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Google augments AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you

November 14, 2025
Google is rolling out a suite of AI shopping updates just ahead of the holiday season. The company on Thursday unveiled a host of new tools and features, including conversational shopping in Google Search, new shopping features within its Gemini app, agentic checkout, and even an AI tool that can call local stores to find out if a product you want is available. The company believes the additions…
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Milestone raises $10M to make sure AI rhymes with ROI

November 14, 2025
Generative AI has become a key part of coding workflows, but most companies struggle to track its use, let alone its return on investment. Israeli startup Milestone hopes to help with a platform designed to correlate AI tool usage with engineering metrics, including code…
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Figma bets on India to expand beyond design

November 13, 2025
Figma is expanding its presence in India by setting up a local office and hiring Indian talent as it seeks to deepen ties with one of its largest user communities and make a broader push to better win over developers alongside the designers who already rely on the platform. Founded in 2012 by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace, Figma broke through by offering a browser-based interface at a time when…
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The global race for the AI app layer is still on

November 13, 2025
The U.S. is far ahead of Europe in the race for large AI models – but the picture is different for the application layer, with emerging category leaders such as Lovable, the vibe-coding startup, and Synthesia, which makes AI-generated video for the…
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Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup

November 12, 2025
Meta may be about to lose one of its most renowned AI heads: Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at the company, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, the Financial Times reported, citing anonymous sources. LeCun, a professor at New York University, senior researcher at Meta, and winner of the prestigious A.M. Turing Award, plans to leave in the coming months, and is already in…
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Scribe hits $1.3B valuation as it moves to show where AI will actually pay off

November 11, 2025
After helping thousands of enterprises document how work actually happens, Scribe has raised $75 million at a $1.3 billion post-money valuation to roll out Scribe Optimize, a platform that maps workflows across the enterprise to reveal where automation and AI will actually yield returns – instead of becoming another sunk cost. The all-equity Series C round was led by StepStone, with…
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