Kaltura, a New York-headquartered AI video platform company, is acquiring eSelf.ai, an Israel-based startup behind conversational avatars. These avatars are AI-generated digital humans that can talk with users. The acquisition is valued at approximately 27 million dollars. Kaltura announced it…
Rad Power Bikes has informed its employees that it will shut down in January if it is unable to find new funding or get acquired. This information comes from an internal staff email viewed by TechCrunch. The company’s leadership is…
People often think about tech bubbles in apocalyptic terms, but it doesn’t have to be that serious. In economic terms, a bubble is simply a bet that turned out to be too big, leaving you with more supply than demand.…
Gamma, a startup that creates AI-generated presentations, websites, and social media posts, announced on Monday a sixty-eight million dollar Series B funding round. The investment was led by Andreessen Horowitz and values the company at two point one billion dollars.…
Google announced on Monday that it is starting to roll out Gemini to the Google TV Streamer, replacing Google Assistant. The company states this change will enable users to interact with their voice more naturally to access content and other…
Wikipedia has outlined a plan to ensure its website remains supported in the AI era, even as it faces declining traffic. In a recent blog post, the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates the online encyclopedia, called on AI developers to use…
Although LLM-powered AI agents are a fairly new phenomenon, one of the areas where they have been most popular so far is in sales. A startup named 1mind, co-founded by Amanda Kahlow, has been quietly deploying its sales agent, named…
Carbon management startup Carbon Direct is buying another carbon credit startup, Pachama. The companies announced the acquisition today. Pachama laid off around twenty employees this summer as voluntary carbon markets softened. The company had attracted investments from a range of…
On Monday, Venmo introduced a new rewards program called Venmo Stash. This program offers cashback to customers who transact with their favorite brands on the payments app and engage with Venmo’s products. While cashback rewards are common for credit cards,…
Google Maps is introducing new AI features to help developers and users create interactive projects. These tools include a builder agent and an MCP server, which connects AI assistants to Google Maps’ technical documentation. The company is using Gemini models…
