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Product Hunt 3 days ago 42
Koi launched a new Mac app that combines dictation, AI meeting/call help, and an AI assistant into one tool. The app starts with a 3-day free trial. It changes how people can capture and convert offline speech and screen-based tasks into notes and to-dos that appear as pages on their Mac.
Ars Technica 3 days ago 46 ● 3 sources
Google added Gemini’s Personal Intelligence to Android Auto and Google built-in vehicles, extending the AI’s ability to use your data for answers. The rollout starts in Android Auto today. Personal Intelligence remains optional in cars, and it becomes available on vehicles with Google built-in over the next few months.
The Verge 3 days ago 43 ● 3 sources
Google is adding Personal Intelligence to Gemini AI in cars so it can use your Google-app information while you drive. The feature is rolling out to Gemini in Android Auto and cars with Google built-in. As a result, Gemini can pull details like flight info from Gmail and handle tasks like finding directions or a car wash using things such as confirmation messages or photos.
TechCrunch 4 days ago 44 ● 5 sources
Meta’s AI companion Muse reached 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days and became one of only 12 apps to hit that post-launch benchmark. Sensor Tower data shows it had 10.2 million U.S. downloads since its September debut. Meta is increasing marketing and seeing stronger early retention than competing AI chat apps, with Muse’s daily active users reaching 2.5 million by Oct 16 and its ad spending share rising to 39% in October.
The Verge 4 days ago 20 ● 4 sources
Meta paused a Muse feature that allowed sharing AI conversations after researchers reported that Muse URLs were publicly accessible. The researchers said they found more than 6,800 Muse links via public DNS records. Meta says it has disabled sharing while it reviews the report and plans changes to how those links work.
Product Hunt 4 days ago 47
DotMD launched as a native Mac Markdown app where AI agents draft specs, plans, and docs that you review like a pull request and accept via line-by-line comments. It launched today. The workflow shifts from manual writing to agent-assisted drafting with pull-request-style review and in-app editing (including version history, search, and PDF export) while keeping everything on your Mac.
TechCrunch 4 days ago 15
Yelp is adding a voice agent feature that calls a restaurant to check wait times on a user’s behalf. The option is called Check for Me and asks for a party size and phone number before making the call. Yelp is also updating its assistant with OpenTable booking, improved personalization and chat history, plus a new paid Smart Lead Reply product that costs $30 per month for business owners.
Tech Funding News 4 days ago 36 ● 3 sources
Town raised a $108 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation to expand its AI assistant from tax prep into team-to-team coordination. The round is valued at $1 billion, less than five months after Town publicly launched its AI assistant in June. The company says each employee’s assistant can now ask other assistants for information and hand off tasks, aiming to reduce cross-team delays and improve workflow speed.
Product Hunt 4 days ago 5
DeepCell launched as a web app with an agent plug-in that generates ready-to-use docs, spreadsheets, and slides for tasks needing narration, calculation, and presentation. The release is dated “today.” Editing a document can automatically update related parts using a new .deepcell document format designed for system two tasks, which includes sources and cheat sheets for explanations.
Product Hunt 4 days ago 50
Doozy launched as an AI engineer and AI chief of staff that lives in Slack and completes tasks by using connected services like Slack threads and APIs (e.g., Stripe, GitHub, Linear, PostHog, HubSpot) and posting back results with files and action receipts. It offers 14 days free with no card per workspace. Pricing becomes one package per workspace for everyone included, and tasks can be executed directly against company systems instead of manually carried out by users.
Product Hunt 4 days ago 5
Dadan launched as an AI-powered video platform for recording, editing, and sharing videos and meeting recordings. It includes AI features like generating transcripts, summaries, and captions on launch. The platform adds interactive video elements such as polls, CTAs, and lead forms to make videos more actionable.
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24 October 2026
AI’s center of gravity keeps shifting from “chat” to action, and today that shows up in the places people actually talk: texts and voices. Instinct, which just raised $1 billion and is now valued at $10 billion, is pushing AI agents that live inside SMS and iMessage/RCS and then do chores—scheduling, shopping, research—without asking users to install yet another app. Under the hood, developers are getting more serious about state. Letta’s agentic engineering copilot leans on “Core Memory” and shared, updatable state blocks, plus semantic retrieval and custom tools; in the tutorial, it bulk-loaded six knowledge passages into archival memory so the system can persist project context across turns and coordinate among agents.
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