Town raises $108m at $1bn valuation for workplace AI assistants
Town announced a $108m Series B on Monday at a $1bn valuation, co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures. Existing investors a16z and First Round Capital also participated. The startup connects individual AI assistants to ...
AI companion startup Tolan raises $30 million
Tolan has raised another $30 million from investors including Union Square Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Homebrew, TechCrunch reported, citing Upstarts Media. The round doubles the AI companion startup's total funding; its new val...
Pentagon technology chief backs export controls to compel AI lab cooperation
Pentagon technology chief Emil Michael said the US government can use export controls against AI companies that do not cooperate with it, in an interview with The Information reported by The Next Web. He said Anthropic came under ...
Wabi opens personal AI assistant with shared chats and automatic app building
Wabi launched its personal AI assistant for all users Monday, TechCrunch reported. Founded by former Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda, the service organises tasks and longer-term goals into separate conversations that can also function a...
Monday.com launches Harmony to automate sales lead calls in four markets
Monday.com has launched Harmony, a voice AI platform that calls and qualifies sales leads, follows up and hands them to human representatives. The company said the service is available to mid-market and large companies in the US, ...
AWS opens simplified SageMaker Studio signup for new accounts
AWS has enabled new customers to enter SageMaker Studio through a simplified signup using an Amazon, Apple, GitHub or Google account, or an email address. AWS says customers can skip phone verification and, for most customers, pro...