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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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Subtle Computing’s voice isolation models help computers understand you in noisy environments

November 7, 2025
California-based startup Subtle Computing is tackling the problem of capturing people’s voices in noisy environments with its own voice-isolation models – a technology that could benefit voice-based AI products and services. Consumer apps using voice AI are today seeing tremendous growth. AI meeting note-takers like Granola, Fireflies, Fathom, and Read AI have received both user and…
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Former Meta employees launch Stream, a smart ring that takes voice notes and controls music

November 6, 2025
A raft of voice-based hardware devices have emerged, aimed at companionship, productivity, or personal growth. These include card-shaped devices from Plaud and Pocket; pendants from Friend, Limitless, and Taya; and a wristband from Bee, which is now part of Amazon. Now, two former Meta employees who worked on interface design have launched Sandbar, a startup that has created a ring called Stream…
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