Ford has an AI assistant and new hands-free BlueCruise tech on the way

Ford says the new generation of BlueCruise will be 30% cheaper to build than the current technology.

JPMorgan Chase becomes the new issuer of the Apple Card

Apple expects the transition to take 24 months

Waymo is rebranding its Zeekr robotaxi

It sounds like “Oh hi.”

Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases

The settlements are among the first tied to lawsuits accusing AI companies of harming users.

Former Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla’s startup triples to $100M valuation

Spangle has raised $15 million in a Series A round to expand its AI-generated shopping experiences.

Gmail debuts a personalized AI Inbox, AI Overviews in search, and more

Gmail is also bringing several AI features that were previously available only to paid users to all users.

Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation

Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, marking its third mega-round in a year.

VC predicts the consumer AI products OpenAI ‘won’t want to kill’

Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI.  Larco, who’s been investing in consumer and prosumer for years, thinks we’re about to see a shift in how consumers spend time online, with AI powering “concierge-like” services. The question is, will legacy consumer products… Continua a leggere VC predicts the consumer AI products OpenAI ‘won’t want to kill’

VC predicts the consumer AI products OpenAI ‘won’t want to kill’

Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI.  Larco, who’s been investing in consumer and prosumer for years, thinks we’re about to see a shift in how consumers spend time online, with AI powering “concierge-like” services. The question is, will legacy consumer products… Continua a leggere VC predicts the consumer AI products OpenAI ‘won’t want to kill’

Skylight debuts Calendar 2 to keep your family organized

Skylight, known for its digital picture frame, has a new digital product that puts software and AI at the center.