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Mitgo Launches Takefluence Collaboration Platform For MENA

The new platform connects content creators with brands, leveraging the booming worldwide influencer market.

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2 years ago

January 31, 2024

mitgo launches takefluence collaboration platform for mena

Global tech firm Mitgo has unveiled Takefluence, a groundbreaking platform that fosters connections between content creators, social media enthusiasts, and brands in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The platform has set an ambitious target of attracting 1-3 million users within the next 1-2 years.

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Archie Rudyuk, CEO of Takefluence, explained: “As we venture into the MENA market, the growth potential is immense. The region’s vibrant landscape and the unique blend of creators and brands create an exciting opportunity for Takefluence. We already witnessed a surge of interest in Takefluence from creators and local brands. They sign up for an annual partnership, launch their ambassador programs with us, and start getting first results”.

The idea of Takefluence is to create an ecosystem where content creators discover and engage with prominent brands while reaping the rewards of various incentives. Users can earn from campaigns, benefit from discounts during online and offline shopping, and enjoy a hassle-free withdrawal process.

The platform differentiates itself by providing content creators with a streamlined experience using promotional codes, participation in brand campaigns, and swift withdrawal options. Takefluence also offers hybrid earnings, an Ambassador Program, and an extensive array of brand choices and promotions.

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For brands, Takefluence will use a performance-based approach, encompassing pay-per-post, pay-per-reach, fixed, gifting, and branding campaigns based on reach. All of these are seamlessly facilitated through content creators and user-generated content.

Takefluence has already established partnerships with over 150 brands, including industry leaders such as Noon, Namshi, YallaHub, Truegamers, Lifemost, ToysBrand, Geardoor, GetOutfit, The Luxury Closet, NiceOne, SharafDG, and more. The company is now primed to onboard more online and offline brands, including shopping malls and marketplaces, event organizers and even emerging artists, enabling them to effectively engage with their audience and customers in content creation initiatives.

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At I/O 2026, Sundar Pichai Concedes AI Must Deliver Real Value

Gemini 3.5, a personal agent called Spark, agentic shopping, and Android XR eyewear are all aimed at making AI feel useful, not just impressive.

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2 weeks ago

May 20, 2026

Nour Nasir

at io 2026 sundar pichai concedes ai must deliver real value

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Google’s annual I/O developer conference (I/O 2026) has recently become a status update on the same question: can the company turn its AI spending into products people use every day? This year, chief executive Sundar Pichai described Google as being in a phase of hyper progress, while conceding this is the part of the cycle where people want to see real value in the products they use on a day-to-day basis.

The strategy on display was to push agents — AI systems that act on a user’s behalf — into nearly every Google product at once. Search now has an “intelligent search box” that returns generated explainer videos alongside links. Gmail, Docs, YouTube and Maps are gaining their own agent layers, including a Docs Live feature that turns spoken instructions into drafted text with citations.

Two new models, Gemini 3.5 and a cheaper Gemini 3.5 Flash, arrived the same day. Google says 900 million people now use Gemini, and that more than 50 billion images have been generated with it. The pricing tier names are likely to confuse buyers: a new AI Ultra plan launches at $100 a month, while the older Gemini AI Ultra drops from $250 to $200.

The flashier announcements were Gemini Omni, a video generator pitched as a more realistic answer to OpenAI’s discontinued Sora 2, and Gemini Spark, a personal agent that handles recurring tasks across a user’s Google account. A new universal shopping cart lets agents complete purchases across multiple retailers from inside Google itself, placing the company between the merchant and the buyer, and also owning the checkout.

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Google also confirmed its Android XR eyewear, built with Samsung and frames from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. Audio-only glasses ship this autumn; a display-equipped version, which would superimpose live translations into the wearer’s field of view, is still in development. Both sets translate, however only the display version shows you the result.

What Pichai did not resolve is the bargain underneath all this. An agent is only useful to the degree it knows your calendar, your inbox, your shopping history and your physical surroundings. Google has now confirmed that, in time, the same context may carry advertising.