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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 — Marketers want to avoid being seen as boycotting billionaire's social media platform — Big brands are allocating small amounts … | Bloomberg: |
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 — Even by Sebastian Siemiatkowski's standards, it's been a wild month. — The chief executive officer of buy now …
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Waterloo, Ontario-based logistics software company Descartes Systems Group acquires 3Gtms, an Ohio-based transportation software vendor, for $115M in cash — Waterloo, Ont.-based multinational and logistics software company Descartes Systems Group has acquired Columbus, Ohio-based 3Gtms … | Wency Chen / South China Morning Post: |
Chinese chip equipment manufacturer SiCarrier debuted ~30 “domestically controllable” products at the Semicon China show, as China pushes for chip self-reliance — The equipment start-up kept a low profile until this week, when it unveiled about 30 new products at the Semicon China show| Ryan Gould / Bloomberg: |
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 — The private equity firm will pay $9.15 per share in cash for Jacksonville, Florida-based Dun & Bradstreet, according to a statement Monday …
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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 — Artificial Intelligence KLAS Research Goldman Sachs funding round — Clinician AI assistant company Navina has raised … | Bloomberg: |
Berlin-based Amboss, which makes study guide apps for medical students and online databases for clinicians, raised €240M, sources say at an €800M+ valuation — Kirkbi, Lightrock and M&G Investments joined a €240 million ($260 million) financing round into German medical startup Amboss …
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A look at the new, open-source Model Context Protocol for connecting LLMs to data sources and why its success depends on overcoming middleware challenges — There's a long history of “middleware” in our industry. Everyone wants it. There's always a hot one, but it rarely makes to the finish line and often disappoints.| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at drone delivery startup Zipline, which has raised $500M+, made 1.4M+ deliveries in seven countries, and delivers packages for Walmart in two US cities — Soon your burrito bowl could arrive via the sky. Zipline's drones make deliveries by lowering small coolers on 300-foot cables.
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| Taylor Telford / Washington Post: |
How AI tools are causing problems and sowing distrust in both job hunting and hiring; a Polish cybersecurity startup says it almost hired a deepfake candidate — The proliferation of artificial intelligence tools and overreliance on software such as ChatGPT is making the job market increasingly surreal.| Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber and DoorDash are pressing GOP lawmakers to include independent contractors who drive rideshare vehicles and deliver food in Trump's no-tax-on-tips proposal — GOP proposal offers tax breaks to employees—but not independent contractors such as ride-share drivers| Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal: |
A book excerpt details how the OpenAI board ousted Sam Altman with help from Mira Murati, who provided examples of his alleged lies and other toxic behavior — Secrets, misdirection and broken trust. The inside story of how the CEO of the hottest tech company was ousted and, just as quickly, resurrected.
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