🧠 Chip intelligence: Cognichip has a bold strategy — to revitalize the U.S. semiconductor market. The company wants to build a foundational model that uses generative AI to speed up the process it takes to bring new chips to market, giving a foundation for more semiconductor companies to launch.
🧵 Link in bio: Meta's Threads launched a new feature in its continued attempt to lure creators to the platform. It allows creators to add up to five links — for their other social profiles or interests — to their bio. It also gives them the tools to track engagement with said links.
🦾 Accessibility for all: Yesterday, we covered Apple's new accessibility features. Today, we learned Google is rolling out more accessibility features, too, to Android and Chrome. Most notably, Google's TalkBack, which describes images to people when there is no alt text, got a Gemini-infused upgrade. People can now ask follow-up questions and get more-detailed answers about the images.
📈 Lucid's lift: Lucid Motors reported a record quarter for deliveries in Q1 2025. Now we have some intel on the nature of these deliveries. A new company car program, and sales to rental fleets, helped Lucid secure its impressive delivery total.
🛍️ AI avatars: Doji is a new app that creates an AI avatar of its users and then shows users the avatar in different outfits to inspire them to buy more clothes. The app is already gaining traction among users and just raised a $14 million seed round.