Wabi, the consumer AI startup founded by Replika creator Eugenia Kuyda, opened its personal AI assistant to public download on October 19, 2026, making…
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Town Lands $108M Series B as Valuation Hits $1B for Collaborative AI Assistants
Town, the company behind an AI work assistant it calls a Townie, announced a $108 million Series B on October 19, 2026, co-led by Forerunner Ventures and…
Robot company bets touch, sound can give bots an edge over vision AI
Neura’s latest foundation model combines vision, touch and audio to improve robotic perception, but training it on enough real-world data could prove…
Tolan snags $30M for its AI companion that helps users navigate life
AI companion app Tolan has raised another $30 million after attracting more than 250,000 active users.
Replika’s founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12 years ago
Eugenia Kuyda’s newest startup Wabi is positioned to take advantage of an idea she had more than a decade ago. Wabi offers a personal AI assistant with a…
Tenstorrent hits $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chips
After drawing acquisition interest earlier this year, the Nvidia challenger raised $1.5 billion to remain independent.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash shows China’s AI price race has no floor in sight
MiniMax’s M3.1 Flash jumps 13 points over its predecessor to 42 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, at half the cost. It also hits 73.7 percent…
Making the internet better for AI agents might make it worse for everyone else
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Until recently,…
Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free
Meta’s new terms appear to give it permission to crawl and scrape websites “associated” with the businesses that use its platforms – including online…
Kling AI drops version 4.0 with stereo audio, multilingual lip sync, and a lighter Flash variant
Kling AI has released version 4.0 of its video generator with support for clips up to 30 seconds, ten keyframe images as input, and prompt comprehension…