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Where VCs think AI startups can win, even with OpenAI in the game

Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI.  Larco, who’s been investing in consumer and prosumer for years, thinks we’re about to see a shift in how consumers spend time online, with AI powering “concierge-like” services. The question is, will legacy consumer products […]

Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life

If companies insist on bricking gadgets, this is a better way to do it.

Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation

Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, marking its third mega-round in a year.

VC predicts the consumer AI products OpenAI ‘won’t want to kill’

Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI.  Larco, who’s been investing in consumer and prosumer for years, thinks we’re about to see a shift in how consumers spend time online, with AI powering “concierge-like” services. The question is, will legacy consumer products […]

Skylight debuts Calendar 2 to keep your family organized

Skylight, known for its digital picture frame, has a new digital product that puts software and AI at the center.

Dell admits consumers don’t care about AI PCs

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Google Classroom's new tool uses Gemini to transform lessons into podcast episodes

Google Classroom now offers a Gemini-powered tool that generates podcast-style audio lessons for teachers to deepen engagement with students.

Caterpillar taps Nvidia to bring AI to its construction equipment

Caterpillar is piloting Cat AI Assistant, a system of AI agents in one of its excavators built on Nvidia's physical AI platform.

How Quilt solved the heat pump's biggest challenge

Quilt's heat pumps are built containing a suite of sensors, which have delivered mountains of data that allow its engineers to wring added performance out of its systems.

Computer scientist Yann LeCun: “Intelligence really is about learning”

The AI pioneer talks about stepping down from Meta, limits of large language models.

Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation

Articul8's valuation for its current funding round marks a roughly fivefold increase since its Series A.

LLMs contain a LOT of parameters. But what’s a parameter?

They’re the mysterious numbers that make your favorite AI models tick. What are they and what do they do?