Source: TechCrunch

Google’s AI note-taking app NotebookLM can now explain complex topics to you out loud

Google announced on Wednesday that its AI note-taking and research app, NotebookLM, is adding a new “audio conversations” feature. Audio conversations will give users another way to digest and comprehend…
Aisha Malik
Sept. 11, 2024, 4:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

TechCrunch Minute: Why this entrepreneur is running the Oakland Ballers like a startup

The coolest startup in the Bay Area isn’t making AI robots or self-driving taxis. It’s actually a baseball team. As his beloved Oakland A’s plan…
Amanda Silberling
Sept. 11, 2024, 4:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Fearless Fund is shutting down its contested Strivers Grant program

Fearless Fund has settled its case with the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER), agreeing to shut down its Strivers Grant program.
Dominic-Madori Davis
Sept. 11, 2024, 2:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Oura has acquired metabolic health startup Veri

Blood sugar levels are foundational to the Veri platform.
Brian Heater
Sept. 11, 2024, 2:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Nuro pivots to license self-driving tech to carmakers, mobility companies

After multiple rounds of layoffs in 2022 and 2023, Nuro is pivoting its business strategy to focus more on the startup’s core autonomous driving technology instead of owning and operating a fleet of low-speed, on-road delivery bots. The company said on Wednesday it would start licensing its autonomous vehicle technology…
Rebecca Bellan
Sept. 11, 2024, 1:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Adobe says video generation is coming to Firefly this year

Users will get their first chance to try out Adobe’s AI model for video generation in just a couple months. The company says features powered by Adobe’s Firefly Video model…
Maxwell Zeff
Sept. 11, 2024, 1:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Meet Verse, an AI-powered creative app that helps Gen Z design and publish expressive content

Verse, a new AI-powered creative app, is aiming to help Gen Z users create hyper-visual and expressive content. The iOS app allows users to design and publish multimedia content on…
Aisha Malik
Sept. 11, 2024, 1:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Connectly, now backed by Alibaba, taps AI to personalize text messages to customers

Stefanos Loukakos, formerly a director at Meta’s business-focused Messenger division and, briefly, the tech giant’s blockchain org, noticed several years ago that online retailers were struggling to connect with potential shoppers. The…
Kyle Wiggers
Sept. 11, 2024, 1:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Mistral releases Pixtral 12B, its first multimodal model

French AI startup Mistral has released its first model that can process images as well as text.
Kyle Wiggers
Sept. 11, 2024, 12:50 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Chrome wants to make sure your tabs and groups are accessible across devices

Google Chrome is trying to make its browser more sticky by ensuring that you have access to your tab groups and recently opened tabs across all your devices. The company…
Ivan Mehta
Sept. 11, 2024, 11:50 a.m.
5 min read
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