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Now available for preorder, Voicebuds capture your speech below a whisper, enabling private, precise voice input in noisy and shared spaces LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4, 2026 / PRNewswire / -- Today at CES, Subtle unveiled Voicebuds , reinventing the earbud to provide voice-first productivity that works in the real world, even when you're speaking too quietly to be overheard. Until now, voice input has broken down in the places that matter most - it's too public in shared spaces and to

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Lucidean, a Santa Barbara–based AI interconnect company pioneering coherent optical links for data centers, announced that Dr. James Raring has joined as Chief Executive Officer and that the company has raised $18 million in Seed financing. The Seed funding was co-led by Entrada Ventures and Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), with participation from Foothill Ventures, M Ventures, Cerberus Ventures, and Raptor Group. With this Seed fu

Stanford-founded startup is building "subtle voice computing" – making voice AI private, precise & reliable where today's devices fail PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 5, 2025 / PRNewswire / --  Subtle Computing , a voice-first computing company, today announced its launch out of stealth with $6 million in seed funding to power voice AI partnerships and a consumer product launch in early 2026. The round was led by Entrada Ventures , with participation from Amplify Partners , Abstract

Ivan Mehta 9:57 AM PST · November 6, 2025 California-based startup Subtle Computing is tackling the problem of capturing people’s voices in noisy environments with its own voice isolation models — a technology that could benefit voice-based AI products and services. Consumer apps using voice AI are today seeing tremendous growth. AI Meeting notetakers like Granola , Fireflies , Fathom , and Read AI have received both user and investor attention. Existing companies like Open

Paired with d-Matrix's Corsair accelerators and Aviator software, JetStream can deliver up to 10x speedups, 3x better cost-performance,...

Former Ultium and LG Energy Solution executive brings industry-scale expertise to accelerate Coreshell's next phase of growth SAN...

Investment in interconnects for AI compute remains strong. Photonics VC Update is a monthly series to brief scientists, engineers,...

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 20, 2025 / PRNewswire / --  Quantum Rings today announced the integration of their quantum simulation technology...

TechCrunch  · March 18, 2025 The electric vehicle transition is really a story about China. There, subsidies have helped juice not just...

Strategic Funding Round to Scale Cell Production and Deliver Next-Generation EV Batteries to Global Automakers in 2025 SAN LEANDRO,...

Multiple technical approaches for AI optical interconnect fabrics are emerging. Photonics VC Update is a monthly series to brief...

Vinay Goel is CEO of Wald.ai . He was the Chief Digital Officer at JLL and led products at companies like Google, CheckPoint and Webroot....

Former Echodyne and Astranis Engineers Raise $5 Million to Field Advanced Spaceborne Radar Systems for National Defense and Commercial...

The company’s novel, patent-pending microchips are ultra-low loss and can provide up to 4x improvement in efficiency compared to existing...

Overall activity was quiet to start 2025. Photonics VC Update is a monthly series to brief scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and...

HTEC announces partnership with d-Matrix, the creator of Corsair™, the world’s most efficient AI computing platform for inference in...

January 27, 2025 Hybrid approach pushes the boundaries of RF technology   Enables cost-effective solutions for next-gen 5G/6G networks,...

January 23, 2025 SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Quintessent Inc., a pioneer in quantum dot laser technology and heterogeneous...

Startup Coreshell Technologies has outpaced Tesla’s efforts to integrate metallurgical silicon into electric battery anodes. January 21,...

January 14, 2025 SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Quintessent Inc., a pioneer in heterogeneous silicon photonics and quantum dot...