Google doubles down on 'AI phones' with its Pixel 10 series

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View this email online in your browser  August 20, 2025 TechCrunch Top 3 Google doubles down on 'AI phones' with its Pixel 10 series: Google's updates to the Pixel 10 line allow it to showcase what its latest AI technology can do when enhanced by the Tensor G5 processor, an upgrade to the company's custom silicon designed for the AI experience. Read More Harvard dropouts to launch 'always on' AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation: After developing a facial-recognition app for Meta's Ray-Ban glasses and doxing random people, two former Harvard students are now launching a startup that makes smart glasses with an always-on microphone. Read More Anthropic bundles Claude Code into enterprise plans: The integration positions Anthropic to better compete with command-line tools from Google and GitHub, both of which included enterprise integrations on launch. Read More A message from Silicon Valley Bank SVB helps you scale to and through Series A With deep industry expertise and a commitment to innovation, SVB is the partner you need to help you get to A, B, and beyond. Scale with confidence with SVB by your side. Learn More Complete our survey, (maybe) win a prize We want to get to know our audience even better and get your feedback on our coverage and events. Fill out this survey to give us your thoughts, and get the chance to win a prize in return. Take the survey! Afternoon Must-Reads Thousands of Grok chats are now searchable on Google: Whenever a Grok user clicks the "share" button on a conversation with the chatbot, it creates a unique URL that the user can use to share the conversation via email, text, or on social media. According to Forbes, that also makes the URL indexable by search engines like Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo, which in turn lets anyone look up those conversations on the web. Read More Y Combinator alum SRE.ai raises $7.2M for DevOps AI agents: The company helps automate complex enterprise workflows (like continuous integration and testing) — or, in other words, it makes DevOps capabilities more efficient as AI technology takes hold.  Read More New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone: Prices for hacking tools that allow governments to break into mobile phones keep going up, thanks to efforts by tech firms shoring up their cybersecurity. Read More FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brains: FieldAI builds foundational AI models that help all kinds of robots learn and adapt to new environments using physics. Read More Deel scores a lawsuit win, but not against Rippling: While Deel is calling this a "Rippling-aligned" suit, it's not the lawsuit filed by Rippling involving an alleged corporate spy. Read More A message from TechCrunch Events Hear from Apptronik, Chef Robotics, and more at Disrupt 2025 Disrupt 2025 gathers 250+ industry trailblazers and 10,000+ attendees in San Francisco on October 27–29. Explore 200+ sessions on scaling, exits, and the evolving tech landscape. Hear from Tekedra Mawakana (Waymo), Elad Gil (Gil & Co), Alex Kendall (Wayve), Eunice Kim (Netflix), and more. Register now to save $600+ before prices climb. Register Now Last but Not Least Dex is an AI-powered camera device that helps children learn new languages: A new gadget called Dex allows kids to take pictures of objects and the AI translates the word into different languages. 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 © 2025 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107