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OpenAI backtracks, says its nonprofit will remain in control of its business operations, after a “constructive dialogue” with civic leaders and AGs of DE and CA — OpenAI has decided that its nonprofit division will retain control over its for-profit org, after the company initially announced …
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| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Palantir reports Q1 revenue up 39% YoY to $884M, vs. $863M est., and raises 2025 sales guidance to $3.9B; PLTR falls 8%+ after hours — The company described rising demand for artificial intelligence software as a “ravenous whirlwind,” and bumped its 2025 revenue forecast to about $3.9 billion from about $3.75 billion.| Alex Konrad / Upstarts Media: |
Sources: Databricks is in advanced talks to acquire startup Neon, a maker of a serverless open-source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres, for about $1B — An Upstarts paid subscriber special edition: acquisition-hungry data and AI unicorn Databricks is in advanced talks to buy the startup behind …
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| Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: |
TeleMessage's parent company says it is “investigating a potential security incident” and has suspended all of its services “out of an abundance of caution” — The messaging app that President Donald Trump's former national security advisor was seen using during …
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| Alan Ohnsman / Forbes: |
A look at Waymo's Mesa, AZ plant, producing several retrofitted Jaguars per day and where plans to scale up with Chinese Zeekr vans may be derailed by tariffs — An exclusive look inside the facility turning Jaguar EVs into robotaxis with the AI-driven fleet's custom computing system, cameras, lidar and radar.| Sarah Jeong / The Verge: |
Apple files an appeal with the US Ninth Circuit, challenging last week's ruling that prevents it from charging devs fees on purchases made outside the App Store — Epic Games' stunning victory blocks Apple from imposing fees on purchases made outside the App Store.| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
Researchers warn that open-source Go serialization tool easyjson, owned by Russia's VK Group and used by the US DOD and others, poses a national security risk — The open source software easyjson is used by the US government and American companies. But its ties to Russia's VK …
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| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Meta AI brings more privacy risks than ChatGPT and Gemini, building a Memory file including the user's sensitive personal info, like fertility and payday loans — Meta's chatbot remembers everything, even what you might not want it to. — Mark Zuckerberg has a new way to invade your privacy: a creepier version of ChatGPT.
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Trump has two crypto-focused dinners this month, for political donors and for $TRUMP holders; Chainalysis: trading fees alone have made $TRUMP insiders $324M+ — President Donald Trump has two crypto-focused dinners on the calendar this month — one aimed at deep-pocketed political donors, the other at meme coin millionaires.
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Uber and WeRide plan to expand their robotaxi service to 15 more cities over the next five years, including in Europe, after a December 2024 launch in Abu Dhabi — Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle technology company WeRide plan to expand a commercial robotaxi partnership and bring …
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Tel Aviv-based eToro Group says it's targeting a $4B valuation in a Nasdaq IPO, aiming to raise $500M, after pausing plans last month amid market volatility — Israel's eToro Group said on Monday it was targeting a valuation of up to $4 billion in its initial public offering in the United States …
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Sources: Anysphere, maker of AI coding tool Cursor, raised $900M at a $9B valuation, up from $2.5B in January 2025, led by Thrive; a16z and Accel also invested — Anysphere closes $900mn funding round from investors including Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz
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Hasan Sukkar, the founder of AI startup 11x, which has raised $70m+ to date, steps down as CEO; CTO Prabhav Jain has been named the new CEO — Hasan Sukkar, the founder of AI startup 11x, is stepping down from his role as CEO, Sukkar announced on LinkedIn this morning.| Lucia Moses / Business Insider: |
Sources: Google has quietly launched 100 Zeros, a film and TV production initiative aiming to promote a positive view of tech and drive adoption of its products — - Google has quietly launched a film and TV production initiative called 100 Zeros. — Google wants to promote its products …
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