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Zoom rebrands existing — and intros new — generative AI features

September 5, 2023

To stay competitive in the crowded market for videoconferencing, Zoom is updating and rebranding several of its AI-powered features, including the generative AI assistant formerly known as Zoom IQ. The news comes after controversy over changes to Zoom’s terms of service, which implied that Zoom reserved the right to use customers’ videos to train its […]

Harmonya bags $20M to decipher product data for CPG brands

September 5, 2023

The company uses AI and large language models to generate product attributes from things like titles, descriptions, ingredients and consumer reviews.

Gleen’s tech-savvy chatbot for Discord and Slack attracts Solana founder in oversubscribed round

September 5, 2023

There’s no shortage of chatbot services trying to earn a place in the myriad of channels on Discord and Slack. California-based Gleen, founded by Microsoft and LinkedIn veterans, is offering its enterprise-grade chatbot to the most demanding segment of the market — technical communities, like a blockchain infrastructure channel on Discord, and it has raised […]

Connect Ventures hits $80M for its next fund, says the Bear market means ‘Product is back, baby!’

September 5, 2023

Tempus fugit, as Virgil once put it. It was a full 11 years ago that I first noted the appearance of Connect Ventures, one of the early ‘new kids on the block’ amongst the nascent clutch of European tech VCs in that relatively early era. Back then, Connect was one of the few product-focused VCs […]

Intel and Tower ink major foundry deal, $300M investment after Intel cancels its $5.4B Tower acquisition

September 5, 2023

Two weeks after Intel said it would cancel its plan to acquire Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion amidst pushback from regulators, the two companies intend to work together anyway. Intel today said that it would provide foundry services and 300mm manufacturing capacity to Tower. As part of the deal, Tower would use Intel’s plant in […]

The Download: the climate tech companies to watch, and mysterious AI models

September 5, 2023

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Coming soon: MIT Technology Review’s 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch For decades, MIT Technology Review has published annual lists highlighting the advances redefining what technology can do and the brightest minds pushing…

Alibaba-backed autonomous driving darling Deeproute sets sight on Europe carmakers

September 5, 2023

Deeproute.ai, the Shenzhen-headquartered robotaxi startup with $350 million in funding and over 500 employees worldwide, is aiming to open an operations center in Germany in 2024. The move will make it yet another Chinese mobility upstart to set up a physical presence in Germany, home to some of the world’s largest automakers, as they venture abroad. The […]

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