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March 3, 2025, 7:30 PM

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Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
Anthropic raised a $3.5B Series E led by Lightspeed at a $61.5B valuation; source: its annual revenue run rate has grown by 30% in 2025, from ~$1B in late 2024  —  The company is said to have increased its run-rate revenue by 30% so far this year.  —  OpenAI rival Anthropic has officially closed …
Axios:
At a press conference with Trump, TSMC CEO CC Wei says the company plans to invest $100B+ in the US over four years, in addition to its current $65B investment  —  - It's also part of the bipartisan U.S. national security push to increase domestic chips production and accelerate the AI economy.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
CoreWeave, which provides cloud-based GPUs, files for an IPO on the Nasdaq under the symbol CRWV, says it generated $1.9B in revenue in 2024, up 737% YoY  —  CoreWeave, a provider of cloud-based Nvidia processors to companies including Meta and Microsoft, is headed for the public market.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia shares fell 8.69% amid fears about tariffs and increased scrutiny of GPU shipments that may be in violation of US export controls  —  Nvidia shares fell nearly 9% on Monday after President Donald Trump confirmed that tariffs from Canada and Mexico will go into effect on Tuesday.
Wall Street Journal:
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Tim Cook posts that “this week” there's “something in the AIR”, likely referring to an M4 MacBook Air launch; a new iPad Air is expected around this spring  —  In a new post on social media today, Tim Cook says Apple has a new product launch coming this week.
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: YouTube is preparing a Netflix-like redesign of its TV app, with paid content from other streamers like Max and Paramount+ on the homepage  —  It should have been easy.  —  YouTube in late 2022 began including in its app video-streaming services operated by other media companies …
Reuters:
Sources: Nvidia and Broadcom are running 18A manufacturing tests with Intel, and AMD is also evaluating whether Intel's 18A process is suitable for its needs  —  Chip designers Nvidia (NVDA.O) and Broadcom (AVGO.O) are running manufacturing tests with Intel (INTC.O), two sources familiar …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Google updates Google Play on Android to highlight apps with widgets, adding a widget search filter, widget badges on app pages, and a curated editorial page  —  There will be a new search filter for widgets, widget gadgets on app detail pages, and a curated editorial page.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google demos new Gemini features, such as video search and Screenshare, which lets users ask questions based on their phone's screen, coming later in March 2025  —  Google is adding new features to its AI assistant, Gemini, that let users ask it questions using video and content on the screen in real time.
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Microsoft unveils Dragon Copilot, a voice-activated AI assistant for doctors combining Dragon dictation tool Medical One and ambient listening tool DAX Copilot  —  Microsoft is giving its health-care artificial intelligence tools a makeover.  —  The company on Monday unveiled …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity announce they are working on an “AI Phone” priced at under $1K, first aimed at the European market and slated to launch in 2026  —  It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a top AI company.
Reuters:
The UK ICO says it is investigating how TikTok uses 13 to 17-year-olds' personal data for content suggestions, and how Reddit and Imgur verify child users' ages  —  The watchdog said it is probing how ByteDance's short-form video-sharing platform TikTok uses 13-17-year-olds' personal information to suggest content in their feed.
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