Meet Posha, a countertop robot that cooks your meals for you
In 2017, Raghav Gupta set out to solve a personal problem: he wanted easy access to the home-cooked meals he grew up eating without having to spend time cooking or…
Sources: AI vision startup Metropolis is buying Oosto (formerly known as AnyVision) for just $125M
The general hype around all things AI is not lifting all boats: certain startups continue to struggle and are looking for exits. In one of the latest developments, TechCrunch has…
After selling his last AI startup to Meta, Beyond Presence’s founder nabs $3.1M to build realistic avatars
Computer vision applications are getting a huge boost from advances in smartphones combined with AI that helps fill in the gaps of what everyday devices cannot see. Using these tools,…
Sonair takes a cue from dolphins to build autonomous 3D vision sans LIDAR
Ultrasound is perhaps best known as the technology that enables non-invasive body scans, underwater communication, and to help us park our cars. A young startup called Sonair out of Norway…
Are ‘visual’ AI models actually blind?
The latest round of language models, like GPT-4o and Gemini 1.5 Pro, are touted as “multi-modal,” able to understand images and audio as well as text — but a new…
Eyebot raised $6M for AI-powered kiosks that provide 90-second eye exams without optometrist
Over half of Americans wear corrective glasses or contact lenses. While there isn’t a shortage of low-cost and luxury frames available online or in stores, consumers can only buy them…