
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 âcountlessâ copies of its characters
Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney over claims that the AI startupâs image and video generators created âunauthorized derivativesâ 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 âSustainaPrintâ 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 | 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' | 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 OpenAIâs GPT-4o and GPT-5, Anthropicâs Claude Sonnet 4, and Metaâs 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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