November 20, 2024

AI can now create a replica of your personality

Imagine sitting down with an AI model for a spoken two-hour interview. A friendly voice guides you through a conversation that ranges from your childhood, your formative memories, and your career to your thoughts on immigration policy. Not long after, a virtual replica of you is able to embody your values and preferences with stunning…

October 2022

Geely’s Europe expansion continues, Argo robotaxis on the Lyft app and Tesla AI Day takeaways

October 3, 2022

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Geely’s Europe expansion continues, Argo robotaxis on the Lyft app and Tesla AI Day takeaways by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

South African startup Talk360’s seed funding hits $7M after new backing

October 3, 2022

Months after the initial close of its seed round, Talk360, a South African Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) startup, has raised an additional $3 million, bringing the total investment raised in the round to $7 million. Talk360’s latest investors include Allan Gray E2 Ventures (AGEV), Kalon Venture Partners, E4E Africa, Endeavor, existing lead investor HAVAÍC, […]

South African startup Talk360’s seed funding hits $7M after new backing by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

TikTok said to be launching live shopping in the US

October 3, 2022

TikTok is hunting for partners to launch its live shopping offering in the US as it is looking to outsource operations for these features. According to a report from Financial Times, the short video app has been talking with California-based TalkShopLive to provide infrastructure for live shopping features on TikTok. This tech will allow creators […]

TikTok said to be launching live shopping in the US by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Prosus terminates $4.7 billion acquisition of India’s BillDesk

October 3, 2022

Prosus has called off the $4.7 billion acquisition of BillDesk it announced last year, once slated as European technology giant’s largest acquisition, saying “certain conditions precedent” were unfulfilled in a surprising move a month after the proposed acquisition received an approval to proceed from the local antitrust watchdog. “Certain conditions precedent were not fulfilled by […]

Prosus terminates $4.7 billion acquisition of India’s BillDesk by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch