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Zendesk is acquiring Forethought, a company that builds software to automate customer service interactions, the companies announced on Wednesday. The deal is expected to close by the end of March. Whi

Last week, Netflix announced the acquisition of InterPositive, an AI company co-founded by Ben Affleck that helps filmmakers edit footage in post-production. This deal could be worth up to $600 millio

Lovable crossed $400 million in annual recurring revenue in February, the Stockholm company confirmed to TechCrunch. But it declined to say whether it is still projecting to reach $1 billion ARR by ye

When Max Brodeur-Urbas co-founded Gumloop in mid-2023, his vision was to help non-technical employees automate repetitive tasks using AI. At that time, the concept of AI agents was still largely exper

Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa+ is getting another new personality. On Thursday, the company announced it’s expanding its lineup of personality styles for users to choose from to include a “Sassy” option

Generative AI is expected to supercharge online scams and impersonation attacks in 2026, pushing fraud ahead of ransomware as the top cyber-risk for businesses and consumers alike, according to a new

ChatGPT that you wear behind your ear? Maybe. OpenAI is reportedly developing its first AI-powered device and will unveil it in the second half of the year, Axios reported on Monday.Chris Lehane, Open

You can now access Google's AI tool Gemini 3 Pro in Google Search via AI Mode. It's shaking up search behavior because now you can ask all your chatbot-like questions directly in Google's Search inter

Google is beginning to roll out more Gemini AI features to Gmail, including a new AI Inbox. The new Inbox view will give you a snapshot of the most important content from your emails, according to Gem

Israeli AI agent startup Wonderful has raised $150 million in a Series B funding round that values it at $2 billion, coming just four months after the company raised a $100 million Series A. The new r

Flash floods are among the deadliest weather events in the world, killing more than 5,000 people each year. They’re also among the most difficult to predict. But Google thinks it has cracked that prob

I was sitting at my desk watching an OpenAI livestream just before Halloween, approaching the 58-minute mark of a pretty unspectacular 62-minute broadcast. I'll confess I wasn't super dialed in by thi

Rox, a startup developing autonomous AI agents to boost sales productivity, has raised a new funding round valuing the company at $1.2 billion, according to multiple sources. The funding included a le

Spotify has already dabbled in AI playlists, but on Thursday, the company unveiled a new tool that generates a playlist based on your description of an idea, feeling or moment. The feature, called Pro

Facebook Marketplace is rolling out new Meta AI features, including one that automatically replies to messages from interested buyers, Facebook announced Thursday. The social network is also using AI