Topic: ai startup
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Sesame AI, from Oculus founders, raises $250M and launches beta
Sesame has raised $250 million in Series B funding and is launching a limited beta program for its AI-powered smart glasses, led by former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe. The company's AI assistant generates natural, expressive speech directly, as demonstrated in early demos that attracted over a milli...
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Liberate AI Raises $50M to Transform Insurance Back Offices
Liberate secured $50 million in Series B funding, valuing the AI company at $300 million, to expand its global deployment of intelligent agents for automating insurance operations. The company develops AI systems, including the voice assistant Nicole, that handle end-to-end tasks like sales, clai...
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AI Expert Andrew Tulloch Joins Meta from Thinking Machines Lab
Meta has hired Andrew Tulloch, a prominent AI researcher and co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, as part of its aggressive strategy to lead in artificial intelligence. The recruitment follows Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's efforts to acquire the startup and reportedly offering Tulloch a compensation...
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Unlock Your Codebase with Macroscope: AI-Powered Bug Fixing
Macroscope is an AI-driven platform that automates codebase management, bug detection, and provides natural language insights for engineering teams and product leaders. Founded by former Twitter head of product Kayvon Beykpour, the tool integrates with GitHub and other systems to analyze code and...
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Sierra, Co-Founded by Bret Taylor, Raises $350M at $10B Valuation
Sierra, an AI agent startup co-founded by Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, has raised $350 million in funding, reaching a $10 billion valuation led by Greenoaks Capital. The company has quickly gained hundreds of enterprise clients, including SoFi and Brex, and has raised a total of $635 million since...
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Marissa Mayer Shuts Down AI Startup, Sells Assets to New Venture
Marissa Mayer is shutting down her consumer software venture Sunshine and transferring its assets to a new AI company called Dazzle, which will focus on developing an AI personal assistant. Sunshine's products, including a contact management app and later AI-enhanced event and photo sharing featu...
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Warner Bros. Sues Midjourney Over AI-Generated DC Characters
Warner Bros. is suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging the AI company allows users to generate unauthorized images of characters like Superman and Batman. The lawsuit claims Midjourney knowingly removed safeguards against copyright infringement to maximize profits, despite being aw...
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