8 Month-Old Startup Sold for $160M

Plus: NASA & Google Build AI Doctor for Space

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Meta Buys 8 Month Old AI Startup

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Meta has acquired WaveForms, an AI audio startup founded just eight months ago and valued at $160 million. This marks another strategic move under its Superintelligence Labs to develop emotionally expressive, human-level AI speech.

📌 What You Need to Know

  • WaveForms specializes in crafting AI voices indistinguishable from human speech with emotional nuance.

  • The startup raised $40 million from Andreessen Horowitz before acquisition.

  • Co-founders Alexis Conneau (ex-Meta/OpenAI) and Coralie Lemaitre (ex-Google) are joining Meta’s Superintelligence Labs.

  • This follows closely after Meta’s acquisition of PlayAI, intensifying its AI audio push.

  • Meta aims to advance “Emotional General Intelligence” to enable more human-like AI interaction.

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Meta’s aggressive acquisition strategy highlights its drive to lead in emotionally intelligent AI—bringing voice capabilities that could redefine virtual assistants and immersive settings.

NASA & Google Build AI Doctor for Space

NASA and Google have teamed up to develop the Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant (CMO-DA), an AI-powered medical tool designed to help astronauts diagnose and treat conditions autonomously during deep-space missions, especially when communication delays with Earth are prohibitive. 📌 What You Need to Know Multi-modal AI that processes voice, text, and image inputs via Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform. TechCrunch Google Cloud NASA retains the source code and custom-trained the model for spaceflight-related scenarios. TechCrunch infobae Early tests achieved diagnostic accuracy of 74% for flank pain, 80% for ear pain, and 88% for ankle injuries. TechCrunch infobae Tool addresses latency limitations for missions to the Moon and Mars, enabling timely medical care when Earth-based support isn’t feasible. Google Cloud TechCrunch Future upgrades aim to integrate medical device data and improve contextual awareness of space-specific health conditions. TechCrunch infobae 📎 Why This Matters By embedding AI-driven medical support into spacecraft, NASA and Google are charting a new path toward autonomous healthcare in remote environments—a leap that could benefit terrestrial telemedicine and emergency response in underserved regions.

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NASA and Google have teamed up to develop the Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant (CMO-DA), an AI-powered medical tool designed to help astronauts diagnose and treat conditions autonomously during deep-space missions, especially when communication delays with Earth are prohibitive.

📌 What You Need to Know

  • Multi-modal AI that processes voice, text, and image inputs via Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform.

  • NASA retains the source code and custom-trained the model for spaceflight-related scenarios. Early tests achieved diagnostic accuracy of 74% for flank pain, 80% for ear pain, and 88% for ankle injuries.

  • Tool addresses latency limitations for missions to the Moon and Mars, enabling timely medical care when Earth-based support isn’t feasible.

  • Future upgrades aim to integrate medical device data and improve contextual awareness of space-specific health conditions.

📎 Why This Matters
By embedding AI-driven medical support into spacecraft, NASA and Google are charting a new path toward autonomous healthcare in remote environments—a leap that could benefit terrestrial telemedicine and emergency response in underserved regions.

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