Physical AI chip developer SiMa AI hits $1.45B valuation

The edge computing startup raised a $150 million Series C led by Fidelity and Amplify.
MAVI bets on the AI boom creating demand for a new kind of accountant

Accounting staffing company MAVI emerges from stealth with $4 million in funding.
After a deepfake voice fooled her grandfather, this founder sprang into action

After her grandfather was scammed by a deepfake of his brother’s voice, Tarini Padmanabhuni founded DetectifAI, a San Francisco startup building AI models small enough to run directly on smartphones and flag fake voices …
Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn after losing vibration tech patent suit

Audio firm Taction Technology claimed Apple infringed its patents for tech used to power device vibrations.
Truecaller takes its scam intelligence to the open web as it looks beyond caller ID

Truecaller finds a new way to reach users as pressure grows on its traditional caller ID business in India, its biggest market.
Dario Amodei of Anthropic to Dine With Trump at White House

Dario Amodei, who is also the company’s chief executive, will join the president at the White House for a private dinner. Mr. Trump has dismissed his cautions.
Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump

This will be the first one-on-one meeting between Dario Amodei and Donald Trump
Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?

On Equity, we discussed how Meta’s AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment

“AI is the devil and I its maker.”
TechCrunch Mobility: AV companies pick their lanes

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.