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Trending News: OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all usersOpenAI raises $40B at $300B post-money valuationSome Alexa+ features reportedly won’t arrive for monthsOpenAI plans to release a new ‘open’ AI language model in the coming monthsAlphabet’s AI drug discovery platform Isomorphic Labs raises $600M from ThriveChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receiptsApple brings Apple Intelligence to the Vision ProApple rolls out Priority Notifications as Apple Intelligence expands to EUOpenAI disables video gen for certain Sora users as capacity challenges continueRunway releases an impressive new video-generating AI modelManus launches paid subscription plans and a mobile appAmazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browserApple reportedly revamping Health app to add an AI coachPerplexity CEO denies having financial issues, says no IPO before 2028Sam Altman firing drama detailed in new book excerptA look at Intel Capital before the 34-year-old firm strikes out on its ownCoreWeave co-founder explains how a closet of crypto-mining GPUs led to a $1.5B IPOElon Musk says xAI acquired XNintendo used its new app to announce the ‘Legend of Zelda’ movie release dateOpenAI peels back ChatGPT’s safeguards around image creationOpenAI is aiming for AGI but landing on Studio GhibliKrafton acquires controlling stake in Indian gaming studio Nautilus Mobile for $14MOpen source devs are fighting AI crawlers with cleverness and vengeanceTwin’s first AI agent is an invoice retrieval agent for Qonto customersWith the Switch 2 coming, Nintendo is working on Virtual Game Cards for cross-device portabilityGoogle rolls out new vacation-planning features to Search, Maps, and GeminiOpenAI’s viral Studio Ghibli moment highlights AI copyright concernsNvidia is reportedly in talks to acquire Lepton AIChatGPT’s new AI image feature is delayed for free usersOpenAI adopts rival Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to dataLeaked data exposes a Chinese AI censorship machineHas GetReal cracked the code on AI deepfakes? $18M and an impressive client list says yesAmazon’s Alexa Fund is now backing AI startupsKrisp is using AI to help Indians sound like Americans on callsAmazon launches personalized shopping prompts as part of its generative AI pushAI’s coming to the classroom: Brisk raises $15M after a quick start in schoolMicrosoft adds AI-powered deep research tools to CopilotChatGPT’s image-generation feature gets an upgradeEarth AI’s algorithms found critical minerals in places everyone else ignoredCerebras Systems’ IPO is further delayedQuora’s Poe launches its most affordable subscription plan for $5/monthGoogle unveils a next-gen family of AI reasoning modelsDiscord made its streaming overlay a lot more user-friendlyOutreach founder Manny Medina has a new startup that helps AI agents get paidPlural’s platform allows enterprises to manage their Kubernetes clusters in one placeA new, challenging AGI test stumps most AI modelsOpenAI says its AI voice assistant is now better to chat witha16z- and Benchmark-backed 11x has been claiming customers it doesn’t haveA Chinese tech giant says it slashed AI costs using only Chinese chipsAI creation platform Arcade expands from jewelry to home goodsFair-code pioneer n8n raises $60M for AI-powered workflow automationStep into the spotlight: Apply to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025AI chip startup FuriosaAI reportedly turns down $800M acquisition offer from MetaBrowser Use, the tool making it easier for AI ‘agents’ to navigate websites, raises $17MMeta has revenue sharing agreements with Llama AI model hosts, filing revealsValve removes video game demo suspected of being malwareAnthropic appears to be using Brave to power web search for its Claude chatbotWayve CEO shares his key ingredients for scaling autonomous driving tech Meta spotted testing AI-generated comments on InstagramMicrosoft is exploring a way to credit contributors to AI training dataInside the Google-Wiz acquisition and the deal’s biggest winners1X will test humanoid robots in ‘a few hundred’ homes in 2025GTC felt more bullish than ever, but Nvidia’s challenges are piling upApple faces lawsuit over Apple Intelligence delaysA high schooler built a website that lets you challenge AI models to a Minecraft build-offAI’s answers on China differ depending on the language, analysis findsApple puts Vision Pro exec in charge of Siri in exec shaekupPerplexity is reportedly in talks to raise up to $1B at an $18B valuationNvidia thinks AI can solve electrical grid problems caused by AIOpenAI upgrades its transcription and voice-generating AI modelsAnthropic adds web search to its Claude chatbotAirbyte launches new connectors to help companies better leverage their dataSolar notches another win as Microsoft adds 475 MW to power its AI data centersTime is ticking! 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Vote for who you want to see at TechCrunch Sessions: AIAcademics accuse AI startups of co-opting peer review for publicityPrezent raises $20M to build AI for slide decksWhat Tesla can and can’t do in California with its new passenger transportation permitJD Vance claims freeing AI from regulation is good for American workers and tech innovatorsNvidia and Google DeepMind will help power Disney’s cute robots
Tue. Apr 1st, 2025

Amazon’s Alexa Fund is now backing AI startups

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  • March 26, 2025
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Amazon started the Alexa Fund in 2015 to back early-stage voice startups. With the advent of large language models and Amazon launching Gen AI-powered Alexa+ along with a family of multimodal AI models, the fund now wants to broaden its scope and invest more in AI startups. In a blog post Amazon shared with TechCrunch […]

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