Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: OpenAI has spent months talking about potential commercial deals for Sora with film studios, who are worried about how their data may be used and more  —  – Startup has met with Hollywood studios about commercial deals  — Studios worry about business implications of new technology Lees verder op Tech Meme

Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman poaches three Google DeepMind former colleagues, including two who built NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews and worked on Astra  —  Rival companies in fierce battle for talent in race to build powerful artificial intelligence ‘agents’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman poaches three Google DeepMind former colleagues, including two who built NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews and worked on Astra  —  Rival companies in fierce battle for talent in race to build powerful artificial intelligence ‘agents’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based payments startup Cashfree raised a $53M Series C led by Krafton, bringing its total funding to nearly $100M, a source says at a $700M valuation  —  Cashfree, an Indian payments startup that facilitates and processes more than $80 billion for its customers each year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: Former Google engineer Linwei Ding faces new charges of economic espionage by the US DOJ for allegedly stealing trade secrets to boost China’s AI industry  —  Linwei Ding, who was indicted in March, now faces seven counts of economic espionage along with seven counts of theft of trade secrets under … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman poaches three Google DeepMind former colleagues, including two who built NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews and worked on Astra  —  Rival companies in fierce battle for talent in race to build powerful artificial intelligence ‘agents’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Max Goldbart / Deadline: Ampere predicts streamers will outspend commercial broadcasters on content for the first time in 2025, and overall content spend will rise 0.4% YoY to $248B  —  For the first time this year the streamers will spend more on content than commercial broadcasters. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Alphabet expects 2025 capex of ~$75B, vs. ~$58B est., and reports Google Cloud Q4 revenue up 30% YoY to $11.96B, vs. $12.16B est.; GOOG drops 7%+ after hours  —  Alphabet (GOOGL.O) said on Tuesday it will spend $75 billion on its AI buildout this year, 29% more than Wall Street expected … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samantha Subin / CNBC: Alphabet expects to invest about $75 billion in capital expenditures in 2025 … Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is planning another big year of spending as it continues to build out its artificial intelligence tools and core businesses.  —  “We are confident about the opportunities ahead … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Welch / The Verge: Sources: Sonos will release an Android-based streaming box in the coming months, priced between $200 and $400, that combines content from Netflix, Max, and more  —  After the most tumultuous nine months in Sonos’ history, the brand is trying to find its footing again. Lees verder op Tech Meme