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The AI sector in the U.S. and globally saw considerable growth during the prior year. According to TechCrunch’s data, in 2024, there were 49 startups that secured funding rounds totaling $100 million or higher; three businesses completed multiple “mega-rounds,” and seven enterprises completed rounds at or above $1 billion. How does 2025 stack up? Nearing the close of…
Loading the player… A decade ago, securing €1 million in Copenhagen was enough to cause a stir in the area’s tech landscape. Nowadays, the Nordics are generating billion-dollar businesses like Lovable — which raked in $200M in revenue a mere 12 months after its launch. Dennis Green-Lieber, who established the AI-driven customer intelligence platform Propane,…
Leading tech companies are using AI for more than just content creation and summarization; they’re also aiming to enhance your shopping experience. OpenAI, Google, and Amazon have made significant investments in AI assistants designed to explore product categories and recommend suitable purchases. Startups like Perplexity, Daydream, and Cherry have also centered their business models around…
After a year of operating a commercial robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi, WeRide, the Chinese autonomous vehicle technology company, and its partner Uber can now officially call the service driverless. According to the companies, the commercial robotaxi service, now operating without a human safety operator, is available to the public and will initially serve routes…
It can occasionally be difficult to locate a YouTube video that genuinely aligns with our preferences. Acknowledging this problem, the video-sharing site is seemingly trying to solve it with its new experimental function, dubbed “Your Custom Feed.” This novel experiment endeavors to resolve the annoyance users often experience when algorithm-based suggestions miss their targets. It…
The Italian firm Bending Spoons remained largely unnoticed — that is, until recently. Over a two-day period, the company declared its purchase of AOL and a substantial $270 million funding round, which took its valuation to $11 billion, a fourfold increase from the $2.55 billion figure established in early 2024. Bending Spoons has seen rapid…
Microsoft has announced that its AI assistant, Copilot, will cease to function on WhatsApp after January 15. After this date, to continue using the AI, WhatsApp users will need to use Microsoft’s Copilot mobile applications or access the chatbot through the web. The company stated that the removal of Copilot from the widely used messaging…
“When individuals view it, they remark, ‘is that all there is?’… It has such simplicity.’” That is how Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, anticipates individuals will react upon initially encountering the company’s upcoming AI hardware product. The product is the result of OpenAI’s partnership with Jony Ive, previously Apple’s top designer. Details remain scarce,…
India has legally recognized millions of gig and platform workers through its new labor regulations, representing a significant moment for the nation’s delivery, ride-hailing, and e-commerce workforce. However, with benefits still uncertain and platforms starting to evaluate their responsibilities, social security access is still distant. This recognition arises from the Social Security Code — one…
In a pioneering collaboration for the Google AI Futures Fund, which was unveiled earlier in the year, Google has joined forces with Accel to identify and provide financial backing to India’s nascent AI startups. Accel and Google revealed on Tuesday a cooperative investment initiative, committing up to $2 million per startup via Accel’s Atoms program,…
