Superplastic, which creates “synthetic” influencers and other virtual characters, raised $20M led by Amazon’s Alexa Fund and plans to work with Amazon Studios (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Superplastic, which creates “synthetic” influencers and other virtual characters, raised $20M led by Amazon’s Alexa Fund and plans to work with Amazon Studios  —  Janky and Guggimon, ‘synthetic’ celebrities conceived in a studio and big on social platforms like TikTok and Instagram …