Topic: tech conferences
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Electric air taxis shift flight path: What's next
Archer Aviation acquired former rival Wisk Aero, along with SkyGrid and Insitu, from Boeing in exchange for a 16.5% ownership stake, ending a contentious legal history that included a 2021 IP theft lawsuit and a $1 billion countersuit. Joby Aviation purchased Resonant Sciences for $500 million to...
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Vercel CEO hints at IPO as AI agents drive revenue growth
Vercel is experiencing explosive growth, with its annual recurring revenue surging from $100 million early last year to a current $340 million run rate, driven by the rise of AI agents and the democratization of software creation. The company is preparing for an IPO, operating with public-company...
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Apple Tests Standalone Siri App After Overhaul
Apple is set to unveil a major evolution of its Apple Intelligence platform, introducing a fundamentally redesigned Siri as a comprehensive systemwide AI agent deeply integrated into the OS and third-party apps. The overhaul aims to transform Siri into a proactive assistant capable of managing co...
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Bots to Outnumber Humans Online by 2027, Report Says
AI bot traffic is projected to surpass human internet activity by 2027, driven by the data-gathering needs of generative AI systems. This surge in automated traffic demands new infrastructure, such as secure "sandbox" environments for AI agents, and places greater strain on data centers and netwo...
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Rana el Kaliouby: AI's 'Boys' Club' Risks Widening Gender Wealth Gap
AI's rapid growth risks becoming a male-dominated field, which could dramatically widen the gender wealth gap if women are excluded from founding companies and securing funding. Rana el Kaliouby actively invests in and mentors women-led AI startups to counter their systematic exclusion from ventu...
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Mistral's 'Build-Your-Own AI' Strategy Challenges OpenAI and Anthropic
Many corporate AI projects fail because models trained on generic internet data lack the specific context of a company's proprietary knowledge and internal processes. Mistral's new platform, Mistral Forge, enables enterprises to build custom AI models from scratch using their own data, aiming to ...
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Uber Launches Motional Robotaxis in Las Vegas
Uber has launched a self-driving ride-hailing service in Las Vegas, powered by Motional's electric Ioniq 5 vehicles, with a human safety monitor currently present in designated zones. Motional, after a major restructuring and a $1 billion investment from Hyundai, pivoted its technology to a neura...
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Google Chrome for Arm Linux Arrives This Year
Google is releasing a native version of Chrome for Arm Linux in Q2, completing its support for the Arm architecture across major desktop platforms after earlier releases for Mac and Windows. The development aligns with a strategic industry shift as major Arm chip designers like Qualcomm and Nvidi...
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This Digital Frame Brings Holograms to Your Home
Looking Glass has launched the "Musubi", a consumer holographic picture frame that uses AI to convert standard photos and videos into 3D images viewable from multiple angles. Unlike interactive AI companions, the Musubi is a passive display device focused on accessibility, requiring no Wi-Fi, a...
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AI Startup Eridu Raises $200M Series A to Launch from Stealth
Eridu, a new AI networking startup, launched with a $200 million Series A round to redesign data center infrastructure, aiming to solve a critical communication bottleneck between AI chips. The company was founded by industry veterans after a key insight that AI progress is limited by inefficient...
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Jensen Huang: Nvidia's OpenAI, Anthropic Pullback Sparks Questions
Nvidia will likely stop investing in OpenAI and Anthropic as they near public listings, a strategic shift despite being their key chip supplier. The company may have already achieved its goal of ecosystem expansion, making further financial investment less critical as it profits from hardware sal...
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Ukraine's Startups Thrive Amid Adversity
Ukraine's tech sector is resilient, with companies like Preply achieving unicorn status and using new funding to hire engineers, including in Ukraine, while skilled talent fuels both defense and civilian industries. The government supports startups with draft protection for essential workers, as ...
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Voice AI: The Next Interface, Says ElevenLabs CEO
Voice is emerging as the next primary AI interface, promising a more natural and immersive way to control technology by moving beyond screens and text. Major tech companies like OpenAI, Google, and Apple are prioritizing voice interaction, integrating it into next-generation AI, wearables, and ha...
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Moxie Marlinspike's Privacy-First ChatGPT Alternative
The widespread adoption of AI assistants raises major privacy issues, as personal conversations are often stored and analyzed by companies, potentially enabling targeted advertising within the chat interface. Confer, a new service from Signal's co-founder, offers a privacy-focused alternative by ...
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Meta Launches New AI Infrastructure Initiative
Meta has launched **Meta Compute**, a major initiative to build a world-class AI infrastructure, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls a core competitive advantage for developing superior AI models. The company plans to build tens of gigawatts of energy capacity this decade, scaling to hundreds over ti...
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Why 2026 Will Be 'The Year of the Consumer'
Venture capital is shifting back towards consumer technology, with 2026 predicted as a key year, due to the faster validation cycles and clear user feedback inherent in consumer markets compared to enterprise sales. The rise of generative AI is transforming platforms, positioning tools like ChatG...
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McKinsey & General Catalyst: 'Learn Once, Work Forever' Is Over
AI is transforming business at an unprecedented pace, with companies like Anthropic achieving massive valuation jumps in a single year, signaling the rise of new trillion-dollar firms. Corporate leaders face internal tension over AI adoption, caught between CFOs advocating caution due to unclear ...
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Plaud Note Pro: The AI Recorder I Never Leave Home Without
The Plaud Note Pro is an ultra-thin, credit card-sized AI recorder designed for professional use, with over a million units shipped and strong adoption of its premium services. It operates independently with 64GB of onboard storage and long battery life, featuring four microphones for clear audio...
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Top 33 Health & Wellness Startups from TechCrunch Disrupt
The TechCrunch Startup Battlefield highlights 200 top contenders, including 20 finalists, with this list focusing on standout health and wellness innovations from the broader group. The featured startups are developing diverse technologies, such as AI-powered UV disinfection robots, affordable 3D...
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6 AI Predictions That Will Terrify You by 2026
Global security faces a new threat as adversarial states could exploit grassroots opposition to data centers with AI-generated disinformation, aiming to slow Western infrastructure critical for AI dominance. AI is rapidly bridging the digital and physical worlds, with advanced robots set to perfo...
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