Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms
Given that Snorkel sells reinforcement learning (RL) environments and complete datasets rather than human…
Meta is trying VR glasses (again), this time with more IMAX
Meta is renewing its quest to make virtual reality a thing. At its Connect…
Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO
Anthropic's founders want to stay in charge after the company goes public. According to…
ElevenLabs’ new v4 speech model supports more expression control and 90 languages
ElevenLabs launched two new speech models on Monday, called ElevenLabs v4 and v4 Turbo,…
Instinct founder said more than 50% of transactions on the platform are travel-related
Almost every AI tool's demo shows a user sparring with the assistant to book…
WhatsApp adds new parental controls for teen accounts
WhatsApp is introducing new parental controls that could allow guardians to keep a tab…
World’s first enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months
Geothermal company Fervo Energy announced Thursday morning that it had started selling electricity from…
Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat disappears from app stores in India after government order
The Indian government said in its order to GitHub at the time that Bitchat's…
Mistral’s new 1T model aims to leapfrog closed and open rivals
The race between open and closed AI is on, and Europe is still in…
Meta’s Muse launches on iPad just a month after its mobile debut
If there's any doubt about how seriously Meta is taking AI, here's a new…
OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected
A little over a week ago, it was reported that OpenAI's annualized revenue was…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Gamma’s Grant Lee, Engine’s Elia Wallen, and GV’s Crystal Huang on landing your first 1,000 customers
You've built the product. Now you need customers. But when you're starting from zero,…
Smart ring maker Ultrahuman to roll out biological-age model across UAE
Ultrahuman, a Bengaluru-based health tech startup best known for its smart rings, has partnered…
Cambridge Heavy Industries has been quietly building a desktop fusion device
Fusion power usually conjures images of massive industrial facilities laced with large lasers or…
Flock CEO defends surveillance technology amid national backlash: ‘We shouldn’t pause progress’
It's no surprise that the AI backlash shares some overlap with Flock. Much like…
In ‘You Can See Everything,’ Elizabeth Holmes meets her equal in comedian Nathan Fielder
In other words, Seyfried is watching Holmes react to Seyfried's portrayal of Holmes, who…
