# AI UX Evolution, EV Pre-Orders, and Prediction Market Compliance

**Podcast:** TechCrunch Daily Crunch
**Published:** 2026-05-29

## Transcript

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On Thursday, the AI startup Sesame, co-founded by Oculus' founders and others from the VR company that sold to Meta, released a public preview of the conversational AI agents it's been developing for over a year.
Now, with its new iOS app, Sesame is rethinking the traditional AI chatbot experience popularized by apps like ChatGPT, creating one where conversation flows, even if the AI needs time to think.
You see, as the company explains in its launch announcement, there's an inherent tension between replying quickly and taking the time to compose thoughtful responses.
A slower response is usually more correct, but it can also feel unnatural if it takes too long.
So, to address this challenge, Sesame claims to have built fast search and retrieval systems so the AI can have up-to-date information as well as technology that allows it to run multiple parallel searches while speaking, weaving those results into its responses as it talks.
Slate Auto, the electric vehicle startup backed by Jeff Bezos himself and L.A.
Dodgers owner Mark Walter, has announced that it'll officially start taking orders for its low-cost electric vehicle on June 24th, ahead of the first deliveries late this year.
The company sent out emails to prospective buyers on Thursday that encouraged them to make a reservation now ahead of pre-orders starting next month in order to get a delivery window before non-reservers.
Slate, though, still has not announced the starting price for its EV.
The U.S.
Justice Department charged Google software engineer Michel Spagnuolo with insider trading, alleging the employee made $1.2 million trading on Polymarket based on confidential business information.
Spagnuolo, who used the name Alpha Raccoon on Polymarket, has worked at Google for over 12 years, according to info on LinkedIn.
As alleged, Spagnolo violated the duties he owed to his employer and used Google's confidential business information to make more than $1.2 million in trading profits on Polymarket, Jay Clayton, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a press release.
Continuing, insider trading compromises the integrity of our markets, and the American people want this greed-driven conduct investigated and prosecuted.
Prediction markets like Polymarket, Calci, and others allow users to bet on, well, pretty much anything.
Insider trading, however, is not allowed on these platforms because, well, it's illegal.
But some users, well, they still commit the offense.
And folks, that's your Daily Crunch.
Today's stories were reported by Amanda Silberling, Sarah Perez, and more awesome TechCrunch journalists.
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