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Google Labs and DeepMind Launch Pomelli, an AI Tool for SMB Marketing Campaigns
Google Labs and Google DeepMind have jointly created an AI-powered marketing tool called Pomelli to help small and medium-sized businesses generate effective social media campaigns. It’s launching today as a public beta experiment for those in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and it currently only supports English. This is Google’s latest initiative […]
Adobe AI Foundry Builds Custom Generative Models for Brands
Adobe is launching a new service called the Adobe AI Foundry, designed to help businesses build their own custom generative AI models. Much like Intel’s chip foundry, Adobe’s version aims to do the same for AI, offering companies a framework to design and train models on their own data. These LLMs will be built on […]
Most Companies Still Aren’t Ready for AI, But Leaders Are Starting to Capture Value
The number of companies truly ready for AI may have plateaued, with just 13 percent saying they’re prepared to operationalize the technology. That’s according to Cisco’s third annual AI Readiness Index, released earlier this month. While the topline number hasn’t shifted year over year, the context has. Cisco says the so-called “Pacesetters”—a small but disciplined […]
Cash App and Square Unite to Support Local Merchants with ‘Neighborhoods’
Block is bringing together two of its core products to help local businesses serve their customers. On Wednesday, the fintech company unveiled “Neighborhoods” by Cash App, a new feature designed to help merchants compete more easily with national chains by removing this digital point of friction. It’s more than an app update—this offering creates a […]
Lattice’s ‘Refounding’ Moment
Much has changed in the world of human resources since entrepreneurs Jack Altman and Eric Koslow graduated from Y Combinator in 2016. The duo had launched a startup called Lattice, built to improve organizational growth. They recognized there was a better way for companies to manage people—being proactive drove success. Though a technology firm, Lattice […]
Dyna Robotics Secures $120 Million from Nvidia, Samsung, and Amazon to Bring General-Purpose Robots to Market
Dyna Robotics, the startup behind the Dynamism v1 (DYNA-1) robot, has raised $120 million in new funding. The Series A investment round was led by Robostrategy, CRV, and First Round Capital, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Nvidia’s venture arm NVentures, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Samsung Next, and LG Technology Ventures. The company disclosed it will […]
Vercel’s v0 Breaks Out of the Developer Box as a Universal Coding Agent
Vercel, the cloud infrastructure platform, is releasing an update turning its v0 agent into an AI builder for everyone. It’s no longer a vibe coding tool exclusively for software developers. Instead, it’s a tool that designers, marketers, sales, finance professionals, or anyone with an idea can use to rapidly create software without needing “a single […]
Everyone’s a Prompt Engineer Now
Artificial intelligence existed for decades before ChatGPT, but it mostly operated behind the scenes—powering recommendation engines, detecting fraud, and optimizing logistics. Back then, technical professionals like engineers and data scientists were the ones steering these systems. But with the rise of generative AI in the workplace, anyone can now instruct the bots on what to […]
HubSpot Embraces Multi-AI CRM Strategy with Claude Integration
HubSpot is expanding its list of AI models connected to its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform. Customers can now connect their databases to Anthropic’s Claude, allowing them to query data using natural language, generate visualizations, and take action—all within HubSpot. This is the second such connector the company has introduced, following the introduction of ChatGPT […]
Yahoo Acquires Team Behind Blockchain Tech Startup Cymbal to Launch New AI Research Group
Yahoo is launching a new research group focused on advancing AI and emerging technologies across its business portfolio. It will be led by Eric Feng, co-founder and chief executive of blockchain tech startup Cymbal, whose team Yahoo has acquired as part of the initiative. Founded in 2022 by Feng and serial entrepreneurs James Jerlecki and […]