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Apple's handling of vibe coding apps draws complaints from startups like Replit and Anything, which say Apple is applying App Store rules erratically — iPhone maker warns about security risks as new software floods its review process — Apple's handling of “vibe coding” …
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| Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: |
A profile of music AI startup Suno, valued at ~$2.5B with 2M+ paying users and $300M annualized revenue as of February, as it battles record labels and artists — The music AI startup is battling record labels and angry artists as it upends how millions of people create songs.
More: Music Business Worldwide, Implicator.ai, and Digital Music News
| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
How music streaming services are adapting to the rise of AI-generated music by labeling, deranking, and demonetizing tracks, using AI detection tools, and more — The use of generative AI in pop music started almost as a gimmick. There was a sense of experimentalism to 2018's I AM AI … | Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: |
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen says he is making an unsolicited ~$56B offer to buy eBay and will take the offer to shareholders if the company is not receptive — Cohen told The Wall Street Journal he wants to make eBay a ‘legit competitor to Amazon’ — GameStop Chief Executive Ryan Cohen …
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| Pieter Haeck / Politico: |
Legislators and experts criticize the EU's €20B sovereign compute data center plan, questioning whether there is demand and the plan's reliance on Nvidia GPUs — Critics argue that there's no demand for the massive computing hubs Brussels has planned.
LinkedIn: Pieter Haeck
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Anthropic is finalizing a deal for a $1.5B JV with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Hellman & Friedman, and others to sell AI tools to PE-backed companies — Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman each expected to invest around $300 million; Goldman Sachs also an investor
More: Business Today, The Next Web, The Information, Türkiye Today, The Economic Times, and Reuters. Mastodon: @paco@infosec.exchange
| Jacob Shamsian / Business Insider: |
A profile of William Savitt, Sam Altman's lead lawyer against Elon Musk, who represented Twitter against Musk in 2022 and helped OpenAI's for-profit transition — - William Savitt is representing Sam Altman in Elon Musk's lawsuit trying to dismantle OpenAI.| Reuters: |
Source: Cerebras is expected to price its shares at between $115 and $125 and go public with the “CBRS” ticker; Cerebras is targeting a $40B valuation — AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems, a rival to Nvidia <NVDA.O>, is scheduled to kick off its IPO roadshow on Monday …
More: DigiTimes and The Economic Times
| Wall Street Journal: |
An analysis of 1.6M Polymarket accounts since November 2022: 0.1% of users take 67% of profits, with the highest-frequency traders seeing the most success — A WSJ analysis shows a small number of accounts on Polymarket and Kalshi—often pros using data-driven algorithmic trading—take home most of the winnings
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| New York Times: |
Chinese state media: AI-generated Chinese microdramas to be worth $3B+ in 2026, out of a $14B+ total microdrama market, boosted by tools like Seedance 2.0 — This actor was just hitting his stride when A.I.-generated dramas took off and roles disappeared. — This director is thrilled … | Financial Times: |
Sources: some lenders are exploring private deals to sell their data center debt, and some banks are seeking to offload their Oracle-linked loans at a discount — Global lenders explore private deals and risk transfers to cut exposure to AI boom — Banks are hunting for new ways …
Bluesky: @aethien and @westbywest
| Laurie Chen / Reuters: |
China's Linkerbot, which holds 80%+ of global dexterous robotic hands market, raised a Series B+ at a $3B valuation and seeks a $6B valuation in its next round — Chinese robotics startup Linkerbot, the global market leader in highly dexterous robotic hands for humanoids …
More: The Next Web
| Natsuki Yamamoto / Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: SoftBank plans to make lithium- and cobalt-free data center batteries in Japan as soon as FY2027, as Japan tries to cut its reliance on Chinese metals — TOKYO — Japan's SoftBank Group will seek to make batteries that do not require expensive lithium and cobalt in Japan … | Jason Lemkin / SaaStr: |
A look at Atlassian and Twilio earnings beats, with early signs of Atlassian's AI response success and Twilio becoming a picks-and-shovels layer for AI agents — So this week two of the more important bellwether names in B2B software reported earnings. And neither of them just “beat.”
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