Episodios

  • New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone

    New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone
    Aug 22 2025
    Prices for hacking tools that allow governments to break into mobile phones keep going up, thanks to efforts by tech firms shoring up their cybersecurity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
    Más Menos
    5 m
  • FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brains, plus Garage raises $13.5M to help firefighters buy equipment

    FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brains, plus Garage raises $13.5M to help firefighters buy equipment
    Aug 22 2025
    FieldAI builds foundational AI models that help all kinds of robots learn and adapt to new environments using physics. Also, YC backed Garage is a marketplace that sells specialized equipment commonly used in local governments and public safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
    Más Menos
    7 m
  • Dex is an AI-powered camera device that helps children learn new languages

    Dex is an AI-powered camera device that helps children learn new languages
    Aug 21 2025
    A new gadget called Dex allows kids to take pictures of objects and the AI translates the word into different languages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
    Más Menos
    5 m
  • AI crawler Firecrawl raises $14.5M and is still looking to hire agents as employees, also, Databricks CEO says fresh $1B will help him attack a new AI database market

    AI crawler Firecrawl raises $14.5M and is still looking to hire agents as employees, also, Databricks CEO says fresh $1B will help him attack a new AI database market
    Aug 21 2025
    Firecrawl nabbed Shopify’s CEO Tobias Lütke as an investor from a gutsy email after they discovered he was using the product. Also, The round, which pushes Databricks' valuation to $100B, was co-led by Insight Partners and Thrive. CEO Ali Ghodsi says he's found an enormous untapped AI agent market to spend the funds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
    Más Menos
    9 m
  • Eight Sleep raises $100M to expand it AI-powered sleep tech

    Eight Sleep raises $100M to expand it AI-powered sleep tech
    Aug 20 2025
    The sleep tech company raised from HSG, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, Y Combinator and big F1 names like Charles Leclerc and Zak Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
    Más Menos
    5 m
  • Google vet raises $8M for Continua to bring AI agents to group chats

    Google vet raises $8M for Continua to bring AI agents to group chats
    Aug 20 2025
    David Petrou, founding member of Google Goggles and Google Glass, wants to enhance group chats with AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
    Más Menos
    4 m
  • Les Amis, the app helping women form friendships, launches in New York ... and more

    Les Amis, the app helping women form friendships, launches in New York ... and more
    Aug 19 2025
    Les Amis is an app designed to make it easy for women to form friendships and attend local events. Also, why did Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell? The company raised a $5 million seed round and is releasing it's AI-powered spreadsheet to the general public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
    Más Menos
    7 m
  • Hank Green’s Focus Friend app is climbing the App Store charts — and it’s extremely cute

    Hank Green’s Focus Friend app is climbing the App Store charts — and it’s extremely cute
    Aug 19 2025
    This is the premise of Focus Friend, a productivity app created by Honey B Games and Hank Green, the longtime online creator/entrepreneur/educator/sock salesman. Though the app was soft launched last month, Focus Friend is only now gaining momentum on the App Store charts — likely because Green and his brother, author John Green, are posting about it more — reaching No. 4 among all free apps and No. 2 among productivity apps. Also, another crypto company is headed for the public markets. This time, it’s Gemini Space Station Inc., the New York-based crypto exchange and custodian bank founded by billionaire twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
    Más Menos
    6 m