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The rise of AI Control Tower - The next enterprise platform category

AI Control Tower is an emerging enterprise platform category for centralized AI governance. The software acts as a command center to orch…

ET CIO·Jul 31

The loss of Situational Awareness

Situational Awareness is an AI-focused hedge fund launched by a former OpenAI employee. The firm has reportedly sold off the majority of …

The Verge·Jul 30

Friend, the lonely AI wearable, returns with a new voice and a much bigger price tag

Friend is a pendant-style AI wearable that now features real-time voice interaction at a higher price point. The hardware upgrade adds co…

TechCrunch AI·Jul 30

Sarvam AI Hires Former xAI Researcher Devendra Chaplot to Build Frontier AI Models - analyticsindiamag.com

Sarvam AI hires former xAI researcher Devendra Chaplot to build frontier AI models. Chaplot joins the Indian AI startup after stints at x…

India AI·Jul 30

Ex-OpenAI researcher bets $100 billion will flow into training data because scaling alone won't cut it

Ex-OpenAI researcher launches a startup targeting high-value training data for specialized AI models. Former OpenAI employee Andrew Ho an…

The Decoder·Jul 30

Friend re-launches its AI pendant with a speaker that talks to you, for twice the price

Friend is a wearable AI companion pendant that now features a built-in speaker for voice interaction. The updated hardware upgrade allows…

The Verge·Jul 30

Forward-deployed engineers are the AI industry’s latest talent obsession

Forward-deployed engineers are becoming the most sought-after talent for enterprise AI implementations. A new industry study estimates th…

TechCrunch AI·Jul 30

Sarvam Takes On Claude, Codex With Cheaper, India-Hosted Coding Agent

Sarvam is an India-focused AI startup launching a cheaper, locally-hosted coding agent. The new tool competes directly with global models…

Inc42·Jul 30

Sarvam AI launches platform to help build India-centric AI models

Sarvam AI launches Epoch Builder Edition, a platform for building India-centric LLMs. The developer and enterprise tool enables organizat…

ET CIO·Jul 30

Sarvam AI launches platform to help build India-centric AI models - Indiatimes

Sarvam AI is a new platform built to develop localized, India-centric artificial intelligence models. The company launches this offering …

India AI·Jul 30

Perceptron raises $6.5M to build decentralised AI data network

Perceptron is a decentralised AI data network securing a $6.5 million strategic funding round. The startup brings together Web3 investors…

Tech.eu·Jul 30

Sarvam To Build Trillion-Parameter AI Model, Launches India-Hosted Inference Service

Sarvam is an Indian AI startup building a trillion-parameter frontier model. The company also launched Sarvam-Inference, a managed platfo…

Inc42·Jul 30

Sarvam AI launches platform to help build India-centric AI models - BusinessLine

Sarvam AI launches a new platform to help developers build India-centric artificial intelligence models. The release provides localized d…

India AI·Jul 30

Laxis

Laxis is an AI-powered meeting assistant providing bot-free recording, live translation, and voice dictation. The platform transcribes co…

Product Hunt·Jul 30

CraftStory

CraftStory is an AI video generation platform producing photorealistic human video from single images or short clips. The service uses a …

Product Hunt·Jul 30

Caimera

Caimera is an AI-powered visual production platform built for fashion and e-commerce teams. The system generates professional product pho…

Product Hunt·Jul 30

AI Search Console

AI Search Console is an analytics platform tracking brand visibility across major conversational search engines. It replaces manual check…

Product Hunt·Jul 30

Pally

Pally is an AI text assistant that integrates natively with iMessage and WhatsApp. The tool monitors conversations, sends alerts, and dra…

Product Hunt·Jul 30

NINA

NINA is an in-product AI guide that helps B2B SaaS users via voice or text. The tool provides step-by-step assistance directly on the liv…

Product Hunt·Jul 30

Expert Chase for iOS & Android

Expert Chase is an AI-powered life management app launching native mobile apps for iOS and Android. The release brings deep cross-ecosyst…

Product Hunt·Jul 30

Thinking Machines co-founder Lilian Weng left the company citing health reasons, then joined OpenAI

Lilian Weng returns to OpenAI after briefly departing for co-founding Thinking Machines. Weng previously led AI safety research at OpenAI…

TechCrunch AI·Jul 29

OpenAI president says it’s ‘building a family of devices’ for its AI chatbots

OpenAI is developing a family of custom hardware devices for its AI chatbots. President Greg Brockman confirmed the hardware initiative i…

The Verge·Jul 29

Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners

Hint is an AI-powered home management app co-founded by lifestyle icon Martha Stewart. The platform centralizes property records, mainten…

TechCrunch AI·Jul 29

Tata Communications Amps Up Voice AI Play For India’s SMBs

Tata Communications launches a voice AI solution targeting India's vast small and medium enterprise market. The new offering aims to help…

Inc42·Jul 29

Tata Communications Amps Up Voice AI Play For India’s SMBs - Inc42

Tata Communications is expanding its voice AI offerings targeting small and medium-sized businesses across India. The telecom giant aims …

India AI·Jul 29

Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls

Encore AI is a startup building autonomous sales agents trained on real customer interactions. The company leverages call recordings, mes…

TechCrunch AI·Jul 29

Deepmind dismantles its AlphaFold team as key authors leave for Anthropic

Google DeepMind effectively dismantles its iconic AlphaFold team amid a wave of departures. A quarter of the original researchers have le…

The Decoder·Jul 29

Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals enter the next phase of growth with AI-led transformation: Deloitte India - Deloitte

Deloitte India explores the next phase of growth driven by AI-led transformation in healthcare. The report highlights how artificial inte…

India AI·Jul 29

As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it

Pangram is an AI detection startup that just secured $9 million in funding. The company also launched its Pangram 4 text detection model …

TechCrunch AI·Jul 29

British defence startup Agon creating virtual battlefields to combat drone attacks launches, raising $30M

Agon is a British defence startup building virtual battlefields for AI-powered autonomous weapons. The company launched with $30 million …

Tech.eu·Jul 29

Kinematic Trees raises £585K to scale nature-inspired robotics software

Kinematic Trees is a pre-seed robotics software startup building a robot-agnostic platform. The UK-based company secured £585,000 to scal…

Tech.eu·Jul 29

The AI Hype Index: Unsexy AI

1X is a robotics startup showcasing dexterous humanoid robots capable of preparing meals. The company demonstrates advanced physical AI c…

MIT Tech Review·Jul 29

How The Bologna Gathering became an ecosystem builder

Cubbit is an Italian cloud storage startup building an European AI ecosystem. The co-founders leverage local tech communities to foster c…

Tech.eu·Jul 29

EQK 3.0

EQK 3.0 is a native macOS audio app featuring a real-time, AI-powered dynamic equalizer. The software automatically re-tunes audio output…

Product Hunt·Jul 29

SoundGate Guitar

SoundGate Guitar is an AI-powered practice companion offering real-time feedback for musicians. The application listens to live playing t…

Product Hunt·Jul 29

Bo AI

Bo is a text-based consumer AI personal assistant designed for everyday users. The service integrates directly into standard messaging ap…

Product Hunt·Jul 29

ClinicFrame

ClinicFrame is an ambient AI medical scribe designed for HIPAA-compliant clinical documentation. The desktop-native tool passively captur…

Product Hunt·Jul 29

Vela

Vela is an autonomous AI agent that handles end-to-end recruitment coordination. Simply CC Vela on any email thread to automate candidate…

Product Hunt·Jul 29

LaunchPanda

LaunchPanda is an SEO and GEO growth platform that ranks startup directories by traffic. It aggregates data on over 255 directories to he…

Product Hunt·Jul 29

Sigvi raises €1.2M to expand automated car rental operations

Sigvi is an AI-powered revenue automation platform for the car rental industry. The company has secured €1.2 million in pre-seed funding …

Tech.eu·Jul 29

The AI Layer Powering India’s Farms

CropIn is an agritech platform leveraging artificial intelligence to automate farm irrigation and supply chain monitoring. The system use…

Inc42·Jul 29