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Late professional update: I'm now writing for @TechCrunch on consumer tech. So if you know about companies building secret projects and features send me DM or email me at [email protected].
We are slowly seeing a wave of small on-device models in voice AI.
We saw Block's Dessa, @GradiumAI's Phonon, and now @UnderdogAI's Woof.
@0xSigil released a demo that runs on a browser with a 32MB speech generation model.
techcrunch.com/2026/11/06/un…
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Hardware startup @AinaInterface launches a ring that has a screen, mic, and a speaker.
The $399 ring (early-bird) lets you dictate, take notes, control your smart home, trigger agents, and even take calls.
techcrunch.com/2026/11/05/ai…
Interesting move from SoundCloud to now directly allow uploads from the ElevenLabs music platform.
The songs will carry a "Made with Eleven" tag in the description.
ElevenLabs said that users have created over 25 million tracks using its models to date
techcrunch.com/2026/11/05/el…
Hardware startup @AinaInterface launches a ring that has a screen, mic, and a speaker.
The $399 ring (early-bird) lets you dictate, take notes, control your smart home, trigger agents, and even take calls.
techcrunch.com/2026/11/05/ai…
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Excited to share that I now have bylines at Android Authority, XDA, and Engadget. It has been a stressful month (to say the least), and I'm glad I was able to find something on short notice. I'm genuinely grateful to everyone who reached out and gave much-needed advice and guidance.
I'm freelancing right now as that's the only thing available, but I am excited to branch out my areas of coverage a bit, and I'll be writing about hardware, XR, and gaming in much greater detail. I'll still be covering mobile, audio, charging tech, NAS systems, and all the fun accessories I get to use.
My main focus is building out my YouTube presence; it's something I should've done a long time ago, but I'm addressing it now. This will inevitably be a multi-year project, but I'm thrilled to scale it and see where it goes.
New: India's EloElo, which is the creator of the Story TV Microdrama app, raises $80 million from NBCUniversal and Hornbill.
The company is valued at $500 million and has over 33 million monthly active users on Story TV.
techcrunch.com/2026/11/03/in…
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here's Alex's story, which in addition to this interesting fact.. he asks the IMPORTANT questions to OpenAI bigtechnology.com/p/openai-c…
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Breaking: Google will turn off web search for schools that opt out of A.I. for kids.
nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/go…
In this week's voice AI newsletter, I broke down @DeepgramAI's deal to acquire @pipecat_ai maker Daily and how it could spur them to become an infrastructure company.
Tidbits about the company and industry's direction from @deepgramscott and @kwindla
weekinvoiceai.com/p/44-why-d…
ChatGPT now has nearly 350 million users in India
indiadispatch.com/p/top-apps…
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Enterprise voice AI tools provider Deepgram acquires Daily, which has raised $62M+ and develops open-source voice AI framework Pipecat, for an undisclosed sum (@indianidle / TechCrunch)
(Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
Both @meetgranola and @WisprFlow are fighting for your Fn key. But they are not alone, as voice AI productivity software has started to look similar.
I analyzed the fight and what we might see from these companies on my blog.
weekinvoiceai.com/p/granola-…
