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Meta’s new AI models can recognize and produce speech for more than 1,000 languages
Will startups have a shot in the enterprise AI race?
Recent news from Appian and Neeva make plain that the number of participants racing to build AI tooling and services for large companies is expected to be healthy.
Will startups have a shot in the enterprise AI race? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Meet the Disrupt Audience Choice roundtable winners
You voted in droves and the results are finally in! We can’t wait to hear the 10 incredible roundtables that you chose to send to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, September 19–21 in San Francisco. After counting literally thousands of votes, we’re ready to share the winners with you. But first… A reminder from the home office: […]
Meet the Disrupt Audience Choice roundtable winners by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
Meta and data, chips and dips, crypto and meltdowns
Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Today, we are talking about Meta’s latest fines, what’s new in chips, and […]
Meta and data, chips and dips, crypto and meltdowns by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Volition wants to be DigiKey for industrial parts
If you’re an electrical engineer, DigiKey, Octopart and Mouser are permanently etched into your browser history — all the components you might need, at your fingertips. Volition just raised $11 million to become the same indispensable supplier for mechanical and industrial engineering: think motors, gears, pneumatics, hydraulics, controllers, sensors, measuring and test equipment, and a […]
Volition wants to be DigiKey for industrial parts by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Amazon’s palm-scanning payment tech will now be able to verify ages, too
Amazon One, the retailer’s palm-scanning payment technology, is now gaining new functionality with the addition of age verification services. The company announced today that customers using Amazon One devices will be able to buy adult beverages — like beers at a sports event — just by hovering their palm over the Amazon One device. The […]
Amazon’s palm-scanning payment tech will now be able to verify ages, too by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
The Download: rub-on gene therapy, and safeguarding email memories
Fetch founder Melonee Wise joins Agility Robotics at CTO
We’ve discussed Agility quite a bit over the last several years. Most recently, it’s been a focus on the Oregon firm’s push to commercialize. There’s no question that the technology is impressive here. That much was clear when it was still an OSU research project. The path to market, on the other hand, has been […]
Fetch founder Melonee Wise joins Agility Robotics at CTO by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch