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    Oculus co-founder’s Sesame launches hyper-realistic voice AI

    Sesame just came out of stealth with a remarkably expressive voice AI and plans for wearable companion glasses. Backed by top venture firms and led by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, the assistant handles natural interruptions and banter with ease, with open-source models supporting 20+ languages slated for the coming months.

  2. IndustryReach 42

    Anthropic lands $450M to take on OpenAI

    Anthropic just secured $450 million in Series C funding led by Spark Capital, backed by tech heavyweights Google, Salesforce, and Zoom. The raise boosts its total funding to $1.45 billion to fuel next-gen self-teaching algorithms and its constitutional AI safety tech. Why it matters: Big Tech is actively arming Anthropic as the premier counterweight to OpenAI.