Plaid valued at $8B in employee share sale
Plaid valued at $8B in employee share sale The new valuation is a 31% increase from $6.1 billion Plaid reached in April. The new valuation is a 31% increase from…
Netflix backs out of bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, giving studios, HBO, and CNN to Ellison-owned Paramount
Netflix backs out of bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, giving studios, HBO, and CNN to Ellison-owned Paramount In a one-two punch of centibillion-dollar offers, the bidding war for Warner Bros.…
Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next
Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now,…
Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms
Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he "cannot in good conscience accede" to the Pentagon's demands to give the military unrestricted…
PayPal might not be looking to sell itself, report
PayPal might not be looking to sell itself, report PayPal may not be in talks to be acquired, sources have told Semafor, after a previous news report that Stripe was…
Google paid startup Form Energy $1B for its massive 100-hour battery
Google paid startup Form Energy $1B for its massive 100-hour battery The deal paves the way for Form Energy to raise a new funding round before potentially going public next…
So, we’re getting Prada Meta AI glasses, right?
So, we’re getting Prada Meta AI glasses, right? Mark Zuckerberg was at Prada's fashion week event in Milan, leaving everyone to wonder if we're getting Meta AI glasses under the…
Sophia Space raises $10M seed to demo novel space computers
Sophia Space raises $10M seed to demo novel space computers The company's modular computer tiles offer a new vision for space data centers. The company's modular computer tiles offer a…
Memory shortage could cause the biggest smartphone shipments dip in over a decade
Memory shortage could cause the biggest smartphone shipments dip in over a decade IDC says phone makers will ship only 1.12 billion smartphones as compared to 1.26 billion last year…
Mistral AI inks a deal with global consulting giant Accenture
Mistral AI inks a deal with global consulting giant Accenture Mistral AI lands a partnership with Accenture, the consultant that has also recently announced partnerships with rivals OpenAI and Anthropic.…