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Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool
Spotify is launching a new audiobook creation tool powered by ElevenLabs' text-to-speech technology. The company plans...
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Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts
Spotify is adding AI-powered features to its podcast platform that allow users to generate daily or weekly briefings...
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Spotify takes on Google’s NotebookLM with its new app
Spotify is launching a new desktop app as a research preview across more than 20 markets, positioning itself as a...
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US Cyber Command races to deploy AI on top-secret networks
US Cyber Command has launched a task force to deploy AI models from major tech companies on classified Pentagon and NSA...
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Cohere open-sources its strongest model yet
Cohere, a Canadian AI company, has released Command A+, its most powerful language model to date, as open source under...
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The Path, founded by Tony Robbins and Calm alums, hopes to offer safer AI therapy
The Path, a startup founded by Tony Robbins and Calm alumni, has developed an AI therapy model that scored 95 on the...
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Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive ‘universal’ AI interface
Hark has raised $700M in Series A funding to develop a universal AI interface platform. The company plans to release...
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Maka Kids is redefining kids’ screen time with a streaming app optimized for well-being, not engagement
Maka Kids is building a streaming app for children ages zero to six featuring content designed for healthy development....
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US government takes $2 billion equity stake in nine quantum computing firms
Beneficiaries include startup backed by firm with links to the Trump family.
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With aluminum prices up 20%, recycling startups bet on AI to cash in
Recycling startups are leveraging AI technology to improve the recovery of critical minerals like aluminum,...
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Where Funded Founders Went To School: 2026 Edition
The findings from our annual Crunchbase survey of where recently funded founders attended college or university found...
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Beauty booking startup Fresha hits $1B valuation with KKR backing
Beauty and wellness booking marketplace Fresha says it has raised $80 million investment from KKR’s Next Generation...
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Nvidia’s Vera chip is the US$200 billion bet Jensen Huang doesn’t want you to overlook
Nvidia reported Q1 revenue of US$81.62 billion, beating estimates, with Q2 guidance at US$91 billion. The article...
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One Model, Three Modalities: ByteDance Releases Lance for Image and Video Understanding, Generation, and Editing
ByteDance's Intelligent Creation Lab released Lance, an open-source multimodal model that performs image and video...
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General Catalyst just led a $63M bet on India’s travel payments market
Scapia, an Indian startup that combines travel booking with co-branded credit cards and mobile payments, said the deal...
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What is a Forward Deployed Engineer: The AI Role OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Are Hiring in 2026
OpenAI and Anthropic are hiring for Forward Deployed Engineer roles, a position pioneered by Palantir that combines AI...
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Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering
Biotech company Imperagen secured £5 million in seed funding led by PXN Ventures to advance enzyme engineering using...
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Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same?
A postwar U.S. study examines which types of workers historically filled new technology-enabled jobs, raising questions...
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Jensen Huang says he’s found a ‘brand new’ $200B market for Nvidia
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicts a new $200 billion market opportunity for the company centered on CPUs designed for AI...
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