Luma introduced Luma Agents, powered by its new “Unified Intelligence” models, designed to coordinate multiple AI systems and generate end-to-end creative work across text, images, video and audio.
The startup, co-founded by Tesla and Apple alumni, has sold nearly 1,000 of its motorbikes so far.
A source close to the company says the round assigns Science a post-money valuation of $1.25 billion.
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AI procurement startup Lio announced a $30 million Series A in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution path more viable than the industry gives it credit for. The global consumer hardware brand was built on less than $500k, no institutional capital, and a philosophy professor’s determination. Watch as founder and former CEO […]
Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution path more viable than the industry gives it credit for. The global consumer hardware brand was built on less than $500k, no institutional capital, and a philosophy professor’s determination. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Dominic-Madori Davis […]
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Some AI founders are using a novel valuation mechanism to manufacture unicorn status.
Crunchbase data shows a record $189 billion of global venture capital flowed to startups last month, with AI startups nabbing 90% of the capital.
Fig traces data flows in the security stack and then alerts security teams when changes at any point affect detection or response capabilities.
The four-year-old startup saw its revenue run rate double over the past three months, according to one Bloomberg source.
Pronto handles 18,000 daily bookings and plans rapid expansion as it races rivals to digitize India's largely offline home services market.
Stripe released a preview intended to allow AI companies to easily track, pass through, and make a profit on underlying AI model fees.
14.ai also launched a consumer brand to understand how much AI can handle customer support tasks.
After wooing Cal AI for months, MyFitnessPal has successfully acquired its up-and-coming rival, Cal AI, the app built by teens soaring on the apps stores.
Cami Tellez announces launch of new company, $4 million raise.
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