Former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe’s new startup, Sesame, is building AI-powered smartglasses with natural, humanlike voice interaction. Backed by Sequoia and Spark, the company also launched an invite-only iOS beta to preview its conversational AI.
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Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, raises $250M and launches beta | TechCrunch
Former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe’s new startup, Sesame, is building AI-powered smart glasses with natural, humanlike voice interaction. Backed by ...
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OpenAI's new browser announcement made it clear exactly how much Google has to lose in the AI era.
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OpenAI’s new browser is a broadside shot at Google  | TechCrunch
OpenAI's new browser announcement made it clear exactly how much Google has to lose in the AI era.
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Fal.ai announced its previous round at a $1.5 billion valuation in July.
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Exclusive: Sources: Multimodal AI startup Fal.ai already raised at $4B+ valuation
Fal provides developers with over 600 image, video, audio, and 3D models, it says, and boasts that its cloud has thousands of Nvidia H100 and H200 ...
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Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is urging regulators to rein in Google’s AI practices, arguing the tech giant’s dominance in search gives it an unfair edge in the AI race.
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Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is pushing UK regulator to unbundle Google's search and AI crawlers | TechCrunch
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is urging regulators to rein in Google’s AI practices, arguing the tech giant’s dominance in search gives it an u...
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Members of Breakthrough Energy's policy team are back with a new organization, the Clean Economy Project, aimed at nudging lawmakers toward clean energy.
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Bill Gates’ old climate lobbyists launch a new firm | TechCrunch
Members of Breakthrough Energy's policy team are back with a new organization, the Clean Economy Project, aimed at nudging lawmakers toward cl...
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Casio’s Moflin, a hamster-like robot pet, uses AI to develop a personality over time.
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I spent a month living with a $430 AI pet, the Casio Moflin | TechCrunch
Casio’s Moflin, a hamster-like robot pet, uses AI to develop a personality over time.
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The tech giant says calls will now use AI-enhanced audio to reduce background noise and improve voice clarity, even when speaking to someone on a landline or older device.
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Google Fi to add AI-enhanced audio and RCS web messaging | TechCrunch
The tech giant says calls will now use AI-enhanced audio to reduce background noise and improve voice clarity, even when speaking to someone on a l...
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We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.
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As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2025 | TechCrunch
We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.
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Codi launches what it hails as the first fully automated office manager.
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a16z-backed Codi launches AI agent office manager | TechCrunch
The startup released its beta version of the new AI office management product in May and officially launched it on Tuesday. The company last raised...
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OpenAI is launching an AI-powered browser, its latest challenge to Google as the main way people find information online.
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OpenAI launches an AI-powered browser: ChatGPT Atlas | TechCrunch
OpenAI is launching an AI-powered browser, its latest challenge to Google as the main way people find information online.
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