Donnerstag, 3. April 2025

22:40
Bengaluru-based Scapia, which offers a travel-focused credit card and a travel app, raised a $40M Series B led by Peak XV, bringing its total funding to $72M
The Economic Times
21:45
Report: Brazil's antitrust regulator is investigating Apple over ATT, saying Apple collects user data “under more favorable conditions”, after Meta complained
9to5Mac
21:15
Health care navigation startup Solace, which matches patients with advocates, raised a $60M Series B led by Menlo Ventures, after a $14M Series A in August 2024
MobiHealthNews
20:50
OpenAI makes ChatGPT Plus free for college students in the US and Canada until the end of May 2025, intensifying competition with Anthropic in higher education
VentureBeat
19:50
TikTok tests TikTok for Artists, which provides musicians with analytics tools for fan engagement, in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia
Music Ally
19:00
An increasingly vocal contingent of GOP leaders, some of whom attended Y Combinator's Little Tech Competition Summit, call for antitrust action against Big Tech
Washington Post
17:55
A researcher says changes in X's web app suggest that X plans to let Verified Organizations bid on abandoned X handles, with prices ranging from $10K to $500K+
TechCrunch
17:20
Sources: the EU is preparing to penalize X this summer for breaking the DSA, including via product change demands and a fine that a source says could be $1B+
New York Times
16:50
Microsoft starts selling its $350 Windows 365 Link mini PC in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, Germany, Japan, and New Zealand, after its November 2024 debut
The Verge
16:10
Amazon is testing a “Buy for Me” button powered by agentic AI that will let users purchase products from third-party websites without leaving Amazon's app
The Verge
15:40
France says the EU's second response to President Trump's tariffs will cover digital services, like those provided by Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft
Euractiv
15:10
Sources: Intel and TSMC have reached a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture that will operate Intel's chipmaking facilities; TSMC will take a 20% stake
The Information
14:40
Google DeepMind outlines its approach to AGI safety in four key risk areas: misuse, misalignment, mistakes, and structural risks, with a focus on the first two
The Decoder
14:05
YouTube quietly removed “gender identity” from its hate speech policy after President Trump took office; Google says enforcement of the policy hasn't changed
User Mag
13:25
Nvidia says its custom processor for Nintendo's Switch 2 has a GPU with “dedicated RT Cores and Tensor Cores,” enabling DLSS support and real-time ray tracing
The Verge
12:50
Portland-based Hydrolix, a data lake service that offers a repository for log data, raised an $80M Series C led by QED, bringing its total funding to $148M
GeekWire
12:05
Sources: Oracle told some clients this week that a hacker stole old login credentials, the second breach that Oracle acknowledged to clients in the past month
Bloomberg
11:55
The White House appears to have used a “deficit divided by exports” formula that ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Claude recommend for calculating reciprocal tariffs
The Verge
11:40
OpenAI says 130M+ ChatGPT users have generated 700M+ images since GPT‑4o's image generation debut on March 25, and India is now ChatGPT's fastest-growing market
TechCrunch
10:35
Unframe, which helps enterprises deploy tailored AI products for any use case within hours, comes out of stealth with $50M from Bessemer, TLV, Craft, and others
SiliconANGLE
09:30
BTC fell 5% to ~$81K, ETH dropped 7%, and SOL fell 13% after Trump unveiled new tariffs; Coinbase closed down 6.7% and Michael Saylor's Strategy fell 9.7%
CNBC
09:20
AI video startup Runway raised $308M led by General Atlantic, sources say at a $3B+ valuation, and plans to hire more filmmakers, screenwriters, and others
Bloomberg
09:10
Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on: larger than the Switch but not uncomfortable, flagship games show off the system well, and the Joy-Con's mouse-like mode is precise
The Verge
08:40
Intel unveils a new slogan, “That's the power of Intel Inside”, bringing back its Intel Inside theme from 1991; its current marketing focuses on its Core series
Tom's Hardware
07:50
Sources: Ireland's DPC will fine TikTok €500M+ before the end of April for illegally shipping European users' data to China, after a lengthy GDPR investigation
Bloomberg
07:15
Plaid raised $575M at a $6.1B valuation, below its peak $13B+ valuation in 2021, mostly to cover employees' tax bills for those converting RSUs to common stock
Financial Times
06:40
Sources: Microsoft has halted talks for, or delayed development of, data center projects in Indonesia, the UK, Australia, Illinois, North Dakota, and Wisconsin
Bloomberg
06:25
PDD-owned Pinduoduo says it plans to allocate ~$13.76B over the next three years to support its merchants, following other Chinese e-commerce companies' efforts
Wall Street Journal
06:10
President Trump's tariffs are set to disrupt the Bitcoin mining sector, as many of the largest miners are based in the US and the supply chain is rooted in Asia
Bloomberg
05:55
Spotify debuts new ad tools, including an AI tool in the US and Canada that generates scripts and voiceovers, and pitches itself to advertisers as “nutritional”
New York Times
05:20
Q&A with Christopher Bishop on leading Microsoft's AI for Science lab, why scientific discovery will be AI's single most important application, and more
Financial Times
04:55
Cyberhaven, whose AI-powered tech helps companies detect when employees use internal data in an unauthorized manner, raised a $100M Series D at a $1B+ valuation
SiliconANGLE
04:40
Circle's S-1 shows that it is a fintech and that, as of December 31, 2024, ~85% of USDC reserves were in a BlackRock-managed money market fund only for Circle
Bloomberg
04:05
Rotterdam-based Gradyent, which lets energy providers optimize their systems by creating digital twins of heating and cooling grids, raised a €28M Series B
Tech.eu
03:50
AttoTude, which offers THz interconnect tech for AI and hyperscale data center applications, raised a $50M Series B, after a $30M Series A and $11M seed in 2024
FinSMEs
03:35
Adaptive Security, which simulates AI-powered cyberattacks, raised $43M co-led by OpenAI and a16z, marking OpenAI's first investment in a cybersecurity firm
CNBC
03:15
Netscout: DDoS attacks rose from 13M+ in 2023 to almost 17M in 2024, becoming a staple of geopolitical conflict as new tech like AI supercharges their power
Bloomberg
02:05
Sources: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. is in talks with Fujitsu to help the bank's biggest customers make key decisions using AI-inferred demand predictions
Bloomberg

Mittwoch, 2. April 2025

23:35
Samsung has turned to Chinese customers like Baidu to prop up its ailing chip business; SemiAnalysis says Samsung is the “biggest supplier of HBM into China”
Financial Times
23:00
Sources: Google is in advanced talks to rent Nvidia Blackwell chips from CoreWeave, highlighting how Nvidia customers are struggling with AI chip availability
The Information
22:00
The US announces a 34% “reciprocal” tariff hike on China; some banks say this brings average US tariffs on China to 65%+, when counting pre-existing duties
Bloomberg
20:45
Key parts of the US' Social Security website have crashed in the past week as phone support is reduced; report: the site was down four times in 10 days in March
Gizmodo
19:45
The White House says de minimis tariff exemptions for up to $800 packages from China and Hong Kong will end on May 2, affecting marketplaces like Temu and Shein
Bloomberg
18:55
Apple shares drop 9.3% after President Trump announced new tariffs, including 46% on Vietnam and 26% on India, where Apple has been moving production from China
New York Times
18:45
Tech stocks fall after President Trump announced new global tariffs: Amazon closed down 9%, Meta 9%, Nvidia 7.8%, Alphabet 3.9%, and Microsoft 2.4%
CNBC
18:00
Source: Scale AI generated ~$870M in 2024 revenue, with its annualized run rate reaching $1.5B by the end of 2024, and expects to generate $2B in 2025 revenue
Bloomberg
17:30
Google unveils a NotebookLM “Discover sources” feature, which searches the web and recommends up to 10 “relevant sources” for users to add to their notebooks
9to5Google
17:05
Amazon plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network on April 9, after launching two prototype satellites in October 2023
Reuters
16:50
Europol says German and Dutch authorities shut down Kidflix, a CSAM dark web streaming platform with 1.8M users between April 2022 and March 2025, on March 11
BleepingComputer
16:05
Siemens agrees to acquire Boston-based R&D scientific software company Dotmatics from Insight Partners for $5.1B, and expects the deal to close in H1 2026
Bloomberg
15:22
Source: President Trump plans to announce TikTok America, a company that is ~50% owned by US investors and 19.9% by ByteDance, which would license the algorithm
The Information
15:20
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg is lobbying Trump for a settlement that would stop Meta from facing an April 14 antitrust trial; he visited the White House on April 2
Wall Street Journal
15:10
Automattic lays off 16% of its staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become “more agile and responsive”; ahead of the layoffs, its website listed 1,744 employees
TechCrunch
14:41
Sources: AppLovin has made a bid for TikTok and talked to casino magnate Steve Wynn about backing it; a source says AppLovin pitched itself as a job creator
Wall Street Journal
14:25
Adobe updates Premiere Pro with AI features like Generative Extend, which lets users extend clips by up to two seconds in 4K quality and with background audio
The Verge
13:50
Sources: Justin Sun bailed out Techteryx's TrueUSD after $456M in reserves, managed by First Digital, became illiquid; Techteryx says it was a victim of fraud
CoinDesk
13:25
The FDUSD stablecoin depegged 9% after Justin Sun raised concerns over Hong Kong-based First Digital Trust's solvency; Binance alone holds ~$2.2B worth of FDUSD
The Block
13:20
Anthropic debuts a Claude for Education tier for colleges, including a Learning Mode that asks questions to test understanding, shares paper templates, and more
TechCrunch
12:35
Trump pardoned BitMEX owner HDR Global Trading, which had pleaded guilty and was fined $100M for money laundering, possibly the first US pardon of a corporation
The Intercept
12:19
Google replaces Sissie Hsiao, who led its consumer AI apps, including Gemini, with Josh Woodward, who also leads Google Labs and oversaw NotebookLM's launch
Semafor
11:58
Sources: Amazon has put in a bid to acquire all of TikTok, but various parties involved do not appear to be taking it seriously, ahead of the April 5 deadline
New York Times
11:50
A profile of Larry Ellison, now 80 years old with a $175B fortune, as Oracle bids for TikTok US and he puts up most of his son David's $8B bid to buy Paramount
New York Times
11:40
Nintendo says customers who want to preorder a Switch 2 from April 9 must have 50+ hours of original Switch gameplay as of April 2, an anti-scalper mechanism
The Verge
11:24
Sources: President Trump told his inner circle, including Cabinet members, that Elon Musk will step back in the coming weeks; Trump remains pleased with DOGE
Politico
11:10
A sworn Irish affidavit: Keith O'Brien, who allegedly spied for Deel while working at Rippling, says Deel paid him and he coordinated with Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz
Newcomer
10:48
Sources: ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese companies placed $16B+ in orders for Nvidia's H20 chips in Q1 2025, ahead of a potential US sales ban
The Information
10:12
Nintendo says the Switch 2 will cost $450 for the console or $500 for a Mario Kart World bundle on its June 5 launch; preorders in North America open on April 9
The Verge
10:05
Nintendo unveils the Switch 2 Camera, a camera accessory with a stand, designed to sit next to a TV for video chats, launching on June 5 alongside the Switch 2
The Verge
10:00
Nintendo says it will add Nintendo GameCube games to the library of titles playable on the Switch 2, including The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker from 2002
VentureBeat
09:39
Nintendo says the Switch 2 uses microSD Express cards, and the new Joy-Con controllers have a C button for GameChat, which uses the console's built-in mic
Engadget
09:35
Nintendo unveils GameShare, which will enable local multiplayer on multiple Switch consoles with just one copy of a title, set to launch alongside the Switch 2
Engadget
09:28
Nintendo shares Switch 2 details: a 7.9", 120fps, 1080p display, 4K at 60fps when docked, a custom Nvidia processor, 256GB of storage, and a new Pro Controller
The Verge
09:25
Patreon says it now has 6.7M+ paid podcast subscriptions, generating $472M+ in 2024 revenue, up 35% YoY, and signs podcasting deals with Sony Music and Wondery
Bloomberg
08:55
A recording of Nintendo's Switch 2 event
Nintendo of America on YouTube
08:30
The UFC signs a multimillion-dollar, multiyear sponsorship deal with Meta spanning Meta AI, Meta Glasses, Meta Quest, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads
CNBC
08:20
Roblox rolls out new parental controls, including to let parents block and report people on their child's friends list, building on changes it made in 2024
The Verge
07:45
Documents: the NLRB froze Janneke Parrish's and Cher Scarlett's cases against Apple, pending a review after Trump nominated an Apple attorney as general counsel
Financial Times
07:30
X users are asking Grok to fact-check posts by tagging @grok, often during political or historical arguments, as a new passive aggressive way to dunk on others
Business Insider
06:35
In a March 28 brief, X asked SCOTUS to shield user data from US law enforcement without “probable cause”, in Coinbase user James Harper's long-running case
Financial Times
06:15
Elon Musk's X and xAI all-stock merger broke Wall Street's rulebook by having the same advisers, Morgan Stanley and Sullivan & Cromwell, working on both sides
Wall Street Journal
05:40
In its first full-year post-IPO earnings, Raspberry Pi reports FY 2024 revenue down 2% YoY to $259.5M, pretax profit down 57% YoY to $16.3M, and 1.9M Pi 5s sold
Financial Times
05:20
Indian investment bank The Rainmaker Group: over three dozen Indian startups like Flipkart and PhonePe with a total $100B valuation are set to go public by 2027
Bloomberg
05:05
Wikimedia says bandwidth usage for multimedia content grew 50% since January 2024, driven by AI training bots; 65% of resource-consuming traffic comes from bots
Wikimedia
04:35
Seattle-based Gable, which develops enterprise data coordination tech, raised a $20M Series A led by Crane Venture Partners, taking its total funding to $27M
GeekWire
02:35
European researchers deploy Probability of Fire, a new AI-powered model they say could outperform the conventional danger forecasts used by wildfire trackers
Financial Times
02:20
UMC, Taiwan's second-largest chipmaker, opens a $5B plant in Singapore featuring 22nm and 28nm manufacturing technology; mass production won't start until 2026
Nikkei Asia
01:40
Qualcomm says it is weighing an acquisition of Alphawave, which has a ~$1.3B market cap and makes high-speed chip and connectivity tech for data centers and AI
Bloomberg
01:30
Sources: Arm has decided not to pursue a deal after recently seeking to acquire Alphawave, a UK-listed supplier of semiconductor IP that is exploring a sale
Reuters
00:55
Qualcomm acquires Hanoi-based AI research startup VinAI's generative AI division, following the acquisition of AI and IoT startup Edge Impulse in early March
TechCrunch
00:40
Bybit shuts down its NFT marketplace, following a similar decision by NFT marketplace X2Y2; Token Terminal: daily NFT trading volume is down 70% YoY to $5.34M
Cointelegraph
00:20
In a paper, media mogul Tim O'Reilly and economist Ilan Strauss say OpenAI likely trained GPT-4o on paywalled O'Reilly Media books without a licensing agreement
TechCrunch

Dienstag, 1. April 2025

23:45
Chef Robotics, which develops AI-powered robotic meal assembly systems, raised a $20.6M Series A led by Avataar Ventures, and $22.5M in equipment financing debt
CNBC
21:55
Sources: AI coding startup Replit is in talks with investors to raise funding at a $3B valuation, almost triple its prior valuation; source: it's a ~$200M round
Bloomberg
21:05
Google researchers say DPRK's IT workers are fraudulently securing remote roles at companies in Germany, Portugal, and the UK, after facing sanctions in the US
BleepingComputer
19:40
Microsoft says it used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in open-source bootloaders GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox
BleepingComputer
18:50
Leaked Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold renders show a design similar to its predecessor; sources: the 10 Pro Fold will have a TSMC-made Tensor G5 chip and 16GB of RAM
Android Headlines
18:25
Sources: Finland-based IQM, which builds full-stack superconducting quantum computers, is in talks to raise €200M+; IQM raised a €128M Series A2 in July 2022
Bloomberg
17:40
YouTube suspends two major fake movie trailer channels from its partner program, after a report on how the AI-heavy trailers generated millions in ad revenue
Deadline
17:15
Circle files for a US IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE under CRCL; Circle, which issues the USDC stablecoin, is reportedly seeking a $4B to $5B valuation
CNBC
17:00
CoreWeave's stock closed up 41.77% at $52.57 in its third trading day, bouncing back above its $40 IPO price and bringing the company's market cap to ~$24.89B
CNBC
16:40
Sources and docs: White House National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and other NSC members have conducted government business via their personal Gmail accounts
Washington Post
16:34
Sources: Visa offered Apple ~$100M to become the Apple Card's payment network; Amex is also competing while Mastercard is trying to keep its role as the network
Wall Street Journal
16:05
Mozilla says it is developing Thundermail, an email service with a privacy focus set to get a web client, as part of an upcoming paid Thunderbird Pro service
Forbes
15:30
Sources: Meta is ramping up work on its first glasses with a display, codenamed Hypernova, which it could debut as early as the end of 2025 for $1,000 to $1,400
Bloomberg
15:15
Source: Agility Robotics, a maker of humanoid robots led by Peggy Johnson, is raising $400M at a $1.75B pre-money valuation; ~100 of its robots are in the field
The Information
14:50
Similarweb: Gemini's web app had 10.9M average daily visits in March, up 7.4% MoM; Sensor Tower: Claude and Gemini saw activity jump after flagship model debuts
TechCrunch
14:25
Sources: a16z is in talks to join the Oracle-led frontrunner bid for TikTok US, after being approached along with Blackstone and other large asset managers
Financial Times
13:30
A US judge rules Arkansas' Social Media Safety Act, which requires minors have parental permission before creating social media accounts, infringes on 1A rights
Bloomberg Law
13:25
TikTok is shutting down its Instagram rival TikTok Notes on May 8, 2025, directing users to Lemon8, a similar ByteDance app with 12.5M MAUs as of December 2024
TechCrunch
12:40
Meta VP of AI Research Joelle Pineau says she plans to leave in May 2025 after eight years; she has led the FAIR group since early 2023 and reports to Chris Cox
Bloomberg
12:15
Xiaomi says it is cooperating with a Chinese police investigation into a fatal crash involving its EV while the driver was using its autonomous driving features
New York Times
10:50
OpenAI says ChatGPT has hit 20M paid subscribers, up from 15.5M at the end of 2024, suggesting the startup is making $415M+ in revenue per month, or $5B/year
The Information
09:35
Google says it is bringing its Rewarded Video ad format to Roblox, letting users watch ads in exchange for in-game benefits, like virtual currency or power-ups
Adweek
09:20
TTP: Apple's and Google's app stores host “private browsing” apps operated by Shanghai-listed Qihoo 360, sanctioned by the US in 2020 for Chinese military ties
Financial Times
09:10
Google rolls out a new Gmail encryption model for enterprises in beta that doesn't require senders or recipients to use custom software or exchange certificates
The Verge
08:15
Ahead of the Switch 2, Nintendo is branching out to use its characters in cinema, theme parks, and merch in a Disney-like way to create more consistent revenue
Bloomberg
07:50
In a new strategy, Amazon plans to release 14 to 16 movies per year in theaters, rivaling other major studios, with most running for 45 days before streaming
New York Times
07:35
Tether acquired 8,888 bitcoin worth ~$735M in Q1 2025, taking its total holdings to ~$7.8B and making it the sixth-largest holder of bitcoin in a single wallet
The Block
06:30
Samsung says TM Roh, who oversees mobile, will temporarily step into a broader role overseeing its consumer electronics, after the death of co-CEO Han Jong-Hee
Bloomberg
06:10
Lightmatter, which uses silicon photonics to move data between chips via light, unveils an interposer and a chiplet for AI chips; the startup has raised $850M
Reuters
05:55
The Alan Turing Institute, the UK's flagship AI agency, plans to focus on defense, environment, and health, after staff criticized its leadership in December
Financial Times
05:40
Some UK parents created Smartphone Free Childhood, a charity with a pact signed by 124K+, after the UK government watered down a bill banning phones in schools
New York Times
04:10
A look at Shanghai government-backed SpaceSail, a satellite internet startup that has launched ~90 satellites since 2024 and plans to have 15K launched by 2030
Rest of World
03:55
Uncertainty and fear around high-skilled visas is rattling Silicon Valley's immigrant community, as tech companies tell employees on visas not to leave the US
Washington Post
02:40
With the Switch 2, Nintendo must do what it has rarely done before: follow one hit console with another; Nintendo sold 150M+ Switch units since its 2017 launch
Bloomberg
02:30
The US needs a new cybersecurity strategy, but offensive cyber operations are unlikely to deter Chinese state-sponsored hacking and come with significant risk
MalwareTech
02:20
A Blind survey of 1,450 verified IT professionals in India: 83% reported experiencing burnout, with 72% saying they routinely exceed the 48-hour workweek limit
The Hindu
02:05
The USPTO suspends xAI's Grok trademark application, saying the name could be confused with companies Groq and Grokstream; startup Bizly claims it owns “Grok”
Wired
01:55
OpenAI's new GPT-4o-powered image generator is now available to all users; Sam Altman last week mentioned a limit of three images per day for free-tier users
TechCrunch
01:30
Industry executives say Rapido has a 20% ride-hailing market share in India's four-wheeler segment, Uber has ~50%, and Ola holds most of the remaining 30%
The Economic Times
01:10
Match Group unveils The Game Game, a free voice-based game in Tinder that invites users to flirt with chatbots powered by OpenAI's GPT-4o and GPT-4o mini models
Bloomberg
00:55
Current and former Google DeepMind scientists say a tougher vetting process and more bureaucracy at the Google AI arm have made it harder to publish AI research
Financial Times
00:50
Sources: SoftBank is seeking a bridge loan of as much as $16.5B to help fund AI investments in the US, its largest-ever borrowing denominated solely in USD
Bloomberg
00:45
Sources: in recent weeks, Meta executives including Mark Zuckerberg have pressed US trade officials to oppose an impending EU fine and cease-and-desist order
Wall Street Journal
00:35
PayPal's Honey extension for Chrome has lost ~4M users from its peak of 20M after a viral December 2024 YouTube video accused Honey of employing shady tactics
9to5Google

Montag, 31. März 2025

23:55
Earlier in 2025, Microsoft closed its IoT & AI Insider Lab in Shanghai, opened in May 2019, marking a pullback from China amid geopolitical tensions with the US
South China Morning Post
23:35
Sources: TSMC's recent $100B US investment pledge was merely an estimated price tag for existing long-term plans and reflects an intention rather than a promise
Financial Times
23:30
Sources: US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick signals withholding promised CHIPS Act grants as he pushes companies to substantially expand their US projects
Bloomberg
22:45
Sources: CaaStle, a clothing inventory monetization platform that raised $530M+, is almost broke and is accusing its founder and ex-CEO of financial misconduct
Axios
22:30
LightSource, whose software helps companies manage their procurement processes, costs, and vendor relationships, raised $33M led by Bain Capital and Lightspeed
CNBC
21:10
Coinbase's stock fell 31% in Q1 2025, its worst quarterly performance since FTX collapsed in 2022; nearly every major crypto-linked stock plunged alongside it
Bloomberg
20:40
Amazon resumes drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, after halting them in January to roll out a software update to fix issues with the drone's altitude sensor
CNBC
20:25
Builder.ai lowers its H2 2024 revenue estimates by ~25% after some sales channels “did not come through” and says it expects a full audit report by summer 2025
Bloomberg
19:45
Microsoft expands Copilot+ PC features exclusive to Snapdragon, like Live Captions, Cocreator, Restyle Image, and Image Creator, to PCs with AMD or Intel chips
Windows Central
19:35
Intel Vision conference: CEO Lip-Bu Tan says that Intel plans to spin off non-core assets, create new products including custom chips, hire engineers, and more
Bloomberg
19:20
Source: SoftBank will invest an initial $7.5B in OpenAI's $40B round, plus $22.5B by 2025's end; other backers include Microsoft, Coatue, Altimeter, and Thrive
Bloomberg
18:50
President Trump signs an executive order for a Commerce Department office to facilitate $1B+ investments in the US and administer CHIPS and Science Act funds
Bloomberg
18:10
OpenAI closes a $40B round, the most raised by a private tech company, at a $300B post-money valuation; SoftBank led with $30B; source: ~$18B is for Stargate
CNBC
17:15
Tampa-based ReliaQuest, which uses AI to automate cybersecurity detection and response, raised $500M+ led by EQT, KKR, and FTV Capital, at a $3.4B valuation
Wall Street Journal
16:55
Sources: Sesame, which makes realistic AI voice assistants, is in talks to raise $200M+ co-led by Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital, valuing the startup at $1B+
Bloomberg
16:09
Sam Altman says OpenAI plans to “release a powerful new open-weight language model with reasoning in the coming months”, its first open-weight model since GPT-2
TechCrunch
15:55
TL;DR: we are excited to release a powerful new open-weight language model with reasoning in the coming months, and we want to talk to devs about how to make it maximally useful: https://openai.com/open-model- feedback we are excited to make this a very, very good model!...
@sama
15:52
Sam Altman says OpenAI “added one million users in the last hour”, following last week's Images for ChatGPT launch; on March 27, he said “our GPUs are melting”
The Verge
15:20
How JioHotstar became India's most popular paid streaming service, with 100M+ paying less than $1/month on average, via a freemium model, micro dramas, and more
Bloomberg
13:55
Apple releases visionOS 2.4 with Apple Intelligence, a Spatial Gallery app that features Apple-curated media, with “new content released regularly”, and more
9to5Mac
13:35
Apple releases iOS 18.4 with Priority notifications for Apple Intelligence, which now has support for eight more languages, and Ambient Music via Control Center
MacRumors
13:12
Substack rolls out a TikTok-like video feed in its app, initially featuring videos under 10 minutes long; Substack added native video support in January 2022
TechCrunch
12:50
Amazon starts rolling out Alexa+ to users; sources say some features it demoed in February 2025 are set to arrive in two months, while others will take longer
Washington Post
12:35
Retym, which aims to bring its first AI data center chip to market this year, raised a $75M Series D led by Spark Capital, bringing its total funding to $180M
Reuters
12:15
Runway releases its Gen-4 video-generating AI model to individual and enterprise users, touting its ability to maintain consistency of subjects, styles, more
TechCrunch
12:00
Sources: GlobalFoundries mulls merging with UMC, Taiwan's second-largest chipmaker, to form a bigger, US company with production in Asia, the US, and Europe
Nikkei Asia
10:40
Seattle-based Temporal, an open-source microservices orchestration service, raised a $146M Series C led by Tiger Global at a $1.72B post-money valuation
TechCrunch
10:25
Cerebras says it has resolved “all open issues” with the CFIUS, as it prepares for an IPO; the AI startup filed a notice about its ties to Abu Dhabi's G42
Bloomberg
10:05
Following a March 21 report about an alleged breach of Oracle Cloud, Oracle's communication has been muddy, leaving customers unsure if they are impacted
DoublePulsar
09:55
AMD completes its $4.9B purchase of data center equipment designer ZT Systems, announced in August 2024, taking on its roughly 1,000 design engineers
Wall Street Journal
09:15
Amazon's AGI Lab unveils Nova Act, a general purpose AI agent to control a web browser and independently perform some simple actions, and a Nova Act SDK
TechCrunch
08:25
How the Trump family took over World Liberty Financial, which raised $550M+ via governance tokens; the family has a claim on 75% of net revenues of token sales
Reuters
08:00
Barclays, Monzo, Lloyds, and other major UK banks join Amazon, Google, Match, Meta, BT, and Three in committing to live data sharing in a UK fraud clampdown
Financial Times
07:11
Isomorphic Labs, a DeepMind spinoff focusing on drug discovery, raised $600M led by Thrive to research treatments, including for cancer and immune disorders
New York Times
06:55
Eric and Donald Trump Jr.'s American Data Centers plans to merge with Hut 8's American Bitcoin and take a 20% stake, aiming to create the world's largest miner
Wall Street Journal
06:40
TSMC says its Kaohsiung plant in Taiwan is set to begin 2nm wafer volume production in H2 2025, reaffirming its commitment to Taiwan during its US expansion
Reuters
06:25
Nokia and Amazon settle a long-running, global patent dispute over Amazon using Nokia's video tech in Prime Video and its devices, without disclosing the terms
Bloomberg
06:10
An interview with White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios, a Peter Thiel protégé confirmed by the Senate on March 25, on US plans to counter Beijing on AI
Wall Street Journal
05:55
PumpSwap, a new DEX launched by Pump.fun's creators, processed $2.43B in cumulative trading volume after just 10 days, shaking up the Solana DEX ecosystem
The Block
05:15
Nasdaq-listed Chinese self-driving company WeRide, which reported a ~$260M loss in 2023 and a ~$344M loss in 2024, warns profitability is “difficult to predict”
Financial Times
05:00
Huawei reports FY 2024 revenue up 22.4% YoY to ~$118.2B, near its ~$123B record in 2020, net profit down 28% YoY to ~$8.63B, and R&D spend rising to ~$25B
CNBC
04:45
Memecoins attempting to profit from a man's suicide highlight Pump.fun's extreme lack of boundaries; one of the memecoins soared past $2M in total value
Wall Street Journal
04:30
France's antitrust regulator fines Apple €150M after a lengthy investigation into how iOS asks to collect user data under ATT and the impact on advertisers
Bloomberg
04:00
Chinese AI startup Zhipu, which secured three rounds of government-backed funding in March 2025, launches a free AI agent, intensifying the domestic AI race
Reuters
02:50
An analysis finds 170+ violent vigilante attacks since 2023 by US “pedophile hunters”, whose online content has been amplified by websites like Kick and Locals
New York Times
02:30
Chinese startup Manus, whose AI agent service is still in beta, announces a $39-per-month Manus Starter plan and an upgraded $199-per-month Pro tier
Bloomberg
01:55
A look at the race between China and the US to build truly useful humanoid robots, as China lists “embodied” AI as a priority for a $138B state investment fund
Wall Street Journal
01:20
Japan earmarks up to ~$5.4B in additional aid for chipmaker Rapidus, which aims to begin mass production of 2nm chips in 2027, a highly ambitious target
Bloomberg
01:15
Study: 79% of 475 AI experts believe current public perceptions of AI do not match R&D realities, while 76% said scaling current approaches will not yield AGI
Gizmodo
00:45
South Korea-based Wrtn, a free-to-use AI platform with 5M+ users aggregating LLMs like GPT-4, Stable Diffusion 3, and Claude 3, raised a $56M Series B extension
Bloomberg
00:30
After Trump signed an EO to end the government's DEI programs, tech firms like Google are rebranding DEI efforts, using terms like “learning” or “hiring”
CNBC

Sonntag, 30. März 2025

23:50
Sources: Foxconn plans to assemble 25M to 30M iPhones in India in 2025, up from ~12M in 2024, and is conducting production trials at its new Bengaluru plant
The Economic Times
23:35
Sources detail tensions between Apple and Elon Musk's SpaceX over expanding satellite cellphone services; Apple discussed linking iPhones to SpaceX satellites
Wall Street Journal
21:00
Global foldable smartphone shipments increased by just 2.9% YoY in 2024, and shipments are expected to decline by about 4% YoY in 2025
Counterpoint Research
18:50
Many LinkedIn users put part-time job-level effort to maintain their pages; LinkedIn: 85% of FTSE 100 CEOs have a presence on the platform, up from 12% in 2023
Financial Times
17:00
Apple's current enterprise offerings are built for single machines and have complex virtualization rules, saddling high-end users with inefficient remote setups
Tedium
14:50
Ethereum is struggling to keep the interest of investors and developers, having fallen out of step in an industry transformed by the embrace of Donald Trump
Bloomberg
13:05
Google says it is rolling out Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental to all Gemini users, after initially launching the model for Gemini Advanced subscribers on March 25
9to5Google
12:35
A look at the RainbowEx crypto Ponzi scheme, which ensnared 16,000 people in San Pedro, Argentina; different versions of the scam have emerged around the world
New York Times
11:15
Straiker, which develops tech for securing enterprise AI applications, emerges from stealth with a $21M Series A from Lightspeed and Bain Capital
SiliconANGLE
10:15
Sources: Apple is working on a major Health app revamp and an AI doctor service, planned for H1 2026, and M5 updates for the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro this year
Bloomberg
09:55
Cambridge, UK-based Camgraphic, which is developing graphene-based photonics chips for AI, HPC, autonomous cars, and other applications, raised a €25M Series A
Sifted
08:50
As ChatGPT's Studio Ghibli-style images going viral sparks a debate, AI may not devalue human-created art and may even elevate it by fueling a creation economy
Spyglass
07:15
A look at inZOI, a new life simulation game by South Korean studio Krafton that aims to appeal to players in Asia, where The Sims never gained popularity
Bloomberg
05:40
Dyna Robotics, which is building AI-powered robots to help businesses automate repetitive tasks like chopping food, emerged from stealth with a $23.5M seed
Fortune
02:01
How Klarna's Walmart deal ahead of its IPO put long-simmering tensions between Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski and Affirm CEO Max Levchin on public display
Bloomberg
01:55
Waterloo, Ontario-based logistics software company Descartes Systems Group acquires 3Gtms, an Ohio-based transportation software vendor, for $115M in cash
BetaKit
01:50
NYC-based Navina, which has developed an AI copilot for clinicians, raised a $55M Series C led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, taking its total funding to $100M
Fierce Healthcare
01:35
PE firm Clearlake agrees to acquire and take private Dun & Bradstreet, one of Wall Street's oldest data and analytics providers, for $7.7B including debt
Bloomberg
01:20
Marketing executives say big brands are allocating small amounts of their ad budget to X, seeking to avoid being perceived as boycotting Elon Musk's platform
Financial Times
00:50
Prolific fintech VC and QED Investors co-founder Frank Rotman says he will become partner emeritus by the end of 2025 and focus on launching his own startups
TechCrunch
00:35
Chinese chip equipment manufacturer SiCarrier debuted ~30 “domestically controllable” products at the Semicon China show, as China pushes for chip self-reliance
South China Morning Post
00:20
Fleetio, which develops vehicle fleet management software, raised a $450M+ Series D and acquired Auto Integrate in a deal valuing the combined entity at $1.5B+
PYMNTS.com
00:10
Berlin-based Amboss, which makes study guide apps for medical students and online databases for clinicians, raised €240M, sources say at an €800M+ valuation
Bloomberg