💰 SoundHound doubles down on AI: The voice recognition tech maker has acquired Amelia AI for $80 million. Amelia has an AI agent that businesses can customize for internal or customer use, and this deal gives SoundHound access to verticals where it doesn't have much presence in: financial services, insurance, healthcare, retail and hospitality. Read More
🐲 TikTok wants to also be a discovery engine: TikTok and Warner Bros are partnering to let users discover movies and TV shows. The kids are already using TikTok to share short clips of movies and TV, but this tie-up makes it more official. Read More
🌮 Hasta la vista, baby: Silvia is a bilingual dictation assistant that understands 'Spanglish' and other language mixtures. The app will be available to download for iOS devices at the end of August, and it'll present in your phone as a pop-up on the left side of your keyboard. We love it, because this is a multilingual world, and AI had better keep up. Read More
📈 To IPO or not to IPO: The strong 2024 IPO pipeline investors had hoped for doesn't appear to be materializing. Experts told TC they don't expect it to, especially with the upcoming presidential election and high interest rates. We thought it might actually be easier to list which companies aren't going public, so we did just that! Read More
🌌 Astronomy-as-a-Service: London-based Blue Skies Space wants to bring in a "new era of space research" where astronomy data is collected, packaged and sold "as a service." The startup plans to launch its first satellite soon as part of SpaceX's rideshare program. Read More
🧑⚕️ Feeling Great with AI: A psychiatrist with 40 years of experience has leveraged his expertise to build an app, Feeling Great, that offers interactive courses on mental health and managing emotions, as well as stories and a chatbot that you can talk to about your issues. The startup has raised $8 million in seed funding. Read More
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