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Nous Research Hits $1.5B Valuation, Launches AI Agents for Your Business Nous Research, the company behind Hermes Agent, just closed a $90 million Series B funding round, pushing its valuation to $1.5 billion. The startup is now rolling out AI agents designed specifically for business users—tools that
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Best AI Tools for E-Commerce Small Businesses in 2026 If you're running an online store with a small team, you're probably doing the work of five people. AI tools for e-commerce small businesses have gotten good enough in 2026 that some of that load can actually
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Lightweight AI Model Offers Faster, Cheaper Content Moderation for Small Businesses Musubi released PolicyLM-1.7B this week, a compact decision model designed to handle real-time content moderation. The model comes with open weights, meaning small businesses can download and use it without paying licensing fees. Unlike larger AI systems that
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How to Use AI to Create a Brand Voice Guide for Your Business If every piece of writing your business puts out sounds a little different — your Instagram feels casual, your emails feel stiff, your website sounds like someone else entirely — you have a brand voice problem. And it'
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AI Chip Startup Etched Sees Valuation Double to $40B+ in Fresh Funding Push The artificial intelligence chip company Etched is fielding investment offers at valuations exceeding $40 billion, according to sources. This comes just months after the startup's previous funding round, signaling explosive investor demand for AI hardware
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How to Use AI to Handle Common Customer Complaints (Without Losing the Personal Touch) Customer complaints don't stop coming in just because you're slammed with a full workload. If you're running a small business with a handful of employees, a bad review or an
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Will a Rebranding Push and Safety Pledge Help AI Shed Its Bad Reputation? The Trump administration is working to reshape how the public views artificial intelligence, promoting the idea of "super intelligence" as a positive force while pushing major AI companies to sign a non-binding safety agreement. The
Best AI Tools for E-Commerce Small Businesses in 2026 If you're running an online store with a small team, you're probably doing the work of five people. AI tools for e-commerce small businesses have gotten good enough in 2026 that some of that load can actually
How to Use AI to Create a Brand Voice Guide for Your Business If every piece of writing your business puts out sounds a little different — your Instagram feels casual, your emails feel stiff, your website sounds like someone else entirely — you have a brand voice problem. And it'
How to Use AI to Handle Common Customer Complaints (Without Losing the Personal Touch) Customer complaints don't stop coming in just because you're slammed with a full workload. If you're running a small business with a handful of employees, a bad review or an
Best AI Tools for Contractors and Tradespeople in 2026 If you're running a contracting or trades business — plumbing, electrical, HVAC, roofing, general contracting, landscaping — you're probably drowning in admin work while also trying to get jobs done. AI tools have gotten genuinely useful for people in
Best AI Tools for Contractors and Tradespeople in 2026 If you're running a contracting or trades business — plumbing, electrical, HVAC, roofing, general contracting, landscaping — you're probably drowning in admin work while also trying to get jobs done. AI tools have gotten genuinely useful for people in
Gaming Giant Capcom Plans to Build Games With AI—Here's What That Means for Your Business Capcom, the company behind Resident Evil and Street Fighter, is openly planning a future where artificial intelligence helps create games alongside human developers. During a recent tech conference, the studio's
How to Use AI to Write Proposals and Quotes That Win Clients A weak proposal is one of the most expensive mistakes a small business can make. You do the work of finding the lead, having the conversation, and building the relationship — then lose the job because your quote looked
Blackstone's AI Expert Shares Playbook for Building Next-Generation AI Companies at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Jas Khaira, a leader at investment giant Blackstone, will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 about what it takes to build the next wave of AI powerhouses. His talk on the Builders Stage will focus
How to Use AI to Plan Your Business Marketing Calendar If you're running a small business and winging your marketing month to month, you're leaving money on the table — and burning time you don't have. AI can help you build a real marketing calendar
AI Chatbot's Role in Major Political Decision Raises Questions About AI Influence Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok reportedly provided input to President Trump before a military operation targeting Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro, according to recent reports. The incident highlights an unusual intersection of artificial
Best AI Chatbot Tools for Small Business Websites in 2025 If you're losing potential customers because nobody's available to answer questions at 11pm, an AI chatbot on your website might be the most practical fix you haven't tried yet. This guide breaks down how
Grokipedia Gets a Makeover as Elon Musk's Wikipedia Competitor Pushes Forward Grokipedia, SpaceX AI's alternative to Wikipedia, just rolled out a redesigned interface as part of its v0.3 update. The platform now features a new logo, refreshed homepage, and upgraded live edits page. This comes
How to Use AI to Create a Menu or Service Price List (Without Hiring a Designer) If your menu or service price list is living in a Google Doc you last updated two years ago, you're leaving money on the table. A clean, well-written price list builds trust,
EliseAI Doubles Its Value to $4 Billion With $350 Million Funding Round EliseAI, a company backed by prominent venture capital firm a16z, just raised $350 million in funding and doubled its valuation to $4 billion in just one year. The company builds AI tools designed to automate customer service and
How to Write a Professional Bio for Your Business Using AI Your bio is often the first thing a potential client reads about you — and most small business owners either skip it entirely or write something so stiff it sounds like a legal document. AI can fix that in about
Modal Labs Reaches $15.75B Valuation as AI Infrastructure Demand Skyrockets Modal Labs, a company that helps developers run AI applications, is closing in on a $750 million funding round that values the startup at $15.75 billion. This nearly quadruples the company's valuation from just four months
