Ivan Mehta
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Foursquare's sale left investors with nothing
Dennis Crowley says equity holders got no returns when Infillion acquired the location platform last month.
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Figma's Field: MCP protocol needs work
Figma co-founder Dylan Field says the AI standard has flaws, but the company is expanding support for it anyway with 20 new partners.
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Veritas builds chips to verify luxury goods
A startup founded by a former Tesla engineer is embedding tamper-proof chips into jewelry, trophies and fragrance bottles to fight counterfeit luxury goods.
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Voice AI still chasing its breakthrough moment
Executives say voice artificial intelligence has not yet reached the transformative milestone that ChatGPT achieved for text-based AI.
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Fireflies adds voice dictation to its notetaking apps
The meeting transcription startup is bundling dictation into its Mac and Windows apps, letting users speak three times faster than typing.
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Modulate raises $25M for voice AI safety
Boston startup Modulate has raised twenty five million dollars to expand its voice analysis platform that detects deepfakes, analyzes emotion, and monitors AI agents in regulated industries.
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ElevenLabs launches v4 speech model with 90 languages
ElevenLabs released two new speech models on Monday with better expression control, faster voice cloning, and support for 90 languages.
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Lovable hits $600M revenue as vibe coding booms
The AI coding platform's annualized revenue jumped $100M in three months, with apps created on it drawing nearly a billion monthly views.
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Eight Sleep's Pod 6 shrinks to fit more beds
The sleep tech company launches a smaller, cheaper smart mattress pad that works with more bed frames and comes in solo sizes.
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YouTube's new AI tools help creators grow faster
YouTube Studio gets AI features for analyzing videos, generating thumbnails, and testing content with audiences.
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Qualcomm's new chips put AI at the heart of smartphones
Qualcomm unveiled two flagship processors designed to run advanced AI models directly on phones, challenging the need for separate AI devices.
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Vocci's smart ring takes meeting notes in a new form
A new wearable device lets you record conversations by double-tapping a ring, but privacy concerns and software limitations hold it back.
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AI agents now make phone calls for you
Instinct and Meta's Muse both launched calling features, letting AI assistants handle real-world tasks like booking restaurants and managing bills.
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Spotify opens podcast payouts to 35 countries
Spotify is expanding its podcast partner program to 35 regions, letting creators earn from ads and Premium subscriptions across new markets.
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Treble raises $18M to power the voice AI boom
An Iceland startup is building the testing and simulation infrastructure that voice AI companies desperately need.
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Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork into one interface
The AI company is simplifying its product by combining chat, Cowork, and other features into a single unified window.
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Threads rolls out podcast promotion tools
Meta's social network adds features to help creators share shows and engage listeners.
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Amazon brings Alexa+ to India with Hindi support
The upgraded conversational assistant can switch between English and Hindi mid-sentence and handle complex tasks.
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The anti-AI music startup
A former Spotify innovation head raised $5.5m to build tiny music toys that let people play with sound, not prompt it.
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Suno pivots to licensed music models amid copyright lawsuits
Facing heavy lawsuits, AI music startup Suno unveils v6 models trained entirely on licensed label data with revenue-sharing features.
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