Acquisition
OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings acquires ADT (opens techcrunch.com)
Thrive Holdings plans to bring AI to ADT's home security business.
Launch
Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app called Style Sketch (opens techcrunch.com)
Meta's new app builds a virtual closet from photos already shared on Instagram, or from items added by photo, video or camera-roll upload.
Acquisition
Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure (opens techcrunch.com)
Deepgram is buying Daily, the company behind Pipecat, to deepen its real-time voice and video infrastructure.
News
As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces it’s shifting to a logged-in experience (opens techcrunch.com)
With search traffic falling as AI changes how people find information, Reddit is moving to a logged-in experience.
Funding
Agent identity startup Mintive lands Cowboy Ventures, Coatue, angels Jeff Dean, Andrej Karpathy (opens techcrunch.com)
Mintive's platform helps IT teams control enterprise AI agents.
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