DeepL, known for text translation, now wants to translate your voice

DeepL says its tech could be used for real-time translation with meeting tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams

Amazon-backed X-energy files to raise up to $800M in IPO

Nuclear startup X-energy hit the road today to sell prospective investors on its initial public offering.

This simulation startup wants to be the Cursor for physical AI

Antioch raised a $8.5 million seed round to create simulation tools for a new generation of robot builders.

Canva’s AI assistant can now call various tools to make designs for you

The latest version of Canva’s AI assistant lets users create editable designs with text prompts.

Fashion retailer Express left customers’ personal data and order details exposed to the internet

Retail giant Express was publicly spilling customer information to the open web. The bug is now fixed after TechCrunch alerted Express, but the company would not say if it plans to notify customers.

The musician-turned-biotech-founder waiting to fundraise

When Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc got COVID despite being vaccinated and boosted, he tried to fund research for a better solution. What he quickly found out? You can’t just write a check in biotech. Regulators require a commercialization plan, and philanthropy doesn’t move science through clinical trials or get you a license on university IP. Now, he’s bootstrapping a cancer drug platform targeting pancreatic cancer, a disease that… Continua a leggere The musician-turned-biotech-founder waiting to fundraise

The musician-turned-biotech-founder waiting to fundraise

When Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc got COVID despite being vaccinated and boosted, he tried to fund research for a better solution. What he quickly found out? You can’t just write a check in biotech. Regulators require a commercialization plan, and philanthropy doesn’t move science through clinical trials or get you a license on university IP. Now, he’s bootstrapping a cancer drug platform targeting pancreatic cancer, a disease that… Continua a leggere The musician-turned-biotech-founder waiting to fundraise

India’s vibe-coding startup Emergent enters OpenClaw-like AI agent space

Emergent’s Wingman lets users manage and automate tasks through chat on platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram.

Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world

Airwallex, valued at $8 billion, is launching a point-of-sale product that lets businesses accept in-person payments in multiple countries via a single platform.

After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI

Allbirds is ditching wool sneakers for AI servers, rebranding as NewBird AI after locking in a $50M convertible financing facility.