October 2026

OpenAI is rolling out new shopping features for ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos. The tool also allows customers to save products they like to a Favorites library, expanding the chatbot's utility beyond conversation into e-commerce. Source Photon, a startup building AI agents that work over iMessage,

ElevenLabs, an AI voice startup, has doubled its valuation to $22 billion through a $300 million employee tender offer co-led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price. The funding round values the company at twice its previous valuation as it expands its text-to-speech and voice synthesis capabilities. Source Flow Engineering, which applies AI agents to hardware