😺 IRL Wall-E

Good morning, afternoon, or evening, depending on where you are in the world. This edition is coming to you from... [Product Hunt]( [Read in browser]( [This newsletter is brought to you by]( GOOD MEWS The Vision Pro is finally here Good morning, afternoon, or evening, depending on where you are in the world. This edition is coming to you from [Berlin.]( Here’s some news: 👓 [The Apple Vision Pro is finally dropping on February 2nd](. 🎧 [Will.i.am is getting into the car audio world with his new startup.]( 🚗 [Volkswagon is planning to integrate ChatGPT into its car.Â]( 📸 [Sony is launching a new digital certificate that sounds a lot like NFTs.]( PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT [Samsung just demo-ed one of the cutest home robots ever]( Wall-E has made its way to the real world. Well, kind of. Remember Ballie?[Samsung’s spherical home robot from CES 2020?]( You’re forgiven if you don’t. I didn’t either – until Samsung unveiled the latest version at [CES 2024]( yesterday. The new [Ballie]( is reminiscent of a bowling ball if you give a bowling ball wheels and a face and inject it with a healthy dose of AI. [In a charming video paired with a “Disney-esque” soundtrack](, Samsung showcased a bunch of cool tricks that Ballie can do, including projecting movies, entertaining a dog, and projecting a video call onto a wall. In the demo, Ballie also serves as a smart home assistant that can control different aspects of your home, such as your lights, air conditioning, and tumble dryer. It can also communicate with specific devices to feed your pets and text you status updates throughout the day. Projection is critical to Ballie. According to Samsung, it’s “the world’s first projector to automatically detect people’s posture and facial angle and adjust the optimal projection angle for you.” This also doubles as a cuteness feature. Just imagine the little thing looking up and down at you as it adjusts itself. Now I'm wondering why didn't they name it Ball-E? [Meet Ballie]( Sponsored By No two pitch decks are alike, but there are patterns in format, content, and slide order that can lead to successful fundraising. Understanding the science of developing a pitch deck – clear data on how sections should be arranged and what they should contain – can be a powerful ally for founders to tell their unique story. We have gathered these insights from our platform and created a step-by-step guide with downloadable pitch deck templates. Thousands of founders have used these templates; Download them for free now. [Download now]( Tuesday, 9 January 2024 Yesterday's Top Products [Rely.io]( [The developer portal with an AI assistant you can speak with]( [▲ 788+]( [Stylar]( [Your ultimate controllable AI image editor]( [▲ 708+]( [Tablize]( [Tablize your data, AI-easy dashboards]( [▲ 505+]( [Resources for Early-Stage Founders]( [Dozens of templates, articles & videos to help you grow]( [▲ 417+]( [pipl.ai]( [AI-powered cold email automation without breaking the bank]( [▲ 302+]( [AVI by True AI]( [The end of fake news]( [▲ 234+]( [DOConvert]( [Intelligence document processing platform that extracts data]( [▲ 214+]( [Bland Turbo]( [Experience the fastest conversational AI ever]( [▲ 197+]( [ncScale 2.0]( [Datadog for no code, 1 click monitoring for no code stack]( [▲ 164+]( [TheDevStarter]( [Next.js and Django SaaS Boilerplate]( [▲ 125+]( [Discover many more]( CAT NIPS - [iStock just launched its own generative AI platform for crafting stock images.Â]( - [Mama Mode App is a mindfulness app to help moms destress throughout their day.]( - [Sama AI is a wearable AI that listens to and recalls conversations and gives feedback.]( MAKER'S CORNER - [snippet.run is a platform that lets you host and run your code snippets in the cloud.Â]( - [Paint Potion lets you instantly generate trendy and consistent vector assets.Â]( - [Status Ticker keeps you in the know about any services going down so you can react.]( [Tell us how we're doing]( [We're working on improving Product Hunt every day and we want to hear from you. What do you love? How could we do better? All feedback is helpful.]( [Speak your mind]( We send this email daily. Feel free to [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from these emails at any time. [Advertise](, [Twitter](, [Facebook](, [Stories](