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Q&A with Mary Meeker on publishing her first Trends report since 2019, its focus on the AI revolution, why OpenAI may have an insurmountable lead, and more — Mary Meeker, the famed internet analyst turned venture capitalist, on Friday published her first Trends report since 2019 — focused on the AI revolution.
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US v. Google: during closing arguments, a judge queried both sides on ideas to limit Google's monopoly in search and said he expects to issue a ruling in August — Lawyers began making closing arguments Friday in landmark antitrust case over online search market, future of artificial intelligence
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Sources: Elon Musk is pushing lawmakers to help clear a path for driverless vehicles and has been weighing in on revisions of a bill on autonomous vehicles — In recent weeks, Musk and people who work for him have been calling members of Congress directly to gather support, said the people …
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Sources: Anthropic has been lobbying Congress to oppose a bill banning states from regulating AI, and pushed against the recent US AI deal with Gulf states — THE SCOOP — Anthropic is going toe-to-toe with the Trump Administration on artificial intelligence policy …
X: @bgurley, @davidsacks, @miles_brundage, and @reedalbergotti
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Sources: Palantir's Foundry is now deployed in at least four federal agencies, after Trump signed an EO calling for the government to share data across agencies — Alex Karp, a co-founder and the chief executive of Palantir, at a forum in Washington in April.
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Letter: Synopsys tells staff to stop sales, services, and new orders in China to comply with new US export curbs, and pulls its annual and quarterly forecasts — Semiconductor design software firm Synopsys (SNPS.O) has told staff in China to halt services and sales in the country and stop taking … | Bloomberg: |
Vista Equity Partners agrees to acquire ERP software provider Acumatica from PE firm EQT, sources say in a deal that values Acumatica at ~$2B including debt — Vista is buying the Bellvue, Washington-based firm from private equity firm EQT AB, according to a statement Thursday that confirmed an earlier Bloomberg News report.
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Sources: Anthropic's annualized revenue hit ~$3B at the end of May, driven by business demand, up from $2B around the end of March and ~$1B in December 2024 — Artificial intelligence developer Anthropic is making about $3 billion in annualized revenue, according to two sources familiar with the matter … | Washington Post: |
Sources: the White House is finalizing EOs on drones that could end Chinese drone sales in the US, update federal rules on where drones can be flown, and more — President Trump is expected to sign executive orders next week that widen his policies targeting China and Chinese companies.| Kate Clark / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Abridge, which uses AI to transcribe medical chats, is raising $300M led by a16z at a $5.3B valuation, up from $2.75B in February when it raised $250M — The startup is raising $300 million for software that takes notes on conversations with doctors and patients.| Bloomberg: |
Docs and sources: Builder.ai faked business with Bengaluru-based VerSe, which runs the Dailyhunt news app, by “round-tripping” sales worth ~$60M from 2021-2024 — Builder.ai, the artificial intelligence startup that recently announced plans to declare bankruptcy …
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| Katherine Davis / Axios: |
Vivodyne, which uses AI and robots to grow human tissues in the lab for drug discovery and development, raised a $40M Series A, taking its total funding to $78M — Vivodyne, a San Francisco-based startup using lab-grown human tissues to discover and develop drugs, raised $40 million in a Series A led by Khosla Ventures.| Courtney Albon / Defense News: |
Defense tech firm Leidos acquires VA-based Kudu Dynamics, which provides AI-enabled cyber defense and offense tools to the US DOD and other customers, for $300M — Defense technology firm Leidos announced Wednesday it closed a $300 million acquisition of Kudu Dynamics, a company that develops AI-enabled cyber capabilities.
More: Washington Business Journal, Washington Technology, Breaking Defense, Leidos, and Pulse 2.0
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| Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: |
Sources: TikTok Shop cuts several hundred jobs in Indonesia, leaving Tokopedia and TikTok Shop with ~2,500 employees in the country, down from ~5,000 last year — The Chinese social media giant is reducing staff across e-commerce teams including logistics, operations, marketing and warehousing … | Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
A Replit employee details a critical security flaw in web apps created using AI-powered app builder Lovable that exposes API keys and personal info of app users — THE SCOOP — Lovable, the popular vibe coding app that describes itself as the fastest-growing company in Europe …
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| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
NYC-based Empathy, which runs an online platform providing on-demand tools and guidance for bereaving families, raised a $72M Series C led by Adams Street — Ron Gura, cofounder and CEO of Empathy. — Empathy — Ron Gura doesn't use the word “death” every day. — Recommended Video
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