Shapor Naghibzadeh learned the value of a good story in 2009 as a Google sysops engineer. When hackers backed by China set their sights on the search giant as part of an effort dubbed Operation Aurora, he was called into a hastily assembled war room to explain what exactly was going on in the company’s … Devamını oku
Hearing loss affects anestimated 50 million adultsin the United States, but onlyaround 20%of those with diagnosed hearing loss seek treatment.Legato, a new hearing tech company, aims to close that gap. The startup is emerging from stealth on Wednesday with $12 million in funding and a first look at its AI hearing glasses, the company told … Devamını oku
Making AI agents work is turning out to be a lot harder than many companies expected. Luckily for them, there’s help on the way: A new crop of startups is finding better ways to test and train agents before they are deployed, particularly on the complexities of the modern enterprise. Argais one such company. The … Devamını oku
As artificial intelligence makes it easier than ever to build websites and apps, Indian startupRunableis betting the next opportunity lies in what comes after: finding customers and helping businesses grow. The startup has raised $21 million to expand in that direction. The Series A was co-led by Susquehanna Venture Capital and Nexus Venture Partners, with … Devamını oku
More than76% of consumersin India prefer talking to businesses over a phone call, according to a recent study from Truecaller. Since voice is still consumers’ preferred way to communicate, that leaves a big opportunity to automate support and outreach calls using voice AI in the country. Voice AI startup Ringg, which already processes 20 million … Devamını oku
Generalist, a robotics startup, is now valued at $3 billion after raising additional capital led by 8VC, according to two people with knowledge of the funding. The fresh capital totals nearly $200 million according to a regulatory filing. That additional capital is an extension of a $400 million Series B led by Radical Ventures that … Devamını oku
OpenAI has lost yet another executive, and the timing of this one stands out in particular given this individual oversaw the execution of the company’s data center strategy. Chris Malone, OpenAI’s former head of data centers, left the company last week, the Wall Street Journalhas reported. Malone, whospent nearly five yearsat Meta and more than … Devamını oku
Stability AI, the startup behind AI image generation model Stable Diffusion, has raised $76 million in Series B funding. The new haul brings the company’s fundraising total to $232 million. The companyannouncedthe round Tuesday, saying the new capital comes partly from a number of prominent entertainment industry organizations, including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group, … Devamını oku
A change to Claude’s memory system will eliminate one of the most annoying things about using agents — the constant need to rebrief the AI on things it already knows. On Tuesday, Anthropic announced it’s merging the memory system used by chat and Claude Cowork, which means that Claude will always remember what it learned … Devamını oku
Presentation startupGammahas acquired Accel-backed design startupLicain a bid to build out its own design research lab, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Lica’s co-founders will lead the effort. Lica started off as an app that could turn screenshots and recordings into project presentations and videos. Founded by Priyaa Kalyanaraman and Purvanshi Mehta in 2023, the company a … Devamını oku