TechCrunch
Otter Launches Enterprise-Wide Search and Windows App for Call Recording Without Meeting Attendance
Otter has released an enterprise-wide search spanning all connected tools and a native Windows application that records conversations withou
Google adds new Gemini features to Google TV with photo, video and Shorts generation
Google has expanded Gemini in Google TV: televisions will get image generation through Nano Banana, video generation through Veo, voice sear
Runway bets on world models, sees AI video as just the first stage
Runway's head says video generation has already become a working tool, but the main market lies ahead: world models could take the company i
Parag Agrawal's Parallel Web Systems Startup Reaches $2 Billion Valuation After New Funding Round
Parallel Web Systems, the startup of former Twitter head Parag Agrawal, raised an additional $100 million from Sequoia and reached a $2 bill
Google Cloud exceeded $20 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, but faces capacity shortage
Google Cloud earned over $20 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time thanks to AI, but Alphabet acknowledged that growth is constrai
SoftBank Launches Roze AI: Robots for Data Center Construction and $100 Billion Valuation
SoftBank, according to FT and WSJ, is creating a US-based company called Roze AI that will accelerate data center construction using autonom
Shapes: an app where AI characters become group chat participants on equal terms with people
Shapes adds AI characters directly to group chats — they see the entire conversation, react to other participants, and remember the conversa
YouTube tests AI search with guided answers for Premium subscribers in the US
YouTube is testing a new AI-powered search feature that displays guided answers instead of a standard video list — currently available only
Amazon added AI audio chat with customer question answers to product pages
Amazon launched the Join the chat feature in Shopping: on product pages you can now ask questions by voice or text and receive AI answers in
Amazon launches OpenAI products on AWS after review of Microsoft exclusive partnership
AWS has already opened preview of new OpenAI products: models, Codex, and Bedrock Managed Agents are now available in Amazon Bedrock followi
David Silver's Startup Raises $1.1B for AI Without Human Data
British lab Ineffable Intelligence, founded by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, raised $1.1B to develop AI capable of learning witho
Google to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic and escalate the race for AI computing power
Google is ready to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic in cash and computational resources, cementing the cloud-and-models alliance at a t
ComfyUI raises $30M at $500M valuation amid demand for controllable AI content
ComfyUI closed a $30M round at a $500M valuation: the market is betting on tools that give creators not just generation, but precise control
Anthropic tested a market where AI agents negotiate and conclude deals themselves
Anthropic launched an internal experiment Project Deal: 69 employees trusted Claude to buy and sell real items, and stronger models negotiat
Cohere merges with Aleph Alpha backed by Schwarz to build sovereign AI
Cohere acquires Aleph Alpha and together with Schwarz Group creates a Canadian-German sovereign AI player targeting banks, public sector, de
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 and brings ChatGPT closer to AI super-app format
OpenAI's new GPT-5.5 model enhances code writing, research work, and computer actions, while aligning with the company's direction toward a
Bret Taylor's Sierra Acquires French AI Startup Fragment from Y Combinator
Sierra, founded by Bret Taylor, acquired French startup Fragment to strengthen development of AI agents for customer service and expand its
Noscroll launched an AI bot that reads X and news instead of endless scrolling
The Noscroll startup offered an AI bot that browses X, websites, Reddit and blogs on its own, then sends users only important updates and br
Meta Shifts Agent AI to Tens of Millions of AWS Graviton Cores Instead of GPU
Meta has reached an agreement with AWS for large-scale use of Graviton for agent AI workloads, signaling that the new chip race is shifting
Apple's Mac mini shortage drives up eBay prices amid local AI demand
Apple's Mac mini sales have hit a shortage, and eBay now shows listings with significant markups: the compact computer has unexpectedly beco
Nothing launched Essential Voice AI dictation for smartphones with support for over 100 languages
Nothing released Essential Voice — a built-in AI dictation that converts speech to clean text, removes filler words, and translates input ac
DeepSeek unveiled new AI models and claimed to have nearly closed the gap with market leaders
DeepSeek presented preliminary versions of two new AI models, claiming better efficiency, improved performance relative to V3.2, and a nearl
Skye from Signull Labs raised $3.58M before AI home screen launch for iPhone
Signull Labs hasn't launched Skye yet, but has already raised $3.58M: the app promises to turn an iPhone home screen into a proactive AI int
OpenAI develops smartphone where AI agents will replace traditional apps
According to analysts, OpenAI is creating a next-generation smartphone where AI agents will completely replace traditional applications — ma
China blocks Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus after months-long investigation
Chinese regulators have ordered Meta to terminate its deal to acquire AI-agent startup Manus for approximately $2 billion—a blow to Zuckerbe
Meta acquires Moltbook: a bet on the agentic internet and the future of advertising with AI
The acquisition of Moltbook seems unexpected, but it signals Meta’s strategy for the era of the agentic internet, where AI agents become the
Netflix could pay $600 million for Ben Affleck's AI startup — one of Netflix's biggest deals
Netflix is in talks to buy Ben Affleck's AI startup for about $600 million — potentially the largest acquisition in Netflix's history.
Zendesk acquires Forethought, a pioneer in agentic customer service
Zendesk is acquiring Forethought, the TechCrunch Battlefield 2018-winning startup specializing in AI agents for customer support.
Ford launched an AI assistant for fleets — it monitors drivers' seat belt use
Ford Pro AI debuted at Work Truck Week and is available to Ford Pro Telematics subscribers: the system signals in real time whether the driv
Google taught AI to predict floods using old newspaper reports
Google found an original way to solve the shortage of flood data: an LLM converts archival news texts into numerical indicators to train a f