AI News and Developments - April 22, 2025

SoundHound AI will collaborate with Tencent Intelligent Mobility to integrate its voice and conversational AI capabilities into Tencent's cloud-based solutions.

Adaptive, an AI-native startup, secured $7 million in seed funding for its platform that enables non-coders to create personalized software using AI.

Cluely, an AI startup, has raised $5.3 million to develop technology that assists users with various tasks, including coding and job interviews.

Manychat Inc. secured $140 million in growth capital to expand its social chat capabilities using AI agents for businesses.

Motorola phones will soon integrate AI apps from Perplexity AI, Microsoft, and Google.

ElevenLabs launched Agent Transfer, a new feature that enables AI agents to seamlessly transfer conversations between each other.

An ex-Meta engineer raised $14M for Lace AI, a startup developing AI-powered revenue generation software for home service companies.

IBM has announced the IBM z17, the next generation of the company's mainframe, fully engineered with AI capabilities across hardware, software, and systems operations

America's biggest police tech provider Axon has announced a range of new products this week, including two AI-powered license plate readers and car surveillance technologies.

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis predicts that artificial general intelligence (AGI) could be 5-10 years away.