Ivan Mehta

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[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

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].

[Techmeme @Techmeme]

Meta launches Meta Business Agent globally on WhatsApp and Instagram DMs, after a two-year pilot of the customer support AI bot in India, Mexico, and others (@indianidle / TechCrunch)

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[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

Bro I am in a rickshaw

[Evelin Herrera @herreraevel]

We are also looking for APP STUDIOS in INDIA 🇮🇳

· Must be scaled in revenue or user base
· Interested in selling the entire business
· Ideally with a strong tech team

Dm if your app business is exit-ready

[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

I spoke to @babugi28 about expanding its data network worldwide, testing data on its own robot, and also building a platform to let anyone earn from data capture and annotation.

[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

Human Archive, which raised $8.2 million in funding, is an interesting company.

It is using gig workers in India to capture egocentric data. It is also developing its own gloves and body suit to cover other data points, such as tactile force.

https://t.co/KIAOhwdaVO

[Raj Patel @ CVPR @babugi28]

Today, Human Archive is announcing our $8.2M seed round to model human embodied intelligence.

Despite decades of research, we still barely understand ourselves. Our goal is to learn how humans interact with the world, and over the past 6 months, our team’s made enormous progress toward that alongside leading AI labs.

learn more @TechCrunch
https://t.co/faLhyVBjl1

[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

@anil_makadia What do you mean, keyboard flagged something as inappropriate? Was it some function like proofreading? Because usually keyboard just has context of the word you are typing

[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

Google wants you to talk to AI. Spotify wants you to listen to it.

Google IO: Talking to AI in Gmail, Docs, and through Audio glasses.

Spotify: generating AI audio through personal podcasts, audiobooks, and song remixes.

In the newsletter:

https://t.co/00MtAx8SNQ

[geni @rainylavndr]

ideas for what to do with jewelry that makes decisions for you:

[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

Uber has now started Rapido-styled one pin verification for rides.

[Swift Bharat @swiftbharat]

Swift Bharat is back and this year your experience around it is going to be exceptional as well!

Get the early bird tickets before they sell out! 10 tickets grabbed already? 😱

Register now: https://t.co/1iZEEivP9L 🇮🇳

Thank you @RevenueCat for being our blockbuster sponsor ❤️

[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

Which dictation app screwed up?

[Harry Maguire @HarryMaguire93]

I was confident I could of played a major part this summer for my country after the season I’ve had. I’ve been left shocked and gutted by the decision.

I’ve loved nothing more than putting that shirt on and representing my country over the years.

I wish the players, all the best this summer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Techmeme @Techmeme]

Spotify Labs launches Studio, a NotebookLM-like desktop app to generate private, AI-powered podcasts, in research preview across 20+ markets (@indianidle / TechCrunch)

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[pH @pHequals7]

for the folks who know ball

[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

This is pretty much tailor-made for Google to integrate Gemma models and launch cross-app dictation like Wispr Flow and Monolouge

[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

Google needs to launch a model that can name its other models in a way that makes sense.

[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

Google wants you to ramble. Their new Gboard feature turns your messy speech into polished text. Meanwhile, Wispr AI is reportedly raising $260M at $2B.

On the other hand, Fish Audio is in hot water for unconsented voice clones.

More in the newsletter:

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[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

The app is back know, but Rapido didn’t provide any reason on why it was missing for hours.

[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

Weird that @rapidobikeapp app seems to be not available on the App Store

[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

@PhalinShah @rapidobikeapp That’s Maharashtra government right? What’s that has to do with apps being available in other states?

[Ivan Mehta @IndianIdle]

@preshit Can you geo restrict app to a state? Also I’m in not in Maharashtra.