AI & Robotics

Fable Studio has announced two new conversational AI virtual beings, or artificial people. Their names are Charlie and Beck, and they will be able to hold conversations as if they were real people. The new characters are a blend of storytelling and artificial intelligence, a marriage that Fable is pioneering in the belief that virtual beings will become a huge market as people seek companionship…

CoachHub, a “talent development” platform that pairs employees with business coaches, has raised $30 million in a series B round of funding led by Draper Esprit. Founded in 2018, Berlin-based CoachHub is a digital coaching platform that leverages an AI-based matching system to recommend the three best coaches for each individual. The coach and employee communicate through the CoachHub app…

Anomalo, a provider of data validation and documentation services for developers, today announced that it raised $5.95 million in venture capital. First Round Capital and Foundation Capital participated in the seed funding round, which is Anomalo’s first since its founding in 2018. Data validation is a top concern for businesses reliant on big data analysis to take care of their operations…

AI is really, really good at automating repetitive tasks. Laika, the stop-motion animation studio best known for its feature films , , ,, and , captures and edits tens of thousands of frames for each of its movies. Needless to say, the company has plenty of repetitive tasks that could benefit from acceleration. So, Laika teamed up with Intel to create software tools able to save time and keep its…