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Karta AI, a startup that builds voice agents to answer bank and insurance calls, raised $3 million. It says its AI resolves about 70% of borrower queries alone.
Read more: Karta AI raises $3 million for voice agents that answer bank callsA JD Sports marketing leader says many searches now end before shoppers reach its site, as AI answers and AI helpers make the first call on what to buy.
Read more: Shopping AI now picks products for you, and retailers are adjustingSocial Media Examiner shares tips on automating repeat tasks and using AI to build landing pages, which could save small business owners time and money.
Read more: Tips for Automating Tasks and Building Web Pages With AINvidia CEO Jensen Huang says Europe should get serious about AI. The message matters if your business sells to or works in Europe.
Read more: Nvidia's CEO tells Europe to get serious about AIAzoma raised $11.2 million to help big brands get found by AI shopping assistants, a sign that being seen by AI may soon matter for anyone who sells products.
Read more: Startup raises $11.2 million to help brands win over AI shopping assistantsA US court is asking if AI can learn from song lyrics without permission, while India floats a rule that would make AI companies pay for training content.
Read more: Court and India both weigh whether AI can learn from song lyricsAnthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot, reported an $80.7 billion half-year loss, but most of it is a paper charge. Its real costs are still huge.
Read more: Anthropic's $80.7 billion loss is mostly an accounting entryNine Chinese agencies back AI shopping and delivery agents but plan risk-based rules. Which agents face strict checks is not yet clear.
Read more: China plans safety rules for AI shopping assistants, by how risky they areTemplafy has launched Templafy Team, which lets work teams build and share their own AI document helpers. It comes with a 14-day free trial.
Read more: Templafy lets work teams build shared AI helpers for documents1Password says its yearly recurring revenue passed $500 million, as businesses adopt AI coding tools and agents that need safe access to accounts.
Read more: 1Password tops $500M in yearly revenue as AI tools drive demandKarta AI, an Indian startup, raised $3 million for voice AI that answers bank and insurer calls. Callers can still ask for a human, and fraud calls go to one.
Read more: Indian startup raises $3 million for AI that answers bank callsCoolpad's Cool X Wide gives you a much wider screen for about $150, with no folding display, but it only works on 4G networks and ships first in China.
Read more: A $150 Android phone copies the wide screen of pricey foldablesTuesday Labs will take a $200 refundable deposit on Voxel, a home robot expected to cost about $20,000, with US delivery in 2028 or later.
Read more: A $20,000 home robot butler is taking deposits, but won't arrive until 2028Anthropic's Claude Security now rechecks company code as it changes and tracks whether flaws get fixed. It is in beta, so human review still matters.
Read more: Anthropic's Claude Security now checks company code nonstop for flawsThe UK is putting £100 million into an AI Biosecurity Lab backed by three major AI companies, a sign that governments want closer checks on AI risks.
Read more: UK puts £100 million into a lab to study AI's biological risksAt TechCrunch Disrupt, founders said phone calls, live events and well-chosen creators can win customers, and that repeat use shows who will stay.
Read more: Startups can win loyal customers without going viral onlineUtopai, an AI film studio, raised $60 million at a $1 billion value, a sign that money is flowing into AI video, not just chatbots.
Read more: AI film studio Utopai raises $60M at a $1 billion valueAn Android Police writer says Google's Gemini Notebook turns fast YouTube videos into summaries, mind maps and audio recaps, which could save rewatching.
Read more: Turn YouTube Videos Into Study Guides With Google's Gemini NotebookSeveral European countries now require invoices as data that accounting software can read. Deadlines run through 2030, so firms that trade there should check their tools.
Read more: Europe is making businesses send bills as computer-readable dataFinTech Studios released an update that lets Claude, Perplexity and ChatGPT set up recurring, cited market and regulatory updates for you.
Read more: AI chat assistants can now keep watching markets for youSeatGeek's new ChatGPT app shows official and resale tickets side by side, which could make price comparison faster, though you still check out on SeatGeek.
Read more: You can now search for concert and game tickets inside ChatGPTA sharp tech selloff has led SK Hynix, Firmus and Oura to delay or drop public listings, which matters if you own tech stocks or funds.
Read more: Tech stock slump makes AI companies pull back stock market debutsZoho's event software now lets planners manage tickets and check-in from a phone, and lets exhibitors keep scanning leads when venue internet fails.
Read more: Zoho Backstage 4.0 lets event planners run more from a phoneNew York is asking a court for $1.3 billion from the founders of NovaTech, a crypto scheme that hit more than 11,000 New Yorkers, as four promoters settle.
Read more: New York wants $1.3 billion from founders of a crypto scam
