👋 Meghan Markle is back — again: Fresh off the somewhat-success of her Netflix show, the duchess announced she is launching a podcast focused on the journeys of female entrepreneurs. Her own lifestyle company, As Ever, is set to launch sometime this spring.
🧑🏫 Learning curve: Google announced a personalized Gemini tool that lets its chatbot draw on other Google apps to learn user preferences. It will integrate with Google Search and will soon expand to Photos and YouTube.
👾 Fine, this is cool: Xbox announced it's experimenting with AI, of course, and launched a new gaming tool powered by AI for mobile users. It says the feature can offer real-time tips or advise a player on what their next move should be.
🤑 IPOs are so back: Fervo Energy, a geothermal company, is looking to go public within the next two years. The company last raised more than $400 million and has been trying to bring down the cost of drilling.
📚 Book-ify: Spotify is now letting independent authors publish audiobooks. Authors can submit short stories they would like to see turned into audiobooks as part of another expansion of Spotify's audiobook offering.
🤝 Spring fever: The end of winter brings forth new beginnings and, of course, a new crop of YC companies to watch. We made a list of our favorite 10 companies that presented at Demo Day. Most of them are working on, you guessed it, AI.
