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Overtone is described as “an early-stage dating service focused on using AI and voice tools to help people connect in a more thoughtful and personal way.”

The round, which was Fal’s third fundraise this year, also included a secondary sale for early investors, sources tell us.

Cashew Research uses AI to automate the market research process while still collecting real-world data from humans.

The company is looking to raise $30 billion, which would make it the biggest IPO ever, just ahead of Saudi Aramco’s in 2019.

Kabir Narang is laying the groundwork for a new investment platform slated for 2026.

After reaching $1 billion in annualized revenue, Anysphere CEO Michael Truell explained the features his company is focused on building out.

The EV maker will likely share more details on its upcoming AI & Autonomy Day scheduled for December 11.

While teenagers may start out using AI chatbots for basic questions, their relationship with chatbot platforms has the potential to turn addictive.

OpenAI says that Dresser will be responsible for the company’s revenue strategy in enterprise and customer success.

Crusoe will pay Boom $1.25 billion for more than a gigawatt of generating capacity with deliveries of the turbines starting in 2027.

The feature lets you identify the people who regularly come to your door by creating a catalog of up to 50 faces. The company says the Ring feature is opt in and the biometric data isn’t used to train AI models.

Truecaller’s Family Protection will be rolled out widely in the first quarter of 2026.

The automakers will work together to bring two Ford-branded EVs to European dealerships in 2028.

Google Photos’ new update helps make editing video reels in the app quicker, such as new templates that already add music and text to clips.

Canoo’s CEO bought the bankrupt startup’s assets in April and told the court his “principal motivation” was supporting these programs.

Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI are backing the Linux Foundation’s new Agentic AI Foundation, donating MCP, Goose, and AGENTS.md to standardize AI agents, boost interoperability, and curb proprietary fragmentation.

Fairphone updates its repair over-the-ear headphones with new drivers.

Meta’s Facebook redesign elevates Marketplace, refreshes profiles, and aims to win back Gen Z users.

Amazon upgrades Alexa+ with new shopping tools, turning Echo screens into hubs for orders, deals, and gift buying.

Google will compete with Meta with its own line of AI-powered smart glasses.

The European Commission is investigating Google over its AI summaries.

The latest is Microsoft’s largest investment in Asia.

In an internal memo seen by TechCrunch, VSCO’s CEO Eric Wittman said the company’s consumer business had declined more than expected, and some of its new growth initiatives didn’t yield the expected results.

India has given OpenAI, Google, and other AI firms 30 days to respond to its proposed royalty system for training on copyrighted content.

The two companies are launching the Accenture Anthropic Business Group to bring Anthropic’s AI to Accenture’s employees.

After rebooting the Pebble smartwatch, founder Eric Migicovsky is expanding his company’s device lineup with a new smart wearable: an AI-powered smart ring known as Index 01. Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the new $75 ring is not meant to be a competitor to the always-on, always-listening AI … Read more

Spotify will let you switch between music videos and audio at any time.

French AI startup Mistral today launched Devstral 2, a new generation of its AI model designed for coding, as the company seeks to catch up to bigger AI labs like Anthropic and other coding-focused LLMs.

Empromptu claims all a user has to do is tell the platform’s AI chatbot what they want — like a new HTML or JavaScript app — and the AI will go ahead and build it.

Zuckerman, who used to run the stalkerware apps SpyFone and SpyTrac, claimed the ban is hurting his unrelated business.