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Sources: ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, in a deal that may value Armis at as much as $7B — ServiceNow Inc. is in advanced talks to buy the cybersecurity startup Armis in a deal that may be valued at as much as $7 billion …
More: CNBC, The Times of Israel, Globes, Tech in Asia, The Information, and Bloomberg Law. X: @rngould
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Sources: OpenAI told staff it was ending the six-month “vesting cliff” that required new employees to work for at least six months before their equity vests — Maker of ChatGPT and its competitor xAI have relaxed restrictions meant to keep new hires from leaving in the midst of a fierce talent war
More: Benzinga, The Information, Bloomberg, and The Decoder
| Will McCurdy / PCMag: |
Amazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can't opt out — Whether you're reading dense, challenging 19th-century classics or the latest thriller, sometimes even the best readers lose track of what's actually going on …
More: Reactor, About Amazon, The Indian Express, Good e-Reader, and Publishers Lunch
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| Mike Butcher / Pathfounders: |
Solve Intelligence, which offers generative AI tools to law firms for IP and patent law work, raised a $40M Series B, bringing its total funding to $55M — With most intellectual property or patent law work done with spreadsheets, docs, and PDFs, this is a ripe arena for generative AI …
More: Solve Intelligence, Silicon Republic, Tech Funding News, Law360, Artificial Lawyer, and Sifted. Bluesky: @prietschka
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
A look at Trump's AI EO and how its interstate commerce argument could backfire by invalidating laws in GOP states targeting “Big Tech censorship” — The mainstream media just failed a basic civics test so badly that you'd think their brains have been pickled by the kinds of folks …
More: Ars Technica and naked capitalism
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| Bloomberg: |
A profile of ASML, Europe's most valuable company, as it prepares for a transition to High NA EUV, with high-volume manufacturing expected in 2027 and 2028 — The Dutch company's machines are needed to make the AI chips that power ChatGPT and other models — When Christophe Fouquet interviewed … | New York Times: |
Crypto casinos have become online gambling havens for teens and problem gamblers, propped up by operators who turn social media influencers into recruiters — Produced by Leo Dominguez and Rumsey Taylor — David and many people like him — young and chronically online …
More: Futurism, al.com, and New York Post
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| Krysta Escobar / CNBC: |
Esusu, which offers a rent reporting API used by Zillow, banks, and others to help renters build credit scores, raised a $50M Series C at a $1.2B valuation — Esusu, a fintech platform that helps renters build credit scores, has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round at a $1.2 billion valuation.
LinkedIn: Jenna Anita Nicholas, Esusu, and Evan Leaphart
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Outset, which develops AI agents that help Microsoft and other companies conduct customer research and surveys, raised a $30M Series B led by Radical Ventures — Outset, an agentic AI research and surveying platform, raised a $30 million Series B led by Radical Ventures, co-founder and CEO Aaron Cannon tells Axios Pro.
More: Outset, VC News Daily, and FinSMEs
| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
SuperCircle, which offers an AI-powered reverse logistics and recycling management service for retail brands, raised a $24M+ Series A led by Foundry Group — Artificial intelligence-powered textile waste management platform SuperCircle revealed today that it has raised more than $24 million in new funding.| Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu: |
Qargo, which offers a cloud-based transport management service for carriers, freight forwarders, and third-party logistics, raised a $33M Series B led by Sofina — The combination of Qargo's cloud-based TMS and native AI features enables European transport operators to lower operating costs …
More: Qargo, Tech Funding News, Pathfounders, UK Tech Investment News, Ventureburn, FinSMEs, and EU-Startups
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Prime Security, which develops AI agents that help with security design during software development, raised a $20M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners — Prime Security, an agentic AI security platform for software development, raised a $20 million Series A led by Scale Venture Partners …
More: Business Wire, SiliconANGLE, and FinSMEs
| Tim Wu / Financial Times: |
Despite talk of an existential US-China AI race, the Chinese state and its major companies are spending more to dominate other domains, such as EVs and robotics — Over the past year, major US tech companies have spent more than $350bn on AI-related infrastructure, with projections of over $400bn for 2026.| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
To build more powerful AI systems, some AI leaders are focusing on pursuing an approach called continual learning, which mimics how people learn over time — AI leaders are increasingly talking about the benefits of building models that can keep learning after they've been trained. But first...
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