The concept was a highlight of Lucid’s investor day, in which the company detailed its ambitions to push deeper into autonomy while pumping out new, affordable EVs.
Humanoid robotics maker Sunday reaches $1.15B valuation to build household robots
Sunday is on a quest to build a household humanoid robot called Memo that helps with tasks like laundry and clearing the table. The company emerged from stealth late last year and already has 1,000 people on its waitlist.
Webflow buys AI content-generation platform Vidoso to bolster its marketing suite
Founded in 2024, Vidoso uses large language models to help organizations generate marketing collateral like images, presentations, video clips, blog posts, and social media content.
Bumble to launch an AI dating assistant, ‘Bee’
Bumble’s new AI assistant Bee will move the dating app beyond the swipe by matching people based on compatibility and goals.
Law enforcement shuts down botnet made of tens of thousands of hacked routers
An international law enforcement operation shut down a service called SocksEscort, which allegedly helped cybercriminals all over the world launch ransomware and DDoS attacks, as well as distribute child sexual abuse material.
A writer is suing Grammarly for turning her and other authors into ‘AI editors’ without consent
Journalist Julia Angwin is leading a class action lawsuit against Grammarly for violating her privacy and publicity rights.
Tesla becomes a utility in the UK, setting up showdown with Octopus Energy
The new Tesla Energy Ventures division was approved by Ofgem to sell electricity directly to customers.
Gumloop lands $50M from Benchmark to turn every employee into an AI agent builder
Benchmark’s new patner Everett Randell, sees enterprise automation as the largest opportunity in AI.
Alexa+ gets a new ‘adults only’ personality option that curses but won’t get into NSFW content
The new Sassy style can curse and roast you, but the fun ends there.
Wonderful raises $150M Series B at $2B valuation
The funding round, led by Insight Partners, comes just four months after Wonderful raised a $100 million Series A.