Fish Audio raises $50M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises

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View this email online in your browser  July 28, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Fish Audio raises $50M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises: Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open-source or hosted version of its models, and now generates annual recurring revenue of $21 million. Read More Granola launches an Apple Watch app: Granola debutes an Apple Watch app for in-person notetaking Read More Elon Musk's X Money app is rolling out in the U.S.: The app is currently available to X Premium and Premium+ subscribers in the U.S. Read More A message from General Compute General Compute is making a $300m bet against the GPU General Compute raised $15m to build the world's first ASIC cloud. By removing the GPU bottleneck, it runs frontier LLMs up to 16x faster than standard GPU clouds. ASIC silicon is also far more energy efficient, so it deploys in air-cooled data centers, making growth and expansion dramatically easier. Learn more here Morning Must-Reads PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google: The issue appears to have originated from Claude’s “share chat” feature, which allows users to create links that enable anyone with the assigned URL view a conversation or project. Read More Recursive Superintelligence signs $410 compute deal with Amazon: Recursive’s $400 million outlay represents the bulk of the company’s fundraising to date. Read More Apple launches 'Upgrade' device leasing program in partnership with Klarna: Leasing prices start at $17.99 per month for iPhone, $11.99 for Apple Watch, $24.99 for Mac, and $11.99 for iPad. Read More Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system: Microsoft bolstered its AI cybersecurity offerings this week with the launch of its first AI security model and a new security platform. Read More As rivals chase acquisitions, Peacock bets on bundles through a new deal with YouTube: The deal means content will be integrated into the YouTube experience, allowing viewers to discover and watch Peacock content without leaving the platform. Read More Last but Not Least Anthropic's Dario Amodei responds: doesn't oppose open-weight models, but fears Chinese AI: Anthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei made his views clear about open-weight models and China's growing AI capabilities. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107

Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system

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View this email online in your browser  July 27, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system: Microsoft bolstered its AI cybersecurity offerings this week with the launch of its first AI security model and a new security platform. Read More Amazon's new satellite network for mobile phones could turn up the heat on SpaceX: Amazon is expanding its plans for providing satellite connectivity to mobile phones. Read More Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the US military: Antares has raised $470 million to build small modular reactors — 100 kW to 1 MW — for U.S. Air Force bases. Read More Afternoon Must-Reads As rivals chase acquisitions, Peacock bets on bundles through a new deal with YouTube: The deal means content will be integrated into the YouTube experience, allowing viewers to discover and watch Peacock content without leaving the platform. Read More PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google: The issue appears to have originated from Claude’s “share chat” feature, which allows users to create links that enable anyone with the assigned URL view a conversation or project. Read More Enigma raises $71M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume: The massive seed round was led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Sarah Guo's Conviction Partners. Read More Europe got its own TBPN-style live show, and everyone’s angling for a guest spot: On Monday, the network announced a $1.6 million seed round from top players in the media ecosystem, including Powerhouse Capital, Axel Springer SE (which owns Business Insider and Politico), the popular media publication LADbible, and angel investors from OpenAI and DeepMind. With this fresh capital, the network is announcing its largest expansion yet. Read More OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach has reignited the debate over alignment and control: OpenAI's Hugging Face breach has reignited debate over AI alignment and control, exposing competing views on whether increasingly capable AI should be better aligned, better contained, or both. Read More A message from ThoughtSpot Who’s leading analytics and BI in 2026? Gartner evaluated every analytics platform so you don't have to. See why ThoughtSpot was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and BI. Read full report Last but Not Least Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence partners with Nvidia to scale its AI research: After two years in stealth, Safe Superintelligence has announced a long-term partnership with Nvidia as it prepares to scale to its next phase.  Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107