Hacker News with Generative AI: Crowdfunding

Star Citizen player reports CIG is making him sign an NDA before getting refund (massivelyop.com)
We’ve chronicled the weird steps players have needed to take to get refunds from Star Citizen numerous times before, but now it looks like there’s a fresh wrinkle added to the already wrinkled bedsheets of the process if a Redditor’s account is to be believed.

Gaming, Crowdfunding, Legal Issues

25 points by speckx 21 days ago | 14 comments

Show HN: Sustainable and repairable e-bike battery (that's also fireproof) (indiegogo.com)
Indiegogo is committed to accessibility.

E-Bikes, Sustainability, Hardware, Crowdfunding

41 points by oulipo 43 days ago | 6 comments

Godot social media account blocks titanium level backer for the Godot fund (twitter.com)

Godot Engine, Crowdfunding, Community Management

51 points by neonsunset 53 days ago | 13 comments

Machine learning reveals factors for successful crowdfunding (phys.org)
Modern crowdfunding has grown from relatively modest beginnings in the late 1990s to a multi-billion-dollar financing market for all kinds of early-stage innovations.

Machine learning, Crowdfunding, Business, Finance, Data Analysis

31 points by hdvr 57 days ago | 4 comments

Jumperless V5 – Crowd Supply (crowdsupply.com)
Jumperless V5 is a breadboard where any point can be connected to any other with software-defined jumpers. RGB LEDs under each hole turn the breadboard into a display; paired with its assortment of routable analog/digital I/O, Jumperless V5 gives you real-time information about everything happening in your circuit and the ability to change it at a whim.

Hardware, Electronics, Open Source, Prototyping, Crowdfunding

5 points by bpierre 62 days ago | 0 comments

Cohost to shut down at end of 2024 (cohost.org)
We have come to the decision to cease operations of cohost and anti software software club due to lack of funding and burnout. As of today, none of us are being paid for our labor1; all of our money in the bank, and any money coming in from people who buy our merch or don’t cancel cohost plus, is going towards servers and operations — paying the bills so we can turn the lights off with as little disruption as possible.

Startup Shutdowns, Crowdfunding, Web Hosting

136 points by kotaKat 73 days ago | 117 comments

Laptop-like CrowView Note ready to work with Pi, phones and mini-PCs (newatlas.com)

Crowdfunding, Technology, Peripherals, Laptops

37 points by Bluestein 95 days ago | 24 comments

Decentralized Solana Crowdfunding Platform (sper.money)

Solana, Crowdfunding

7 points by ceolympics 99 days ago | 2 comments

Why Murena, the Next-Gen Privacy Tech Maker, Is "Crowd-Fundraising" (medium.com)

Privacy, Technology, Crowdfunding, Business

12 points by prince707 150 days ago | 3 comments

Star Citizen Tops $700M, Still No Release Date (ign.com)