Ethan Choi, a partner at Khosla Ventures, recently spoke to Crunchbase News about AI’s impact, why he thinks entry-level jobs could be disappearing, why he’s flipped his investing philosophy, and how he’s gone from growth-stage investing to being stage-agnostic.
The integration of physical AI into vehicles remains a primary objective for automakers looking to accelerate innovation. A technical collaboration between Qualcomm and Wayve offers a framework for how hardware and software providers can consolidate their efforts to supply production-ready advanced driver assistance systems to manufacturers worldwide. The partnership combines Wayve’s AI driving layer with […]
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Large financial firms have spent years testing artificial intelligence in small projects, often limited to data analysis or customer support tools. The next phase appears to involve something more operational: systems that can take action in business workflows. Canadian insurer Manulife is moving in that direction as it works to deploy agent-based AI systems inside […]
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In this tutorial, we build a Meta-Agent that designs other agents automatically from a simple task description. We implement a system that analyzes the task, selects tools, chooses a memory architecture, configures a planner, and then instantiates a fully working agent runtime. We go beyond static agent templates and instead build a dynamic, self-configuring architecture […]
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The landscape of Text-to-Speech (TTS) is moving away from modular pipelines toward integrated Large Audio Models (LAMs). Fish Audio’s release of S2-Pro, the flagship model within the Fish Speech ecosystem, represents a shift toward open architectures capable of high-fidelity, multi-speaker synthesis with sub-150ms latency. The release provides a framework for zero-shot voice cloning and granular […]
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Google expanded its Gemini model family with the release of Gemini Embedding 2. This second-generation model succeeds the text-only gemini-embedding-001 and is designed specifically to address the high-dimensional storage and cross-modal retrieval challenges faced by AI developers building production-grade Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. The Gemini Embedding 2 release marks a significant technical shift in how […]
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The White House is preparing an executive order targeting the AI startup, even as its earlier actions against the company face a major test in court.
Why is the biggest name in AI late to the AI coding revolution?
After leaving Meta last year, the former deputy prime minister of the UK is charting a new path in the AI industry that has nothing to do with AGI.
Viral student-run TikTok and Instagram accounts are using AI to make memes of school faculty comparing them to figures like Jeffrey Epstein and Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ford announced a new AI-powered service for its commercial fleet and telematics software customers called Ford Pro AI. The generative AI system analyzes data generated by commercial vehicles – including vehicle speed, seat belt activity, and engine health – and converts it into actionable items for fleet managers. The new system manifests as – what […]
Soon after the Trump administration launched its war on Iran, I called up Reed Blakemore, director of research and programs at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, to talk about the consequences. While oil and gas prices were already on the rise, there was still more hope then that the impact of the conflict might […]
Amid a weekslong conflict with the Pentagon, resulting in a blacklist and a lawsuit, Anthropic is shaking up its C-suite and research initiatives. The company announced Wednesday that it’s launching a new internal think tank, called the Anthropic Institute, that combines three of Anthropic’s current research teams. It will focus on researching AI’s large-scale implications, […]
As part of the rollout, Gemini will support languages including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, and Tamil.
Multiyear partnership includes a further ‘significant’ investment from Nvidia into one-year-old AI start-up
Total issuance tops $65bn on Tuesday as companies take advantage of calmer markets
Larry Ellison’s database group posted better than expected earnings from its cloud unit
With SaaS customers gaining the ability to build their own workflows or features with AI coding tools, vendors who aren’t prepared for the shift could find themselves on the wrong side of the moat, writes guest author and strategic adviser Itay Sagie.
Rebar, a New York-based startup building an AI-generated quote system for commercial HVAC suppliers, told Crunchbase News exclusively that it has raised $14 million in a Series A funding round.
Legora, an AI platform built for lawyers, has raised $550 million in a Series D funding round, valuing the Swedish company at $5.55 billion.
The funding for Paris-based AMI to help it build AI “world models” represents the largest seed round ever for a European startup and one of the region’s largest fundings for an AI startup overall, per Crunchbase data.
Jessica Bayer, who leads DHR Global’s Corporate Affairs and Communications Practice, shares with UNLEASH why the future of AI‑driven leadership depends on transparency, thoughtful guardrails, and a renewed focus on human judgment.
Nearly half of all Americans who have retirement savings in a 401(k) or similar plan say they probably would not save for retirement otherwise.
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From Morgan Stanley to eBay, profitable companies are cutting jobs. What does that mean for workforce planning in 2026?
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Designing workplaces for cognitive differences is no longer a personal preference; it’s a business imperative.
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U.S. business travel carries real entry and compliance risks for employees. What HR leaders need to assess before approving the next trip.
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Pokémon Go was the world’s first augmented-reality megahit. Released in 2016 by the Google spinout Niantic, the AR twist on the juggernaut Pokémon franchise fast became a global phenomenon. From Chicago to Oslo to Enoshima, players hit the streets in the urgent hope of catching a Jigglypuff or a Squirtle or (with a huge amount…
In finance, achieving operational automation by integrating agentic AI requires a data-centric foundation to drive real value. Financial infrastructure provider SEI has engaged IBM to modernise its internal operations via AI and automation. The joint initiative focuses on process redesign and targeted system updates to deliver consistent client experiences, building a modern and data-enabled foundation […]
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A new ABB and NVIDIA partnership shows physical AI simulation is driving real ROI in factory automation and solving production hurdles. Manufacturers have often found it difficult to make intelligent robotics work reliably outside testing environments. The core issue is the gap between digital training models and actual factory floors, where lighting, material physics, and […]
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The race to build autonomous AI agents has hit a massive bottleneck: data. While frontier models like Claude Code and Codex CLI have demonstrated impressive proficiency in terminal environments, the training strategies and data mixtures behind them have remained closely guarded secrets. This lack of transparency has forced researchers and devs into a costly cycle […]
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ChatGPT introduces interactive visual explanations for math and science, helping students explore formulas, variables, and concepts in real time.
IH-Challenge trains models to prioritize trusted instructions, improving instruction hierarchy, safety steerability, and resistance to prompt injection attacks.
Google has injected Docs, Drive, Sheets, and Slides with its Gemini assistant, adding new features that can pull information from your emails and the web to help you draft content. I gave it a whirl.
X’s Grok is failing to accurately verify video footage from the Iran conflict and is sharing its own AI-generated images about the war.
The rumored “HomePod with a screen” we’ve heard so much about was reportedly lined up for launch in 2025, and then this spring, and now, according to the latest updates, it’s on the shelf until this fall. Leaker Kosutami posted as much on X last week, and today, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman followed up with […]
The LinkedIn post seemed like yet another scam job offer, but Katya was desperate enough to click. After college, she’d struggled to make a living as a freelance journalist, gone to grad school, then pivoted to what she hoped would be a more stable career in content marketing — only to find AI had automated […]
