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How Synthflow AI is cutting through the noise in a loud AI voice category
Synthflow AI was founded in 2023 and has amassed more than 1,000 customers and handled more than 45 million calls.
View the articleIndia’s GoKwik raised a small $13M round for a hefty leap in valuation
GoKwik, an Indian startup that offers a suite of integrated e-commerce products, has raised a small round of $13 million, which it calls a “growth” round, that has boosted its valuation to $450 mi...
View the articleNew data highlights the race to build more empathetic language models
Measuring AI progress has usually meant testing scientific knowledge or logical reasoning – but while the major benchmarks still focus on left-brain logic skills, there’s been a quiet push within ...
View the articleFacebook Group admins complain of mass bans — Meta says it’s fixing the problem
After a wave of mass bans affecting Instagram and Facebook users alike, Meta users are now complaining that Facebook Groups are also being impacted by mass suspensions. According to individual complai...
View the articleIn just 4 months, AI medical scribe Abridge doubles valuation to $5.3B
Abridge nabbed a $300 million Series E led by a16z, months after it closed its previous $250 million fundraise. The 7-year-old Abridge is widely considered to be the leader in the increasingly crowded...
View the articleThe All-In Podcast’s $1,200 tequila has already sold out
Their version of the Mexican spirit cost a jaw-dropping $1,200 per bottle, but only 750 bottles were made. The stacked poker-chip container was inspired by the “besties'” love of the card game.
View the articleiPhone customers upset by Apple Wallet ad pushing F1 movie
However well-received the film may be, iPhone users don't necessarily want their built-in utilities, like their digital wallet, marketing to them.
View the articleElevenLabs releases a standalone voice generation app
Voice AI company ElevenLabs just released a standalone mobile app for iOS and Android users to generate voice clips from text. Until now, if you had to generate samples using ElevenLabs’ AI-powered ...
View the articleChrome for Android now lets you move the address bar to the bottom, too
Google Chrome’s web browser for Android devices is finally catching up to the notable design change that Safari made with the 2021 introduction of iOS 15: it’s offering a way to move the address b...
View the articleFeds question Ford in hands-free driving investigation
The top federal vehicle safety regulator has sent Ford an exhaustive list of questions about its hands-free driver-assistance system known as BlueCruise. It's the latest development in an investigatio...
View the articleAnthropic Scores a Landmark AI Copyright Win—but Will Face Trial Over Piracy Claims
While the startup has won its "fair use" argument, it potentially faces billions of dollars in damages for allegedly pirating over 7 million books to build a digital library.
View the articleWispr Flow raises $30M from Menlo Ventures for its AI-powered dictation app
CEO Tanay Kothari noted that the startup will soon achieve profitability at the current rate of growth. Initially, he didn't want to raise money, but he worried that Big Tech players with a massive di...
View the articleAt TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Medha Agarwal, Jyoti Bansal, and Jennifer Neundorfer discuss what makes a pitch land
Perfect your pitch for maximum impact. Investors hear hundreds of pitches, but only a few stand out. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, hear directly from Medha Agarwal, general partner, defy.vc; Jyoti Bansa...
View the articleThanks to Fidelity and our amazing sponsors, TechCrunch All Stage is where startups rise
At TechCrunch All Stage, we’re proud to spotlight our partners — not only for their support, but also for the invaluable expertise they bring to the conversation. Their sessions deliver front-line...
View the articleA federal judge sides with Anthropic in lawsuit over training AI on books without authors’ permission
The ruling isn't a guarantee for how similar cases will proceed, but it lays the foundations for a precedent that would side with tech companies over creatives.
View the articleAmazon to spend over $4B to expand Prime delivery to rural communities in the US
Amazon expands its Same-Day and Next-Day delivery services to 4,000 small cities and towns in the rural U.S.
View the articleUK may require Google to give users alternative search options and rank its results ‘more fairly’
The UK's competition regulator may require Google to offer users alternative search engines; change how it ranks searches; and improve data portability.
View the articleGoogle rolls out new Gemini model that can run on robots locally
Google DeepMind has released a new language model called Gemini Robotics On-Device that can run tasks locally on robots without an internet connection.
View the articleHow a data processing problem at Lyft became the basis for Eventual
Eventual's data processing engine Daft was inspried by the founders' experience working on Lyft's autonomous vehicle project.
View the articleGoogle brings historical Street View imagery to Google Earth
Google announced on Tuesday that you can now access historical Street View imagery on Google Earth.
View the articleNovoloop is making tons of upcycled plastic
Novoloop recently raised a $21 million Series B to begin building its first commercial scale plastic upcycling plant.
View the articleUS bans WhatsApp from House of Representatives staff devices
The U.S. government has banned WhatsApp from devices used by U.S. House of Representatives staff, saying the app poses potential security risks.
View the articleUber and Waymo’s commercial robotaxi service is open for business in Atlanta
Waymo and Uber are offering commercial robotaxi rides in Atlanta.
View the articleGoogle Wants to Get Better at Spotting Wildfires From Space
A partnership with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance and satellite manufacturer Muon Space is giving Google a better shot at tracking wildfires—and using AI to process all the data being collected.
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