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| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
Binance says net outflows were ~$3.64B, or 2.1% of assets, in the 9.5 hours after it began restoring withdrawals; DefiLlama puts 24-hour net outflows at $5.86B — The exchange said the outflows equal 2.1% of its assets and that withdrawal volumes have eased after an initial spike.
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| Bloomberg: |
A look at Binance's efforts to contain the hack, including creating a global war room of ~100 people, coordinating with other crypto firms and the FBI, and more — The biggest crypto hack in history began with a rehearsal. — As trading hummed along on Binance at midweek … | Kevin Whitelaw / Bloomberg: |
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| Axios: |
OpenAI plans a post-midterms policy and PR blitz, pushing mandatory “speed limits” for powerful AI and rebranding its data centers as “AI compute campuses” — Right after Tuesday's midterms, OpenAI will unleash a policy and PR blitz to try to get in sync with the new Washington …
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| SemiAnalysis: |
SemiAnalysis launches GDPx, an agentic capability benchmark measuring 11 domains, including chip design, cybersecurity, and RSI; Opus 5.5 tops with a 12% score — A comprehensive benchmark spanning RSI, hardware design, cyber, bio, finance, legal, quant trading, chip design, software engineering, materials science, and alignment
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Casap, whose AI tools automate dispute and anti-fraud operations for banks, raised a $56M Series B led by Base10 Partners, bringing its total funding to $90M — Credit card fraud is hardly new, but the nature of that fraud is undergoing a major shift. In the past, nearly all scams …
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| Nick Lichtenberg / Fortune: |
Broccoli AI, which sells AI agents to plumbing, HVAC, and electrical companies, raised a $22M Series A and a $30M Series B; a source says it is valued at $300M — When Marcelle Flowers' staff told her that two students were waiting at the counter of her Sacramento plumbing shop, she grabbed her wallet.
More: The SaaS News, WOWTALE, FinSMEs, and Pulse 2.0
| Jon Caramanica / New York Times: |
How IShowSpeed became YouTube's top livestreamer with 62M+ subscribers, as his 24/7 “IRL streams” that last days mingle childlike wonder with teenage mischief — IShowSpeed in Las Vegas during the Speed Does America bus tour. — With seven minutes left in the second quarter … | Dean Takahashi / GamesBeat: |
Saudi Aramco acquires a 49% stake in AI startup Humain, contributing ~$2.6B in cash in 2026 plus AI, compute, and digital assets; Saudi Arabia's PIF retains 51% — Join the Leaders Making Gaming's Next Big Deals. GamesBeat NEXT brings 500+ executives, CEOs, founders, and investors to San Francisco …
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| Leo Schwartz / The Information: |
Letter: the White House argues it doesn't have to share the full draft of its voluntary AI testing framework, citing national security and commercial exemptions — The Trump administration declined to produce key documents related to its voluntary AI testing framework …
Bluesky: @gclaymitchell4th
| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Google's data center energy head says space data centers cost up to 100x more than Earth-based ones, and US power supply is sufficient but permits are slow — Data centers in space could cost up to 100 times as much as those on Earth, Google's head of data center energy said this week …
More: Wall Street Journal and The Deep View
Bluesky: @carnage4life, @lauridonahue, and @jessefelder.com
| Tim Keary / Forbes: |
Data analytics provider Hex Technologies, which says it has rebuilt its platform for AI agents, raised a $100M Series D led by Peak XV at a $1.2B valuation — This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. … The SaaSpocalypse has become one of the most controversial topics in enterprise tech.| Reuters: |
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vows $15.97B for AI, chips, physical AI, and data centers in the country's 2027 budget, nearly twice the 2026 amount — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed on Monday to make bold investments in artificial intelligence to boost …
More: The Japan Times
| Allon Sinai / CTech: |
ServiceNow confirms it acquired Israeli startup Sweep to speed up customers' migrations to its CRM, for an undisclosed price estimated at hundreds of millions — Bill McDermott said rollouts now take “a month ... 30 days, 60 days” for large companies, as ServiceNow pushes into CRM.| Cailey Gleeson / Fierce Healthcare: |
AI-powered medical search engine Vera Health, which says it is used by 800,000+ clinicians in 190 countries, raised a $28.5M Series A led by Threshold Ventures — Artificial Intelligence funding round series A venture capital (VC) — Clinical artificial intelligence search engine Vera … Sponsor Posts
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