Walking into Huawei’s Shanghai Acoustics R&D Centre, I expected a standard facility tour. What I encountered instead was a comprehensive automotive sound engineering operation that challenges the established order of in-car audio systems. The facility, which Huawei has developed since beginning serious audio research investments in 2012, houses three distinct testing environments: a fully anechoic

AI is the cream of the crop in today’s tech field, with industries relying on generative AI to improve operations and boost productivity. One sector that using AI with measurable results is agriculture, with vegetable seed companies harnessing the technology to identify the best vegetable varieties out of thousands of options. This facility can help

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has found a widening chasm separating an elite of AI masters from the majority of firms struggling to generate any value from their AI investments. A study from BCG found that a mere five percent of companies are successfully achieving bottom-line value from AI at scale. In sharp contrast, 60 percent

Cerebras Systems has closed an oversubscribed $1.1 billion Series G funding round, achieving an $8.1 billion post-money valuation. The AI infrastructure company, known for building the world’s fastest AI processors, attracted significant interest from both new and existing investors. Fidelity Management & Research Company and Atreides Management led the investment round. Tiger Global, Valor Equity

Münster-based clockin has closed a €10 million Series A funding round to accelerate its mission of bringing mobile teams into the digital age. The investment round was co-led by Amsterdam’s Newion and Düsseldorf’s NRW.Venture, with continued support from existing investors Scalehouse Capital and D11Z.Ventures. The fresh capital will fuel software development and support the company’s

Longeye, a developer of AI-powered investigative tools for law enforcement, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism Fund. The announcement comes alongside news that the platform is already operational with the Redmond Police Department in Washington, where detectives have used it to uncover previously overlooked evidence in active investigations.

Vercel has secured $300 million in Series F funding at a $9.3 billion post-money valuation, with Accel and GIC co-leading the significantly oversubscribed round. The company will also complete a $300 million secondary tender offer for employees, former team members, and early investors next month. New investors joining the round include funds managed by BlackRock,

A court in San Francisco has given the green light to a $1.5 billion settlement between AI company Anthropic and a large group of authors who accused the firm of illegally using their books to train its language models. The decision, revealed this week, marks one of the most significant financial resolutions so far in

Spotify has quietly carried out one of the biggest digital clean-ups in music history, removing a staggering 75 million tracks it deemed “spam” over the past year. The purge, confirmed this week, is the company’s attempt to rein in an avalanche of AI-generated songs overwhelming the platform. And while the number itself is jaw-dropping, the

LollipopChat is an uncensored AI chat platform that gives you the chance to interact with virtual companions in a way that feels fun, playful, and refreshingly free. Instead of the usual restrictions, it leans into realism and personalization—whether you’re after casual banter, late-night chats, or spicier roleplays. Think of it as texting someone who actually