Fish Audio raises $50M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises

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View this email online in your browser  July 28, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Fish Audio raises $50M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises: Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open-source or hosted version of its models, and now generates annual recurring revenue of $21 million. Read More Lyft and Baidu enter London's robotaxi battleground as testing begins: Baidu's Apollo Go autonomous vehicles will be available on Freenow, the mobility network that Lyft acquired in 2025. Read More PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google: The issue appears to have originated from Claude’s “share chat” feature, which allows users to create links that enable anyone with the assigned URL view a conversation or project. Read More A message from General Compute General Compute is making a $300m bet against the GPU General Compute raised $15m to build the world's first ASIC cloud. By removing the GPU bottleneck, it runs frontier LLMs up to 16x faster than standard GPU clouds. ASIC silicon is also far more energy efficient, so it deploys in air-cooled data centers, making growth and expansion dramatically easier. Learn more here Morning Must-Reads Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system: Microsoft bolstered its AI cybersecurity offerings this week with the launch of its first AI security model and a new security platform. Read More Recursive Superintelligence signs $410 compute deal with Amazon: Recursive’s $400 million outlay represents the bulk of the company’s fundraising to date. Read More Elon Musk's X Money app is rolling out in the U.S.: The app is currently available to X Premium and Premium+ subscribers in the U.S. Read More Apple launches 'Upgrade' device leasing program in partnership with Klarna: Leasing prices start at $17.99 per month for iPhone, $11.99 for Apple Watch, $24.99 for Mac, and $11.99 for iPad. Read More Granola launches an Apple Watch app: Granola debutes an Apple Watch app for in-person notetaking Read More Last but Not Least As rivals chase acquisitions, Peacock bets on bundles through a new deal with YouTube: The deal means content will be integrated into the YouTube experience, allowing viewers to discover and watch Peacock content without leaving the platform. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107