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The founders of machine learning community Kaggle are trying to upend the crowded sales prospecting market with AI. And they’re making headway. Source link

YouTube is adding an timer for the Shorts feed to curb doomscrolling Source link

Family location safety app Life360 is venturing into pet tech with the launch of its new tracking device for cats and dogs. Source link

Sizable Energy has a plan to store excess renewable energy in flexible reservoirs out at sea. The startup has raised $8 million to test prototypes. Source link

Netflix is using AI for special effects and pre-production, but CEO Ted Sarandos that Netflix “not worried about AI replacing creativity.” Source link

As TechCrunch previously reported, the maker of a popular open source framework for building AI agents has officially become a unicorn. Source link

Former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe’s new startup, Sesame, is building AI-powered smartglasses with natural, humanlike voice interaction. Backed by Sequoia and Spark, the company also launched an invite-only iOS beta to preview its conversational AI. Source link

OpenAI’s new browser announcement made it clear exactly how much Google has to lose in the AI era. Source link

Fal.ai announced its previous round at a $1.5 billion valuation in July. Source link

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is urging regulators to rein in Google’s AI practices, arguing the tech giant’s dominance in search gives it an unfair edge in the AI race. Source link