AI & Robotics

Whisper, a startup developing AI-powered hearing aids that self-tune over time, emerged from stealth today with $50 million. CEO Dwight Crow says the funds will be put toward the company’s go-to-market efforts as it ramps up production of its first product, the Whisper Hearing System. The U.S. National Institute on Deafness looked at adults aged 70 and older who have hearing loss and could…

Balto, which is developing a conversational AI platform for call centers, today announced the close of a $10 million round. A spokesperson said the capital will enable Balto to triple the size of its go-to-market team while bolstering product development. With customer representatives increasingly required to work from home in Manila, the U.S., and elsewhere, some companies are turning to AI to…

Back in January, Google Health, the branch of Google focused on health-related research, clinical tools, and partnerships for health care services, released an AI model trained on over 90,000 mammogram X-rays that the company said achieved better results than human radiologists. Google claimed that the algorithm could recognize more false negatives — the kind of images that look normal but…

Infiot emerged from stealth today with $15 million to develop its access platform for internet of things devices. The company says it will put the funds toward product R&D and accelerating its go-to-market efforts. Parag Thakore, who has held product management jobs at VMware and Cisco, cofounded Infiot with chief architect Sunil Mukundan and CTO Anupam Rai. The trio most recently worked…