Uare.ai raised $10.3 million in seed funding led by Mayfield and Boldstart Ventures.

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Immortality startup Eternos nabs $10.3M, pivots to personal AI that sounds like you | TechCrunch

Eternos developed the Human Life Model (HLM) — a framework that uses only an individual's data, rather than general LLM data, to capture the...

Two experienced investors share their tips for founders and operators hoping to nail product-market fit at their AI startups.

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How AI startups should be thinking about product-market fit | TechCrunch

Two experienced investors share their tips for founders and operators hoping to nail product-market fit at their AI startups.

Google Photos is getting an image edit feature powered by the Nano Banana model.

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Google Photos adds new AI features for editing, expands AI-powered search to over 100 countries | TechCrunch

Google Photos is getting an image edit feature powered by the Nano Banana model.

Israeli AI agent startup Wonderful has raised $100 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Insight Partners, IVP, Bessemer, and Vine Ventures. The large round, in a market already crowded with AI agent startups, suggests Wonderful has convinced top tier investors it’s not just another GPT wrapper, but a company building the infrastructure and orchestration that could scale if […]

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Wonderful raised $100M Series A to put AI agents on the front lines of customer service | TechCrunch

The large round, in a market already crowded with AI agent startups, suggests Wonderful has convinced top-tier investors it’s not just anoth...

Startups should start forging connections with late-stage investors while they are still at the early stages.

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How founders can prepare for their late-stage fundraises from the start | TechCrunch

Startups should start forging connections with late-stage investors while they are still at the early stages.

The EC had in 2020 recommended that member nations stop using tech from "high-risk" vendors like Huawei and ZTE, and now its vice president, Henna Virkkunen, is pushing to turn that recommendation into regulation, Bloomberg reported.

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EU considers law to phase out Huawei and ZTE equipment from bloc's telecom networks | TechCrunch

The EC had in 2020 recommended that member nations stop using tech from "high-risk" vendors like Huawei and ZTE, and now its vice president, Henna ...

Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, which will focus on continuing his work on world models.

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Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup | TechCrunch

Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, which will focus on continuing his work on wor...

Robyn wants to position it self as an empathetic chatbot and not as a companion or a therapy app

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A former physician has launched Robyn, an empathetic AI companion | TechCrunch

Robyn wants to position itself as an empathetic chatbot and not as a companion or a therapy app.

The platform has attracted an eclectic user base. More than half of Fortune 500 companies are using Lovable to "supercharge creativity," according to Osika, who insisted retention remains strong.

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Lovable says it's nearing 8 million users as the year-old AI coding startup eyes more corporate employees | TechCrunch

The platform has attracted an eclectic user base. More than half of Fortune 500 companies are using Lovable to "supercharge creativity," according ...

SoftBank and OpenAI announced a new 50-50 joint venture this week to sell enterprise AI tools in Japan under the brand “Crystal Intelligence.” On paper, it’s a straightforward international expansion deal. But SoftBank’s role as a major investor in OpenAI is raising questions about whether AI’s biggest deals are creating real economic value or just moving money in circles.  […]

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The circular money problem at the heart of AI's biggest deals | TechCrunch

SoftBank and OpenAI announced a new 50-50 joint venture this week to sell enterprise AI tools in Japan under the brand “Crystal Intelligence....