Categoria: Startups

ElevenLabs has made a name for itself building realistic AI voices.   What started as two Polish engineers annoyed by terrible movie dubbing has grown into a profitable company now valued at $6.6 billion, doubling from just nine months ago. The company recently announced a $100 million tender offer led by Sequoia and ICONIQ, with participation from a16z… Continua a leggere ElevenLabs just hit a $6.6B valuation. Its CEO says the real money isn’t in voice anymore.

Oboe has raised $16 million in funding for its learning app. The company now lets users generate unlimited courses for free.

Unacademy’s valuation has dropped by over 85% from its pandemic-era peak price tag of $3.5 billion, its founder said.

Tavus has launched a new experience where you can chat with an AI Santa that asks personal questions and remembers your interests.

Crusoe will pay Boom $1.25 billion for more than a gigawatt of generating capacity with deliveries of the turbines starting in 2027.

In an internal memo seen by TechCrunch, VSCO’s CEO Eric Wittman said the company’s consumer business had declined more than expected, and some of its new growth initiatives didn’t yield the expected results.

Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the new $75 Index 01 ring is not meant to be a competitor to the always-on, always-listening AI devices, like the AI pendant Friend, but instead offers a way to record quick notes and reminders with a press of a button on the… Continua a leggere Pebble’s founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes with a press of a button

Empromptu claims all a user has to do is tell the platform’s AI chatbot what they want — like a new HTML or JavaScript app — and the AI will go ahead and build it.

AWS announced a wave of new AI agent tools at re:Invent 2025, but can Amazon actually catch up to the AI leaders? While the cloud giant is betting big on enterprise AI with its third-gen chip and database discounts that got developers cheering, it’s still fighting to prove it can compete beyond infrastructure.  This week… Continua a leggere Nothing wants your money, AWS wants your trust, and Spotify wants your data

Alltroo co-founders Kyle Rudolph and Jon Walburg share how they transformed their pro-athlete star power into a fundraising platform that allows their community the ability to donate to a variety of organization and win high-value prizes. In this episode of Build Mode, they reveal how they leveraged their networks to disrupt the charitable giving industry,… Continua a leggere Your network is your first go-to-market strategy