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4. ElevenLabs reveals new investors, hits $500M ARR, and expands enterprise footprint as voice AI becomes a critical interface.

The Seattle-based startup's Series A round was led by Glilot Capital, NFX, and SignalFire, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

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Krutrim's pivot to cloud after layoffs and limited product updates reflects the economic challenges of building AI models in India.

Amazon will buy a new type of HVAC system for its commercial buildings to slash energy use.

The restructuring is aimed at addressing market volatility and increasing the use of AI tools to improve efficiency.

The startup has put a spin on repurposing EV batteries, CEO Edward Chiang told TechCrunch.

The Nvidia CEO seems to feel that claims of AI's job-killing potential have been greatly exaggerated.

Enhanced geothermal startup Fervo Energy’s IPO could value the company at up to $6.5 billion.

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA says the CopyFail bug is being actively used in hacking campaigns, and poses a major risk to servers and data centers that rely on Linux.

AI chip maker Cerebras is heading for a blockbuster IPO that could value it at $26.6 billion or more. Its relationship with OpenAI is deep and rich.

Appfigures finds visual model launches generate 6.5x more downloads — but most don’t convert that spike into revenue.

Katie Haun announced on Monday that $1 billion has been raised across new funds to continue the firm’s thesis of backing crypto and blockchain startups.

Days after the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in popular web hosting software cPanel and WHM, hackers are now targeting and hacking thousands of vulnerable websites.

Stuart Russell is a long-time AI researcher who thinks governments need to restrain frontier labs.

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