As a technology, eSIM has been around for a decade now. However, global eSIM adoption was around 3% last year and will only cross 5% this year. Despite these figures, analysts, eSIM-providing startups, and investors are bullish about eSIM's upward trajectory, largely thanks to travel.

The new round, which opens on December 10, will enable consumers to buy the company's shares at its Series C valuation of $1.3 billion.

Khosla-backed health startup Healthify on Tuesday launched a new version of its health assistant Ria, which you can converse with live, via voice, and by using the camera for getting input about your food.

Titan OS aims to expand its independent TV operating system in Europe and Latin America.

Onton, which changed its name from Deft, is giving users an infinite canvas with AI-powered image generation to nudge them toward making quicker purchase decisions.

In the last 12 months, there has been a proliferation of voice detection tools, thanks to overall quality improvement in speech recognition models. Speechify is hitching its wagon to this train and launching its own dictation tool with support for English.

Palo is a tool for short-video creators to gain insights into what is working for them.

Perplexity is launching its AI browser Comet on Android with an iOS version in works.

Google is upgrading its image generation model with new editing chops, higher resolutions, more accurate text rendering, and the ability to search the web.

Voice AI company Wispr is raising $25 million in funding merely months after its $30 million Series A.

Poly's cloud-based file storage system with AI-powered search lets you search through text, images, audio, and video.

Guardio is leveraging its experience building browser extensions and apps that scan for malicious and phishing sites to build a tool that looks for artifacts in code and websites made with vibe-coding tools.

TikTok is adding new digital well-being tools like an affirmation journal, a background sound generator, and badges for using the app within limits.

Agentio, which matches creators with brands, is expanding beyond YouTube and testing Meta platforms to facilitate sponsored content.