Bret Taylor's Sierra raises $350M at a $10B valuation | TechCrunch

Customer service AI agent startup Sierra claims to have hundreds of customers, including SoFi, Ramp, and Brex, among others.

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»Warner Bros. Discovery sues Midjourney for generating ‘countless’ copies of its characters« https://www.theverge.com/news/772101/midjourney-ai-generator-warner-bros-lawsuit?AIagent.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI
Warner Bros. Discovery sues Midjourney for generating ‘countless’ copies of its characters

Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney over claims that the AI startup’s image and video generators created “unauthorized derivatives” of its copyrighted characters.

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Tech companies pledge to ready Americans for an AI-dominated world

The White House is hosting tech CEOs for an event on AI education.

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A greener way to 3D print stronger stuff

The “SustainaPrint” software and hardware toolkit from MIT CSAIL strengthens only the weakest parts of eco-friendly objects. It analyzes a model to predict stress areas, supporting them while the rest of the part can be printed using greener, weaker filament.

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»AI logistics startup Augment, from Deliverr’s founder, raises massive $85M Series A« https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/04/ai-logistics-startup-augment-from-deliverrs-founder-raises-massive-85m-series-a/?AIagent.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI
AI logistics startup Augment, from Deliverr's founder, raises massive $85M Series A | TechCrunch

The new funding, which was led by Redpoint, comes just five months after the startup launched out of stealth with a $25 million seed round.

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»Fashion retailers partner to offer personalized AI styling tool ‘Ella’« https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/04/fashion-retailers-partner-to-offer-personalized-ai-styling-tool-ella/?AIagent.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI
Fashion retailers partner to offer personalized AI styling tool 'Ella' | TechCrunch

Ella provides recommendations to customers across the three retailers on what to purchase or rent to make an outfit come to life. 

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OpenAI announces AI-powered hiring platform to take on LinkedIn | TechCrunch

The OpenAI Jobs Platform is set to launch in mid-2026 and will use AI to match candidates with businesses.

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DuckDuckGo adds access to advanced AI models to its subscription plan | TechCrunch

With DuckDuckGo's $9.99 per month plan, users will be able to access newer models, including OpenAI’s GPT-4o and GPT-5, Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4, and Meta’s Llama Maverick.

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Google Photos now lets you animate your camera roll with Veo 3 for free

Google Photos now offers Veo 3 for turning images into short videos.

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Google Photos upgrades its image-to-video feature with Veo 3 | TechCrunch

Google Photos already offers video generation through its "Photo to video" feature, but the company says the addition of Veo 3 enhances that functionality with higher-quality video.

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