Epic Gave Fortnite Creators AI NPCs — and Also a Very Large Chaperone
Epic’s new Fortnite conversations system makes NPCs talk back with Gemini and ElevenLabs. Clever, constrained, and not quite ready for public island duty.
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Factory Raised $150M to Replace Your Engineers
AI Shopping Agents, Explained: Why ChatGPT, Amazon, Google, and Visa All Want to Buy Things for You
Spotify Wants to Be Your Bookstore
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Google Put Gemini on My Mac — Finally, an AI Roommate With Keyboard Shortcuts
Sapient Perception Raised €2M to Help Drones See Everything
AI
AI Shopping Agents, Explained: Why ChatGPT, Amazon, Google, and Visa All Want to Buy Things for You
AI shopping agents are moving from demos to checkout. This deep dive explains how Google, Amazon, OpenAI, and Visa want to own online buying.
Allbirds Sold Its Shoes to Buy GPUs. The Stock Is Up 600% Because Of Course It Is.
Equinix Wants AI to Run Your Network — Because Humans Keep Touching It
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An App Called ‘Anything’ Got Kicked Off the App Store Twice—Which Tells You Everything
AI Browsers, Explained: Why the Web’s Most Boring App Suddenly Wants to Run Your Life
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Launch
Spotify Wants to Be Your Bookstore
Spotify now sells physical books, syncs your page to audio, and recaps your spot when life intervenes. It is shameless platform creep, and a surprisingly thoughtful one.
Google Put Gemini on My Mac — Finally, an AI Roommate With Keyboard Shortcuts
Ecovacs Wants to Weaponize Your Mop Water
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GeeLark Wants to Replace Your Device Farm — Which Is Both Useful and Slightly Cursed
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Deals
Factory Raised $150M to Replace Your Engineers
A startup literally named Factory just hit a $1.5B valuation for AI agents that do software engineering. Their key differentiator? Switching between AI models. Like every other AI coding startup.
Sapient Perception Raised €2M to Help Drones See Everything
Helical’s $10M Seed Wants a Virtual AI Lab for Pharma — Finally, a Wet-Lab Hall Pass
Replenit Raised $2.5 Million for Retail AI — Finally, a CRM With Taste
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