Tavus has raised $40 million in Series B funding to develop PALs, emotionally intelligent AI humans that can see, hear, and act like real people. The funding round was led by CRV with participation from major investors including Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator. The company aims to revolutionize hum
Cassava Technologies has launched its CAIMEx platform to provide African mobile network operators with simplified access to major AI models. The platform connects operators to tools from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others while keeping data within Africa. This addresses both technological access a
According to new research, AI-generated “workslop” costs companies $186 per employee monthly and takes 2 hours to fix each incident. An MIT expert predicts companies will soon use AI to detect slop and demand prompt transparency. The era of hiding behind AI is ending.
Joy Parenting Club has raised $14 million to scale its AI-powered parenting assistant. The platform combines artificial intelligence with human experts to help families navigate early childhood challenges from sleep training to behavioral issues.
Enrika Moore co-founded machine vision company Viska Systems a decade ago without a traditional engineering background. Her journey reveals how communication skills and adaptability can be just as valuable as technical expertise in the rapidly evolving AI and automation space.
Wonderful just secured $100 million in Series A funding to scale its AI customer service agents globally. The startup claims its agents already handle tens of thousands of daily requests with an 80% resolve rate across multiple international markets. Investors are betting this isn’t just another GPT
Google’s viral AI image generator Nano Banana appears to be getting a major upgrade. A leak suggests Nano Banana 2 will offer 2K native rendering with 4K upscaling capabilities. The new model reportedly uses a multi-stage generation process for cleaner results.
Google’s Gemini for Home voice assistant is officially two weeks into its limited US rollout. The company says early feedback praises the upgrade as a “massive improvement” over Google Assistant. International users will need to wait until early 2026 for access.
Tenzai’s founders built a $330 million AI security startup in under six months. Their AI agents use models from Anthropic and OpenAI to find software vulnerabilities with “nation-grade offensive capabilities.”
A new Eurogamer review gave ARC Raiders just two stars out of five, tanking its Metacritic score. The low rating appears to be almost entirely due to the game’s use of generative AI for voicework, despite positive comments about gameplay mechanics.
