

Llama Fund is a controversial platform to crowdfund AI models

Usama Jawad — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:16:01 +0000

Someone has started a crowdfunding platform to finance LLMs which will eventually be released as open-source models, and it sounds like a terrible idea on paper. Read more...

Star Citizen crowdfunding passes $800 million, gains latest $100 million in less than a year

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 21:50:02 +0000

The crowdfunding pool for the Cloud Imperium Games-developed sci-fi space game Star Citizen has reached a brand-new, record-setting milestone as it crosses the $800 million mark. Read more...

Star Citizen crowdfunding passes $700 million

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 27 May 2024 22:12:02 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games' sci-fi space sim and RPG Star Citizen has passed another major crowdfunding milestone: $700 million. The latest $100 million has been raised in less than a year as well. Read more...

Star Citizen campaign is now "feature complete", CIG shares extended gameplay to celebrate

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:46:01 +0000

Squadron 42, the single-player campaign portion of Cloud Imperium Games' Star Citizen project, is now in polishing phase. The studio today shared a 25 minute video showcasing gameplay and features. Read more...

Star Citizen crowdfunding pool hits $600 million

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:40:01 +0000

After raising another $100 million in less than a year, Star Citizen's own tracker now shows the game's community has brought in over $600 million in total over its development lifespan. Read more...

Kickstarter to require AI transparency from creatives

Paul Hill — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:16:01 +0000

Kickstarter will be asking projects if artificial intelligence will be used from August 29. While AI can be used, a failure to disclose its use could lead to a project's suspension from the website. Read more...

Star Citizen crowdfunding reaches half a billion dollars

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:16:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has reached another major crowdfunding milestone for its in-development space RPG Star Citizen. $500,000,000 is the latest goal backers from the community have hit. Read more...

Star Citizen Alpha 3.17 goes live with new economy features, rivers, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 08:34:02 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games has a new Star Citizen Alpha update for backers to jump in to. The new 3.17 release brings ship-to-ship refueling, rivers on planets, selling loot to shops, and more. Read more...

Star Citizen crowdfunding pool is now $400 million strong

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 19:48:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games' in-development multiplayer space RPG Star Citizen has now crossed the $400 million mark in funding from backers. The game is also running a free-to-play event currently. Read more...

Star Citizen crowd-funding breezes past $350 million

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 20:06:01 +0000

Cloud Imperium Games' in-development space trading and combat sim Star Citizen has breached another crowd-funding milestone, with the game now touting $350 million from its backers. Read more...

Crowdfunding for upcoming 'microByte' handheld retro-gaming console goes live

Sayan Sen — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:36:02 +0000

Byte-Mix Labs has opened a crowdfunding drive for its upcoming microByte handheld retro-gaming console. According to the firm, the console can not only game but also be a cool toy to play around with. Read more...

Chuwi reveals its CoreBook tablet powered by Intel Core m3 and 6GB RAM

Timi Cantisano — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 04:22:01 +0000

Chuwi has been busy this year, offering up new computing devices every few months. Now, as a last hurrah for the year, the firm is debuting its CoreBook that will feature an Intel Core m3 processor. Read more...

Purism's Librem 5 crowdfunder finishes with $2.1M

Paul Hill — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 07:02:02 +0000

The Librem 5's crowdfunding campaign has finally come to a close after two months. The campaign managed to bring in a huge $2.1 million, well past the initial target of $1.5 million. Read more...

The GPD Pocket, a micro-sized laptop running Windows 10, is now on sale

Stergios Georgopoulos — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:58:01 +0000

After a highly successful crowdsourcing campaign on Indiegogo, the GPD Pocket is finally on sale. The laptop has a 7-inch 1080p touch screen display and runs Windows 10 64-bit. Read more...

Star Citizen hits $150 million in crowd funding

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 20 May 2017 16:32:01 +0000

With Alpha 3.0.0 looming on the horizon, Star Citizen now has over $150 million in funding thanks to its community, bringing it closer than ever to becoming the highest crowd-funded project ever. Read more...

Star Citizen's Alpha 3.0.0 planned for June, brings three traversable moons, and more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:22:01 +0000

Star Citizen is on its way to receiving the highly anticipated Alpha 3.0.0 update, coming with moons to explore, character customization, and more. A free fly session is also available until April 18. Read more...

The 'Steadicam Volt' is a smartphone video stabilization rig for $139

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 07:38:01 +0000

If you have been wanting a gimbal to create smoother videos with your smartphone, the Steadicam Volt might be your affordable answer. The Kickstarter project can be funded for $139 USD. Read more...

Microsoft to be the first trillion-dollar company through LinkedIn purchase, says analyst

Justin Luna — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 12:24:01 +0000

An analyst is foreseeing Microsoft to lead the charge of the race towards a trillion-dollar market value, ahead of Apple and Alphabet. Their LinkedIn purchase is predicted to help towards that goal. Read more...

Coship Windows 10 Mobile crowdfunding campaign ends with just 30 backers, 2.6% of goal

Andy Weir — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 12:22:01 +0000

After voicing concerns over the future of Windows 10 Mobile, Coship launched a crowdfunding campaign for its new handset - but that campaign has now ended, reaching just 2.6% of its $100,000 goal. Read more...

Coship launches crowdfunding campaign for 'new' Moly X1 Windows 10 Mobile phone, from $179

Andy Weir — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:58:01 +0000

After voicing concerns over the future of Windows 10 Mobile last month, Coship has launched a crowdfunding campaign for its next Windows phone - an updated version of its Moly X1, priced from $179. Read more...

Eve releases more details on its 'V' convertible ultrabook, launches later in November

Ben Moore — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 04:44:02 +0000

Eve unveiled the latest specs for the crowdfunded 'V,' also known as the 'Project Pyramid Flipper.' Key features include a 12.3-inch IGZO touchscreen, Kaby Lake CPU, and a Windows Ink-enabled pen. Read more...

Jolla to ship its last 540 Tablets, will try to refund other customers "within a year"

Andy Weir — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:54:01 +0000

Jolla will ship its last 540 Tablets next month, but "thousands" of other customers will be offered half of their refund this quarter, and the other half in 2017 - "financial situation permitting". Read more...