Therabody, the maker of popular massage guns and other wellness devices, announced at CES 2025 that it’s launching a new AI-powered digital recovery platform called Coach. The new platform is launching in beta inside Therabody’s app. While the app currently gives users easy-to-follow proprietary routines, Coach takes recovery...
Grammarly is acquiring productivity startup Coda, the company announced. As part of the deal, Coda’s CEO and co-founder Shishir Mehrotra will become the new CEO of Grammarly. The acquisition will help turn Grammarly’s AI assistant into an “AI productivity platform” thanks to the addition of Coda’s AI tools and...
Spotify is enhancing the audiobook experience for premium users through three new experiments: video clips, author pages, and the ability to add visuals that appear while users listen. These initiatives are part of Spotify’s effort to improve its audiobook offering and bring listeners closer to...
The latter half of the holiday shopping season is a critical time for retailers to capture consumer attention and drive sales. With competition at its highest, ad campaigns that truly “pop” and resonate with prospective customers can make all the difference to a brand’s bottom...
CoffeeSpace is on a mission to help people find partners for their startup ideas online. The startup has launched a social networking app that matches people exploring startup ideas and looking for co-founders. The startup’s algorithm only matches candidates who meet each other’s requirements. You can filter through...
WhatsApp announced a new feature that will allow users to save contacts within the app. That means that even if you lose your phone or link a new device to your primary number, you will see all your contacts stored within WhatsApp’s cloud storage. Until...
Amplitude, a publicly traded company that makes digital analytics software, has acquired Command AI, an app user engagement startup formerly known as CommandBar. Most of Command AI’s 30-person, San Francisco-based team will be joining Amplitude. Command AI’s co-founder and CEO James Evans started Command AI in 2021 as...
The Asia Pacific region has long been an important market for wealth management firms with the plethora of developing economies and a burgeoning retail investment market. But there’s still a huge market to capture: About 40% to 45% of personal financial assets in the region...
When negative stories go viral on social media, brands that fail to thoughtfully react risk losing trust, reputation and sales. With the pressure of the spotlight on them, some make a bad situation worse with poorly timed, insensitive responses. Members of Forbes Agency Council discuss common mistakes...
Just like in your favorite anime, this is the story of a young group of twentysomethings who started with nothing, traveled the world and ended up with a global license to develop official Naruto consumer apps. Founded in early 2022, French startup Sekai describes itself as a studio that...
