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[ad_1] Etsy’s landmark partnership with OpenAI is a major catalyst for shares moving forward, according to BTIG. Analyst Marvin Fong wrote in a note to clients that Etsy’s partnership with OpenAI’s ChatGPT puts the e-commerce site “at the leading edge of agentic commerce.” OpenAI on Monday announced a new feature called Instant Checkout that will allow users to make single-item purchases directly from U.S. Etsy sellers through its AI chatbot ChatGPT. The tech giant said more than one million Shopify merchants, including Skims and Glossier, are coming soon. On the back of the partnership announcement, Fong lifted his price target on Etsy…

[ad_1] AI has captured global attention — and not without controversy. This October at San Francisco’s Moscone West, Karandeep Anand, CEO of Character.AI, takes the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 for a candid fireside chat on the explosive rise of human-like AI companions. Attendees will gain insight into the breakthroughs powering lifelike dialogue, the ethical questions surrounding conversational AI, and the scrutiny that comes with pushing the boundaries of human-computer interaction. Anand will also discuss ongoing legal challenges and the company’s approach to innovation under regulatory pressure. Lock in your ticket now and save up to $444. Have a…

[ad_1] At Amazon’s fall hardware event, the company announced it will bring its upgraded AI, Alexa+, to its Fire TV devices. With Alexa+, Fire TV users will have access to expanded capabilities, like the ability to ask the AI more complex questions, get more tailored recommendations, find specific scenes in movies, and more. For instance, Fire TV owners could previously ask Alexa+ for recommendations beyond basic questions, like “what’s a good movie for a family movie night?” Now, they could also ask for a recommendation that’s similar to a show they had binged last weekend, or for something featuring a…

[ad_1] Investors are casting an increasingly critical eye toward artificial intelligence stocks, prompting Trivariate Research to look into names with few or no ties to the red-hot sector. AI stocks pulled back last week, pausing their relentless rally as investors’ confidence in Silicon Valley cooled. Software and hardware companies Oracle , Micron Technology , Broadcom and C3.ai slipped between roughly 1.5% and 5% for the week that ended Sept. 26 as investors reassessed their sky-high valuations. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7%, marking its weakest weekly performance since early August. AI-related names are still sharply higher this year. But investors…

[ad_1] TechCrunch Disrupt isn’t just another tech conference packed with 10,000+ tech leaders — it’s the launchpad for startups and innovators.  Disrupt is where companies meet their first investors, form game-changing partnerships, and spark the ideas that take them to the next level. Your exhibit table could be the launchpad for your next big breakthrough, but time is running out.  With less than a month until Disrupt takes place on October 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, tables are selling fast. If you wait, your competitors will grab the spotlight and the deals. Book now before your table is gone. Image Credits:Halo Creative Why missing Disrupt 2025 costs you more than…

[ad_1] Accenture (ACN) is down about 30% year to date largely on worries that “DOGE” driven federal spending cuts could hit its government business. In its Sept. 25 earnings report, management helped calm those fears, noting a rebound in bookings — helped by AI-driven demand. While the fundamentals don’t hurt the case, I trade off of price action. For this setup, I’m leaning on three of my go-to technical indicators for confirmation. RSI (Relative Strength Index) The RSI has turned sharply higher after spending most of September near oversold territory — a constructive sign that upside momentum is starting to…

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[ad_1] The central pitch of AI browsers like Perplexity’s Comet, Opera’s Neon, and The Browser Company’s Dia is that they’ll help you complete daily tasks more efficiently. While these are agents that are limited to one browser, Composite aims to build an agentic solution that helps professionals with their tasks, regardless of which browser they use. The startup was started earlier this year by Yang Fan Yun and Charlie Deane. Yun is a former product manager at Uber, while Deane founded a company selling server proxies. When he was at Uber, he realized that a lot of people around him…

[ad_1] David Berg learned a lot about the waste management industry by driving a garbage truck around the country as the first employee at Ohio-based Battle Motors.  He discovered that despite the sheer number of sales prospecting platforms, selling to the waste management industry is still an offline endeavor.   “All of them had a unanimous way of going to market, which was old-school ways of pen and paper, door-to-door knocking, [and] little-to-no technology on both CRM prospecting or any bit of the sales funnel,” Berg told TechCrunch. “We saw an opportunity there to be the first, not only to build within the space,…

[ad_1] Adobe’s popular video editing app Premiere is available on iPhone starting today, following the company’s announcement of its plans to release the app on mobile earlier this month. The Android version of the app is under development, Adobe says. The Premiere app for mobile is free to use and offers editing features, like multi-track timeline, including videos, sounds, music, and text; support for 4K HDR editing; auto-generated captions; and the ability to adjust factors like color and shadows for different frames, fit for a mobile screen. If you have captured the clip from your mobile device, it is likely…