Topic: partnerships
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Anthropic acquires second consultancy in 4 months
Ode, an enterprise AI firm launched by Anthropic and Blackstone, acquired Casper Studios, its second consultancy purchase in four months, to accelerate its AI implementation market strategy. Casper specializes in embedding Claude into daily enterprise tools, complementing Ode's custom builds with...
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Amazon targets drone delivery in 500 US areas by 2026
Amazon plans to expand Prime Air drone delivery to nearly 500 U.S. cities by end of 2026, a sixfold increase, with new metros like Chicago, Cleveland, and Atlanta added, though daily flights may raise noise concerns in communities. The service, already operating in ten cities across seven states,...
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Investors sue Selena Gomez over alleged mental health startup fraud
Investors are suing Selena Gomez and her mother, Mandy Teefey, for securities fraud and breach of contract, claiming they were misled about the financial state of their mental health startup, Wondermind, after investing nearly $1.2 million. The lawsuit alleges Gomez signed a contract to promote t...
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Lenovo Googlebook 15 specs leak ahead of launch
The Lenovo Googlebook 15 leak reveals a sleek laptop with a dedicated physical "Gemini key", signaling a strong focus on instant access to Google's AI assistant. The device features an optimized "Android desktop interface" with a windowed, laptop-friendly layout, moving beyond the mobile-firs...
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DoorDash expands into drone delivery
DoorDash launched DoorDash Air, a drone delivery division developing custom unmanned aircraft, after securing FAA Part 135 certification to legally operate commercial drone deliveries in the U.S. The service will start with small-scale, line-of-sight pilot programs, while scaling to longer autono...
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Ozlo Sleepbuds 2 carry on Bose’s sleep earbud tradition
Ozlo, founded by former Bose engineers, launched Sleepbuds 2 at $279, a 12% price increase, featuring major upgrades including 14-hour battery life and a charging case with a physical button for controlling sleep sounds and alarms. The earbuds offer improved Bluetooth connectivity with longer ran...
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Edtech startup raises $4.5M to teach students vibe coding
Imagi, co-founded by Dora Palfi, raised a $4.5 million seed round to expand its K-12 platform teaching coding, basic computer skills, and AI literacy, with safety and compliance features like COPPA, FERPA, and GDPR. A partnership with vibe coding tool Lovable, supported by $1 million in OpenAI cr...
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Applied Computing builds AI model for entire oil and gas plants
Applied Computing, a London-based startup building an AI foundation model for the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry, has raised $20 million in Series A funding from KBR and Databricks Ventures. Its foundation model, Orbital, combines time series, physics-based, and language models to analyze s...
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Uber’s product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and focus over expansion
Uber is expanding beyond ride-hailing and food delivery into travel, financial services, and autonomous vehicle data collection, positioning itself as a potential "everything app." The company's new AV Labs unit equips hundreds of sensor-equipped vehicles to collect driving data, serving as both ...
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Aseon Labs raises $10M for robotaxi charging pods
Aseon Labs raised $10 million in seed funding to deploy automated parking-space-sized pods that charge, clean, and inspect robotaxis, aiming to reduce costly empty miles between fares. The pods use robotic arms and computer vision to perform tasks like charging, washing, and sensor inspection wit...
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Meta launches cheaper smart glasses under its own brand
Meta launched its own branded smart glasses starting at $299, developed with EssilorLuxottica, featuring a camera, personal speakers, and a customizable button for the Meta AI assistant. The glasses offer over eight hours of battery life per charge, with an additional 40 hours from the charging c...
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Robot.com bets on wheeled humanoids for kitchens, warehouses
Robot.com is pivoting from campus delivery bots to launch "R-noid", a wheeled humanoid robot for kitchens and warehouses that handles order packaging, loading, and workstation preparation, leveraging partnerships with AI lab Physical Intelligence and navigation firm FieldAI. R-noid uses a holon...
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OpenAI Debuts New Codex Tools for White-Collar Jobs
OpenAI released six specialized plug-ins for its Codex platform targeting roles in data analytics, sales, design, and investment banking, aiming to expand beyond its developer base. Codex now has over 5 million weekly active users, with knowledge workers representing 20% of users and growing thre...
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We tried Google’s AI glasses - they’re almost ready
Google's prototype Android XR glasses combine audio and visual capabilities with an in-lens display that overlays widgets, directions, translation, and custom AI-designed information onto the real world. The prototype focuses on testing display technology and battery life, with a basic frame that...
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Maka Kids redefines screen time with a well-being focused streaming app
Maka Kids is a new streaming app for children ages zero to six that prioritizes child well-being over engagement, avoiding recommendation algorithms, ads, and auto-play features, and has secured $3 million in seed funding. The platform uses Maka Imprint, a patent-pending developmental framework d...
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Truecaller launches eSIM service to diversify revenue
Truecaller launched a travel eSIM service in 29 countries, with plans ranging from 1 GB for 7 days to 20 GB for 30 days, to diversify revenue amid a 44% decline in ad revenue and a 27% drop in net sales. The service excludes India, Truecaller's largest market, likely due to strict telecom regulat...
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South Korea's LetinAR develops optics for AI glasses
The smart glasses market is accelerating rapidly, with global AI glasses shipments surging to 8.7 million units in 2025 (up over 300%) and projected to exceed 15 million units in 2026, as major tech companies like Meta, Google, Samsung, and Apple all invest in the category. South Korean startup L...
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The Future of Drive-Thrus: Chatbots Are Only the Start
Fast-food chains like McDonald's, Wendy's, and Taco Bell initially expanded AI-powered ordering systems to reduce employee workload and wait times, but customer reception has been poor, with a 2025 survey showing 55% of Americans prefer human order-takers. Credibility issues have plagued the tech...
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Apple's iOS 27 Siri push faces developer privacy concerns: report
Apple is facing resistance from developers over compensation for integrating their apps with next-generation Siri in iOS 27, as its proposed model lacks direct revenue-sharing. Developers, especially smaller studios, worry the engineering costs outweigh benefits, and they are reluctant to share u...
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Multiverse secures $70M at $2.1B valuation to expand AI adoption across Europe
Multiverse, an AI upskilling company founded by Euan Blair, raised $70 million in primary funding led by Schroders Capital, increasing its valuation to $2.1 billion, with 50% year-on-year revenue growth and its first cash-positive quarter in early 2026. The company aims to become "Europe’s AI ado...
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