The co-founders who sold their last startup, Anchor, to Spotify are launching their next project. It is called Oboe, an AI-powered educational app that enables anyone to create lightweight, flexible learning courses on nearly any topic they choose simply by…
LeydenJar, a battery materials startup based in the Netherlands, has closed a €13 million funding round to scale up manufacturing of its silicon anode technology for an unnamed leading U.S.-based consumer electronics company. The funding, along with a separate €10…
Synthetic speech is no longer the stuff of science fiction. From audiobooks and dubbing to gaming and avatars, AI-generated voice is breaking into the mainstream. Mati Staniszewski, CEO and co-founder of ElevenLabs, is helping lead the charge. At TechCrunch Disrupt…
Grammarly built its reputation as a tool for checking spelling, grammar, and writing in English. The company is now expanding these features to support five more languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, and Italian. The company will now suggest paragraph-level rewrites…
One Friday evening, Alyx van der Vorm found herself alone again, contemplating another night at the gym. She kept thinking, “I should do something with someone.” But she realized that making plans had become incredibly difficult. Figuring out who was…
Fabian Kamberi, CEO and co-founder of the Berlin-based AI gaming startup Born, believes the current AI companions available are designed to be exploitative. He argues they are geared towards isolating users through one-to-one relationships with AI chatbots. Kamberi told TechCrunch…
Zoox robotaxis are now available for the public to hail in Las Vegas. These custom-built, all-electric, and fully autonomous vehicles operate without a steering wheel or pedals. This is not yet a commercial service, and for now, all rides are…
Riders in Atlanta can now hail a May Mobility robotaxi through the Lyft app. This launch represents the first commercial deployment from the two companies’ partnership. The small fleet of autonomous vehicles is Lyft’s latest attempt to carve out a…
For decades, engineers designing space structures have been constrained by the rocket fairing. Only hardware that can be folded up to fit inside can go to orbit. This makes in-space assembly time intensive and expensive. The International Space Station, the…
Following Anthropic’s recent $1.5 billion copyright settlement, the AI industry is confronting a significant challenge with its training data. There are as many as forty other pending cases seeking damages for the use of unlicensed data. One notable lawsuit involves…
