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WhatsApp on Tuesday announced a new feature that will allow users to save their contacts within the app. This means that even if you lose your phone or link a new device to your primary number, you'll still see all your contacts stored in WhatsApp's cloud storage. Until now, WhatsApp relied on your phone's contacts book to sync your contacts. If a new person messages you on the app and you want to save their details, that information will be saved locally on your device. This new feature is coming soon and will allow you to save your contacts on…
James Malley, co-founder and CEO of Paccurate, likes to joke that once you step into the world of supply chain technology, you can't leave the category. Ten years ago, Marie and Patrick Powers were working together as consultants when they started getting asked the same questions over and over again. Customers wanted help reducing empty space in their shipping boxes to avoid newly introduced fees from shippers like FedEx and UPS. Unable to find any good software to solve their problem, Murray and Powers began considering solving the problem themselves. “We were interested in the butterfly effect in this problem…
The software supply chain, which consists of the components and processes used to develop software, is becoming unstable. According to a recent study, 88% of companies believe that a poorly secured software supply chain poses an “enterprise-wide risk” to their organization. Open source supply chain components are particularly challenging due to the logistical hurdles of properly maintaining each component. Security firm Synopsys found in a 2023 report that 89% of companies' codebases contain open source tools that are more than four years old. A 2024 report by Ponemon Institute found that more than half of organizations have experienced a software…
Earlier this year, Medal, a startup known for its video game clipping capabilities, announced a cross-platform AI assistant called Highlight. The company is currently spinning off Highlight into a new company and has raised $10 million in a funding round. General Catalyst led the funding round, with participation from Valor, SV Angel, and Conviction Embed. Medal also invested $3 million in the new company, out of the $13 million it raised in July. Medal co-founder Pim de Witte is now the only common link between Medal and Highlight. The latter has its own team, including Haris Butt, former VP of…
Startups building AI medical assistants and medical scribes to save doctors time taking notes and creating medical records have mushroomed over the past year. And incumbent companies now want to get in on the action. On Tuesday, video conferencing company Zoom announced that it has partnered with Suki, one of the leading AI medical scribe providers, to provide doctors with an AI scribe that can take notes about patient encounters on the company's platform. Zoom is used for about 36% of all telehealth visits in the U.S., making it the most popular video conferencing platform, according to industry intelligence group…
Back in 2022, João Moura was leading the AI engineering efforts at Clearbit, a startup creating an integrated hub for business intelligence tools. There, Moura led the development of AI integration and was responsible for defining Clearbit's AI product roadmap. A year later, HubSpot acquired Clearbit, but Moura wanted to go it alone. He previously founded startups such as Urdog, which sells smart collars for pets. But for this go-around, Moura had a more technically ambitious concept in mind. Moura's latest company, CrewAI, aims to automate repetitive back-office tasks like summarizing reports and onboarding employees. Customers can use CrewAI's platform…
Although India is not at the forefront of the global AI innovation battle, the country's demand for AI is growing as businesses seek efficiency and technology companies push for AI development as a panacea. The South Asian country's AI market is expected to reach $17 billion by 2027, according to a joint report by IT industry group Nasscom and consulting firm BCG. Neysa, an Indian startup led by experienced technology entrepreneur Sharad Sanghi, aims to capitalize on this growth opportunity by offering its AI solutions to domestic and multinational companies. The Mumbai-based startup provides AI and machine learning infrastructure and…
Meta is expanding its testing of facial recognition as a counter-fraud measure to combat fraudulent celebrity ads and more broadly, the Facebook owner announced on Monday. Monika Bickert, Meta's vice president of content policy, said in a blog post that some of the tests include enhancements to existing fraud protection, such as automated scans (using machine learning classifiers) performed as part of the ad review system. I wrote that it was my purpose. It makes it harder for scammers to fly under the radar and trick Facebook and Instagram users into clicking on fake ads. “Scammers often use images of…
Amnon Shashua, founder and CEO of Mobileye, believes that complex problems can be solved with AI, and that AI itself can be modified to make it more reliable. In addition to founding and running a self-driving car technology company that he took public, sold to Intel, and then spun out again, he has many other ideas. One of them is currently raising money and gaining significant momentum. One Zero, a fintech company aiming to leverage AI in retail banking services, is raising at least $100 million, TechCrunch has learned. Despite being co-founded by one of Israel's most high-profile and successful…
In an interesting variation on the usual “stop stealing our stuff” lawsuits that have already been deployed dozens of times against AI companies, a more subtle form of theft charge is being filed today. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Blade Runner 2049 production company Alcon Entertainment is suing Tesla, Elon Musk, and Warner Bros. Digital for intentional circumvention of intellectual property rights. Ta. Musk had asked Tesla to use images from the movie to promote its latest futuristic concept car at its unveiling on the grounds of Warner Studios. Since Alcon did not agree to provide the rights through Warner,…