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March 3, 2025, 10:40 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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Mozilla rewrites Firefox's Terms of Use, after recent changes with overly broad language about user data sparked user backlash  —  After fielding user backlash over its new Terms of Use last week, Firefox browser maker Mozilla has rewritten its policy to address issues around the overly broad language it had previously used.
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 …
Craig Barrett / Fortune:
A former CEO and chair of Intel says the company shouldn't be broken up since its foundry unit now has the tech and manufacturing know-how to compete with TSMC  —  Four former Intel board members have written two opinion pieces for Fortune arguing that the only solution to Intel's problems …
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 …
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.
George Hammond / Financial Times:

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