Lucas Ropek
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Xreal, Google’s smart glasses partner, thinks it has finally mastered this notoriously tricky industry
Chi Xu, the founder and CEO of Xreal, thinks the smart glasses business has finally reached a turning…
I tried Amazon’s Bee wearable and am both intrigued and slightly creeped out
Like other AI wearables, Amazon’s Bee offers an odd combination of convenience and privacy anxiety.
Anthropic says it’s about to have its first profitable quarter
Anthropic has told its investors that it will more than double revenue to around $10.9 billion in its…
IrisGo, a startup backed by Andrew Ng, looks to become the AI desktop buddy you never knew you needed
Initially billed as an “AI butler,” Iris watches what happens on a user’s desktop and automatically learns how…
Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses at IO 2026
Google is calling the new devices “audio glasses,” in that users will be able to issue verbal commands…
SandboxAQ brings its drug discovery models to Claude — no PhD in computing required
Other venture-backed companies like Chai Discovery and Isomorphic Labs have raced to build better models. SandboxAQ is betting…
OpenAI says Codex is coming to your phone
The update gives users enhanced flexibility over how they can manage their workflows.
Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that, in the future, AI will anticipate your needs before you know what they are
The head of product for Claude Code and Cowork says that the next big step for AI is…
Anthropic courts a new kind of customer: small business owners
Anthropic is looking to broaden its customer base from larger enterprise customers to smaller and mid-sized businesses.
The AI legal services industry is heating up — Anthropic is getting in on the action
Anthropic’s new tools are designed to help law firms automate specific clerical functions — things like document search…