​SOND, a startup led by Bose’s former head of sleep products, emerged from stealth with $7M in funding for its AI-powered sleep earbuds.  

​Google I/O made it official: AI-generated answers are now front and center in search, and most brands have almost no visibility into how AI is describing them to their customers. For anyone who has spent years building a strategy around 10 blue links, the rules just changed in a pretty significant way.  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca […]  

​China’s AI boom is producing world-class talent, and Beijing is increasingly reluctant to let them go elsewhere.  

​The database provider is eyeing a public debut within the next few years.  

​YouTube will now automatically label videos that use significant photorealistic AI, instead of relying solely on creators to disclose AI-generated content themselves. It’s also making AI labels more prominent.  

​”CEOs are uniquely prone to AI psychosis,” Box CEO Aaron Levie opines. Maybe that explains the almost religious belief in AI productivity gains.  

​Robinhood will let users create a separate account with pre-loaded balance that an agent use to trade  

​WeRoad, the Milan-based group travel startup, has raised a $58 million Series C round led by Airbnb as it prepares for its first major expansion outside Europe. The funding brings the company’s total capital raised to roughly $100 million and will finance WeRoad’s push into the U.S., beginning with Austin. The new investment reflects a […]  

​The third-party website exposed applicants’ sensitive documents as part of the U.K. visa application process. Instead of fixing the issue, the company sent attorneys.