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Sources: Amazon is in talks to invest $10B+ in OpenAI at a $500B+ valuation, with OpenAI using AWS Trainium chips; Microsoft keeps rights to sell OpenAI models — Amazon is in talks to invest $10 billion or more in OpenAI, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
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OpenAI updates ChatGPT Images to generate images up to 4x faster and edit more precisely, and adds a new section in ChatGPT's app and website for images — OpenAI is rolling out an update to ChatGPT that's intended to generate images better and faster, the latest move by the artificial intelligence developer …
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Sources: Waymo is in discussions to raise more than $15B led by Alphabet at a valuation near $100B, and has achieved an annual revenue run rate above $350M — Waymo, Alphabet Inc.'s autonomous driving unit, is in discussions to raise more than $15 billion at a valuation near $100 billion …
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Monzo receives an Irish banking license, allowing the London-based digital lender to offer current and savings accounts across the EU — Monzo has received an Irish banking license, a move that will allow the UK digital lender to expand into markets across the European Union.| New York Times: |
The US threatens economic penalties against European companies like Spotify if the EU does not roll back regulations and lawsuits targeting US tech giants — U.S. officials excoriated the European Union for discriminating against American technology companies and threatened …
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Google launches CC, an experimental AI assistant that delivers a personalized daily “Your Day Ahead” briefing email based on users' emails and calendar — Google's new AI agent delivers a morning briefing personalized using your emails and calendar. … Google wants you to start your day with AI.
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Crypto exchange HashKey closed flat in its Hong Kong debut, after rising as much as 6.6% before falling 8.4% intraday, amid a weakness in digital assets — Cryptocurrency exchange HashKey Holdings Ltd (3887.HK) made a flat debut in Hong Kong on Wednesday amid recent weakness in digital assets … | Chris Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Daniel Kwan and 500+ writers, actors, and technologists launch the Creators Coalition on AI to push standards for AI training and use across creative industries — The organization, which published four distinct goals and a call to action while gathering hundreds of signatories … | Dia Rekhi / The Economic Times: |
Sources: Apple is in preliminary talks with India's CG Semi, which offers chip assembly and testing services, to assemble and package chips for the iPhone — Exploratory conversations have taken place between Murugappa Group-owned CG Semi, which is building an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test … | Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
California's DMV says a California administrative law judge recently ruled that Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing around its Autopilot and FSD systems — A California administrative law judge recently ruled recently that Tesla's marketing around its “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” …
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Sources detail Mark Zuckerberg's all-in bet to make Meta an AI leader, with some saying Alexandr Wang finds Zuckerberg's micromanagement of AI work suffocating — A year of internal disorder, fluctuating priorities and colossal spending at Meta has rattled insiders and investors| Ismi Damayanti / Nikkei Asia: |
Super Bank Indonesia, a Grab-backed digital lender, rose by 24% during its stock market debut in Jakarta, after the company raised ~$168M in its IPO — JAKARTA — The share price of Super Bank Indonesia, a digital lender backed by Singapore's Grab and South Korea's KakaoBank … | Ashutosh Joshi / Bloomberg: |
Bengaluru-based e-commerce platform Meesho is up 95% from its IPO offer price, valuing it at nearly $11B and making it India's best-performing major IPO of 2025 — Follow Bloomberg India on WhatsApp for exclusive content and analysis on what billionaires, businesses and markets are doing.
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Sensor Tower: ChatGPT had 73M DAUs in India as of last week, up 607% YoY and more than double the US, boosted by its free plans, far above Gemini's 17M DAUs — OpenAI, Google and Perplexity have begun an unprecedented fight for artificial intelligence users in India, rolling out freebies … | Jeremy Kahn / Fortune: |
Ankar, which develops LLM-powered AI tools to streamline the process of drafting patent applications for patent attorneys, raised a $20M Series A led by Atomico — The company, which just secured a $20 million Series A venture capital round, is using AI to streamline the process of obtaining …
More: Tech.eu, EU-Startups, Index Ventures, Artificial Lawyer, Tech Funding News, and UKTN
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Bhutan unveils a pledge of up to 10,000 bitcoin to develop Gelephu Mindfulness City; Arkham says Bhutan holds 5,984 bitcoin, ranking 7th among sovereign holders — The 10,000 BTC will generate yields for GMC's growth while being held long-term, with Bhutan ruling out selling the reserves.| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
Sources: Disney has been hesitant to license its IP to Roblox because it doesn't consider it a safe platform, bucking the trend followed by Netflix and others — Here's a stat that might shock anyone who isn't the parent of a Gen Alpha kid: As of October 2025, online gaming platform Roblox boasted …
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TeamLease Digital: Global Capability Centers in India have grown tech headcount to ~2M from 1.2M in 2022, rising 18%-27% YoY, compared to 4%-6% at IT companies — GCCs are expanding headcount by 18-27% year on year, compared with 4-6% for IT services, according to data from staffing firm TeamLease Digital.| Prianka Srinivasan / The Guardian: |
The Marshall Islands unveils a national UBI scheme that offers payments of ~$200 per quarter to every resident citizen via stablecoin or traditional currency — Quarterly payments of $200 to be offered via stablecoin or traditional currency in a scheme designed to ease cost of living pressures in the Pacific nation| Bloomberg: |
Chinese AI chipmaker MetaX's shares jumped as much as 755% in its Shanghai debut after a heavily oversubscribed $585.8M IPO, pushing its market cap past $42B — MetaX Integrated Circuits Shanghai Co. soared in its first day of trading on Wednesday, the latest outsized debut by a Chinese chipmaker … | Jill R Shah / Financial Times: |
Dune and Keyrock: bets placed on prediction markets rose from <$100M per month in early 2024 to $13B per month in November, as Polymarket and Kalshi compete — Value of bets soars from $100mn to $13bn a month — Prediction markets have ballooned 130 times in size over the past two years … | Financial Times: |
OpenAI hires former UK chancellor George Osborne to lead OpenAI for Countries, the global expansion arm of its $500B Stargate data center initiative — Former UK chancellor to lead start-up's effort to spread ‘democratic’ AI across the world — OpenAI has hired former UK chancellor George Osborne …
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| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Adaptive Security, which uses AI to simulate social engineering attacks and help companies prevent them, raised an $81M Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures — Adaptive Security has raised an $81 million Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures, co-founder and CEO Brian Long tells Axios Pro.| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Meta is partnering with Singapore-based K-ID to add its AgeKey age-verification tech to Meta apps, with plans to roll it out across multiple countries in 2026 — Tech giant plans to roll out new AgeKey technology across multiple countries next year — Meta is adopting a new age-checking system …
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Berlin-based Trade Republic says early investors will sell €1.2B of shares to Sequoia and others at a €12.5B valuation, becoming Germany's most valuable startup — Trade Republic's €1.2bn share deal also attracts new backers including Singapore's wealth fund
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Customer engagement service MoEngage raised $180M in a follow-on Series F, split into a $57M primary and $123M secondary round, weeks after raising $100M — MoEngage, a customer engagement platform used by consumer brands across 75 countries, has raised $180 million in a Series F follow …
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