Conntour raises $7M from General Catalyst, YC to build an AI search engine for security video systems
Conntour uses AI models to let security teams query camera feeds using natural language to find any object, person, or situation.
What Europe’s heat wave means for the power grid
It’s been hard to look away from headlines about the European heat wave this week. Temperatures are breaking records across the continent, and the weather is threatening lives, shutting down schools, and in one particularly ironic case, forcing the cancellation of a London Climate Action Week event about extreme heat. As the summer ramps up…
Cohere launches an open-source voice model specifically for transcription
Relatively light at just 2 billion parameters, the model is meant for use with consumer-grade GPUs for those who want to self-host it. It currently supports 14 languages.
Sony and Honda Just Hit the Brakes on Their $90,000 Electric Car. Here’s What Went Wrong.
The Afeela 1 is dead on arrival after Honda’s massive strategy shift left the venture without a path to market.
The Download: a battery pivot to AI, and rewriting math
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. Why this battery company is pivoting to AI Qichao Hu doesn’t mince words about the state of the battery industry. “Almost every Western battery company has either died or is going to die. It’s kind of…
This AI Stock Picker Helps Busy Entrepreneurs Invest Smarter
No time to research stocks? Let this app help.
WhatsApp can now draft AI-generated responses based on your conversations
The Meta-owned messaging platform is also launching a way to free up space, the ability to touch up photos with Meta AI, and more.
Are You Hiring the Best People — or Just the Best Negotiators? Your Pay Practices May Be Biased
This Equal Pay Day, as leaders, let’s stop rewarding strong negotiators and start rewarding expertise instead.
The Startup Mistake No One Talks About — Until It Shuts You Down
State-by-state complexity and missed deadlines can quietly derail even the most promising startups without proactive systems in place.
How to Make Change Feel Normal — Instead of Threatening — to Your Team
Inspiration alone isn’t the answer for high performance amid change. Routinizing change may be.
Are You Hiring the Best People — or Just the Best Negotiators? Your Pay Practices May Be Biased
This Equal Pay Day, as leaders, let’s stop rewarding strong negotiators and start rewarding expertise instead.