Lyria 3.5, Google's best-sounding music generation model, is now available in the Gemini app, Gemini API, and AI Studio. It offers more expressive vocals, richer arrangements, and higher fidelity, with new templates and short or longer track options.
The draft prospectus reviewed by Reuters shows 2025 revenue of ~$4.6B, up twelvefold, against a net loss of nearly $42B — about $34B of it a non-cash convertible-financing charge. Operating loss topped $8B, and Anthropic plans $518B in cloud and compute spending.
Robot data startup XDOF, three months out of stealth, is in late-stage talks for a Series B at about a $1.2B valuation led by 8VC. Annualized revenue is approaching $50 million.