3:56 PM PDT · October 30, 2026 Ollie, a startup whose mission was to deliver an AI assistant that respected its users’ privacy, says that…
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Macmillan Staff Say the Publisher Threw a Party for a Workplace AI Assistant That Was Later Killed
As staff at the Lower Manhattan headquarters of Macmillan Publishers headed into work one morning in January 2024, they filed past something strange on the…
How OpenAI turned its coding tools into dots, an always-on personal assistant |
The always-on AI personal assistant, which keeps working in the background even when you aren’t asking it to, is this year’s answer to the question…
Replika’s founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12 years ago |
Twelve years ago today, Eugenia Kuyda stood up onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt and presented a conversational chatbot called IO that acted as a lifestyle concierge…
AI assistant startup Town nabs unicorn valuation 4 months after launch |
Town, a two-year-old, San Francisco-based startup developing AI assistants, nabbed a unicorn valuation on Monday, announcing a $108 million Series B funding round co-led by…
Another personal AI assistant has launched — Meet Tab, which emerged from stealth with a $300M valuation |
6:45 AM PDT · October 7, 2026 A new personal AI assistant has arrived. Meet Tab, which announced Tuesday that it had officially emerged from…
Hark releases an AI personal assistant with a focus on privacy |
From Muse to Instinct to Dots, tech firms are hunting for the user experience that will make an AI personal assistant a must-have product. Hark,…
TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout |
11:29 AM PDT · October 5, 2026 TikTok announced Monday that it’s launching an AI shopping assistant and a new in-app checkout feature that lets…
Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race |
For an AI assistant to become truly useful, it first has to know a lot about you. Ollie, a personal assistant for everyday life, is…