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Samsung Galaxy XR Launch, Epiminds, Flint AI Raise Seeds, Anduril Reveals EagleEye Anduril unveils EagleEye MR helmet for infantry, Epiminds raises $6.6M for AI marketing agents, and Flint secures $5M to automate website creation.

Anduril unveils EagleEye MR helmet for infantry, Epiminds raises $6.6M for AI marketing agents, and Flint secures $5M to automate website creation.​ tinyurl.com/235te7aj

OpenAI Lets You Sora For Free, Gorkipedia, Signs Of AI Bubble OpenAI’s Sora app goes viral with free AI video generation, Elon Musk unveils Grokipedia, and Nvidia’s $2B investment in Grok raises fresh questions about an AI bubble.

​OpenAI’s Sora app goes viral with free AI video generation, Elon Musk unveils Grokipedia, and Nvidia’s $2B investment in Grok raises fresh questions about an AI bubble.​ tinyurl.com/29ohpwxc

Moonlake AI’s $27 Million Seed, OpenAI’s Sora 2 App, Apple Pivots From Vision Pro Moonlake AI raises $27 million for generative game worlds, OpenAI debuts Sora 2 video and audio app, and Mira Murati launches Tinker AI tool, Microsoft's New CEO.

Moonlake AI raises $27 million for generative game worlds, OpenAI debuts Sora 2 video and audio app, and Mira Murati launches Tinker AI tool, Microsoft's New CEO. tinyurl.com/27mqulkp

Adobe Adds Luma, Runway, Marey AI Video To Firefly, AI XR Glasses Sales Surge Adobe brings Luma, Runway, and Moonvalley video models to Firefly Boards, AR smart glasses shipments soar, Apple bets on XR series for Vision Pro

Adobe brings Luma, Runway, and Moonvalley video models to Firefly Boards, AR smart glasses shipments soar, Apple bets on XR series for Vision Pro tinyurl.com/28q4ttnw

Meta Intros Ray-Ban AR Display Glasses, Tik Tok’s New Deal, $200 Million For Nothing Meta launches Ray-Ban AR Display Glasses with Neural Band, TikTok faces forced U.S. sale, Nothing raises $200M for AI smartphones, Snap bets big on Specs AR.

Meta launches Ray-Ban AR Display Glasses with Neural Band, TikTok faces forced U.S. sale, Nothing raises $200M for AI smartphones, Snap bets big on Specs AR. tinyurl.com/29m4vg32

Anthropic, Replit, And Higgsfield AI Raise Over $13 Billion, XR’s Virtue, Mojo Vision, Raise $175 Million A busy week for AI/XR finance stories, Apple's new AirPod 3 does real time translation, Meta to unveil new AR glasses next week, Open AI makes a movie, Amazon's new AR

So many other stories that would have been headlines last month this week, too: Venice Immersive, Reply AI Contest Winners, Predators hide in plain sight in Meta Horizon Worlds (shocked! shocked!) tinyurl.com/298dvwxq

Google Escapes Breakup, Salesforce AI Layoffs, ‘Asteroid’ Debuts On AndroidXR Judge spares Google punishment for search monopoly, Salesforce trims jobs due to AI, Liman debuts 'Asteroid' in Venice, China backs brain chips, Supersonik lands $5 Million.

Judge spares Google punishment for search monopoly, Salesforce trims jobs due to AI, Liman debuts 'Asteroid' in Venice, China backs brain chips, Supersonik lands $5 Million.

The AI/XR Podcast August 22nd, 2025 ft. Ft. Devon Eriksen, Author of Theft of Fire: Orbital Space #1 Podcast Episode · The AI/XR Podcast. · 08/22/2025 · 56m

This week's guest is author @Devon_Eriksen_ a brilliant guy who completely disagreed when I said the internet and social media are incompatible with democracy. Instead, he contends social media has finally set the truth free. What do you think? tinyurl.com/2d2wwcjp

Will OpenAI Sell Ads? Plus New AI Glasses From Meta And HTC OpenAI faces an ad dilemma, Meta preps Hypernova AR glasses, HTC launches Eagle AI eyewear, and Invisible Studio brings AI to short-form video creators.

OpenAI faces an ad dilemma, Meta preps Hypernova AR glasses, HTC launches Eagle AI eyewear, and Invisible Studio brings AI to short-form video creators.​ tinyurl.com/28tjzgwd

Apple's Robot Strategy Revealed, Grok Adds Spicy GenAI Video, 3D Instagram In Meta VR Apple’s robot strategy, Grok’s spicy GenAI video tool, and Instagram’s new 3D experience in Meta VR lead this week’s roundup of AI and XR news.

Apple is thinking big thoughts about the future, Grok's Imagine GenAI Video is thinking about sex. tinyurl.com/25kkobvo

AI Upends Search, A Tidal Wave Of XR Glasses Is Set Crash This Fall Meta shifts from Quest to smart glasses, Google’s AI upsets publishers, Character AI launches social newsfeed, IMAX screens AI films.

Meta shifts from Quest to smart glasses, Google’s AI upsets publishers, Character AI launches social newsfeed, IMAX screens AI films.​ tinyurl.com/2aepn7rt

The AI/XR Podcast July 25th, 2025 ft. Bilawal Sidhu, former Google Maps PM, TED AI curator, and generative AI media pioneer Podcast Episode · The AI/XR Podcast. · 07/25/2025 · 50m

Podcast #250 with the perfect AI/XR guest, former Google XR PM, Angel Investor, TED AI podcast host, @bilawalsidhu and my co-hosts Rony Abovitz and Ted Schilowitz tinyurl.com/268tqdqr

Trump’s AI Orders, Gixel’s AR Optics, Big Tech Spends On Nvidia Trump’s new AI plan pushes deregulation, attacks “woke” models, and speeds chip factory development as OpenAI, xAI, and Nvidia drive global infrastructure expansion.

Trump’s new AI plan pushes deregulation, attacks “woke” models, and speeds chip factory development as OpenAI, xAI, and Nvidia drive global infrastructure expansion.​ tinyurl.com/2aqz7svf

Lovart AI Launches Globally, Promising Agency-Grade Design For $90 A Month Lovart AI launches globally, offering agency-level design tools powered by AI agents for under $90 per month, with image, video, and 3D output from a single prompt.

Lovart AI design agents for under $90 per month. Two thots: (1) Yikes. Designers will tremble (2) Going up against Adobe and Canva? We shall see if being really good in this really crazy, crowded market is good enough. tinyurl.com/2bgl7sxk

Moonvalley Raises $84 Million, Venice Immersive Selections, Grok’s Naughty Avatars Moonvalley secures $84 million for Marey AI video model, 'Post Truth' all-AI doc released in theaters, Grok's Avatars go all the way.

Moonvalley secures $84 million for Marey AI video model, 'Post Truth' all-AI doc released in theaters, Grok's Avatars go all the way. tinyurl.com/2cl49kra

Genies is Building The Visual Layer for LLMs Genies partners with Unity to bring emotionally intelligent AI avatars into games, merging behavior, memory, and UGC tools for real-time interactive companions.

Genies partners with Unity to bring emotionally intelligent AI avatars into games and XR, merging behavior, memory, and UGC tools for real-time cross-platform interactive companions. tinyurl.com/ylb9cnzz

After five years, 247 episodes and 1.1 M downloads, the AI/XR Podcast has finally joined the iTunes Top 100 Technology podcasts at #93! This is out of 436,000. My heart is filled with gratitude for our listeners and my co-hosts Rony Abovitz and Ted Schilowitz.

Kartel Launches With $2 Million And Human-Centric AI To Disrupt Media Production Kartel.ai emerges from stealth with $2M to streamline creative media production using AI, human talent, and a phone call. Fast, curated, agency-quality work.

Congratulations KARTEL on the launch of the new company and an OS that may change how media is created, and by whom. tinyurl.com/ym59njhh

VITURE Launches Luma Series, Sets Its Sights On Spatial Computing VITURE, the quiet giant of XR glasses, launches its Luma Series smart glasses with four new models, sharper displays, spatial features, and 52% U.S. market share.

The VITURE Pro is bringing its best to a category that is heating up. tinyurl.com/ywrmnthq

Kling AI Flexes Its Muscles With New Anthology Series ‘Loading…’ Kling AI debuts 'Loading…,' a seven-part multi-genre YouTube anthology series that showcases human artistry at the center of cinematic AI.

@Kling_ai debuts 'Loading…,' a seven-part multi-genre YouTube anthology series that showcases human artistry at the center of cinematic AI. tinyurl.com/24d7fvzn

The AI/XR Podcast. Technology Podcast · Updated Weekly · The AI/XR Podcast, co-hosted by producer Charlie Fink, who covers AI and XR for Forbes, Ted Schilowitz, media futurist and co-founder of Red Camera, and Rony Abov...

This week’s AI/XR Podcast guest is Randy Marsden, former Apple exec and co-founder of Skidattl, an AR platform for creating geo-anchored virtual signage Skidattl tinyurl.com/2ynyswj7

AI Fair Use Ruling, Xiaomi Screenless AI Smartglasses, Streaming FIFA MR A major AI fair use ruling, Xiaomi’s new display-free smartglasses, and DAZN’s immersive 3D FIFA World Cup experience hit Meta Quest.

A major AI fair use ruling, Xiaomi’s new display-free smartglasses, and DAZN’s immersive 3D FIFA World Cup experience hit Meta Quest. tinyurl.com/234nxenc

Three New AI Platforms For Cinematic AI Productions Three new AI filmmaking platforms, Electric Sheep, Arcana Labs, and MovieFlo, take aim at Runway and LTX with integrated, production-ready video workflows.

Three new AI filmmaking platforms, Electric Sheep, Arcana Labs, and MovieFlo, take aim at Runway and LTX with integrated, production-ready video workflows. www.forbes.com/sites/charli...

Seven Deadly Tells Of AI Writing The TED-talk style seeks to create engagement, drama, and snappy punch lines that border on insight but are decidedly not insightful.

Go ahead and use ChatGPT but for f*ck's sake, clean up the mess before publishing. tinyurl.com/2xvadv8z

Veo’s AI Video Memes, Vuzix Raises $5 Million, And More On AWE 2025 Explore the latest in AI and XR: AI-generated meme vlogs, Vuzix’s $5M investment, Midjourney’s video debut, and key insights from 15 years of Augmented World Expo.

Explore the latest in AI and XR: AI-generated meme vlogs, Vuzix’s $5M investment, Midjourney’s video debut, and key insights from 15 years of Augmented World Expo. tinyurl.com/23ue994a

Meta’s Scale AI Bet, Hollywood Sues AI, XR Industry AR Glasses More on Meta's plans for Scale AI as Hollywood drops the hammer on AI companies that generate its characters. XR goes mainstream with new AR Glasses from Google and Snap.

More on Meta's plans for Scale AI as Hollywood drops the hammer on AI companies that generate its characters. XR goes mainstream with new AR Glasses from Google and Snap. tinyurl.com/28tk4hu3

Seven Deadly Tells Of AI Writing The TED-talk style seeks to create engagement, drama, and snappy punch lines that border on insight but are decidedly not insightful.

Sometimes I hit a nerve and a story blows up like this one has. qrcd.org/8r4g

Hollywood Drops The Hammer On AI, Midjourney And Stable Diffusion Disney, Universal, and Getty Images launch landmark lawsuits against AI giants Midjourney and Stability AI, challenging their "fair use" argument.

Disney, Universal, and Getty Images launch landmark lawsuits against AI giants Midjourney and Stability AI, challenging their "fair use" argument. qrcd.org/8rgL

Seven Deadly Tells Of AI Writing The TED-talk style seeks to create engagement, drama, and snappy punch lines that border on insight but are decidedly not insightful.

The seven deadly tells of AI writing are rephrasing the Internet into a self-important TED talk. qrcd.org/8r4g

Fox just said Elon's private jet fleet is poorly maintained and his pilots inexperienced. I hope nothing happens to him.