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Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Seattle-based Gable, which develops enterprise data coordination tech, raised a $20M Series A led by Crane Venture Partners, taking its total funding to $27M  —  GeekWire’s startup coverage documents the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial scene.  Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: Qualcomm says it is weighing an acquisition offer for Alphawave, which has a ~$1.3B market cap and makes high-speed chip and connectivity tech  —  The San Diego-based chip firm will have to make a decision about whether to make an offer by April 29 to comply with the UK’s takeover rules, Qualcomm said in a statement on Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Indian investment bank The Rainmaker Group says 36+ Indian tech startups like Flipkart and PhonePe with a combined $100B valuation are set to go public by 2027  —  – Investment bank Rainmaker sees India IPOs picking up pace  — IPOs in India have lost steam this year as stocks have dropped Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexander Maxham / Android Headlines: Leaked Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold renders show a design similar to its predecessor; sources: the 10 Pro Fold will feature a TSMC-made Tensor G5 chip and 16GB RAM  —  Update: We’ve updated this article with the dimensions of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. … After having released renders of the Google Pixel 10 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clive Cookson / Financial Times: Researchers detail a new AI-powered Probability of Fire model, which they say could outperform the conventional danger forecasts used by wildfire trackers  —  New model takes into account weather forecasts as well as other factors such as levels of flammable vegetation and human activity Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: Qualcomm says it is weighing an acquisition offer for Alphawave, which has a market cap of ~$1.3B and makes high-speed semiconductor and connectivity technology  —  The San Diego-based chip firm will have to make a decision about whether to make an offer by April 29 to comply with the UK’s takeover rules … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: UMC, Taiwan’s second-largest chipmaker, opened a $5B plant in Singapore featuring 22nm and 28nm manufacturing technology; mass production won’t start until 2026  —  TAIPEI — Taiwan’s second-largest chipmaker, United Microelectronics Corp., on Tuesday opened a $5 billion plant that it describes as the … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Arm decided not to pursue a deal after recently seeking to acquire Alphawave, a UK-listed supplier of semiconductor IP that is exploring a sale  —  SoftBank-owned chip tech provider Arm Holdings (O9Ty.F) recently sought to acquire UK-based Alphawave (AWE.L) to secure a crucial technology … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Qualcomm acquires the generative AI division of Vietnamese startup VinAI, following the acquisition of German AI and IoT company Edge Impulse in early March  —  Qualcomm has acquired the generative AI division of VinAI, an AI research company headquartered in Hanoi, for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced on Monday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adrian Zmudzinski / Cointelegraph: Bybit shutters its NFT marketplace, following a similar decision by NFT marketplace X2Y2; Token Terminal: daily NFT trading volume has dropped 70% YoY to $5.34M  —  Bybit is shutting down its NFT and inscription marketplaces on April 8, 2025, as part of a broader strategy to streamline its offerings amid declining market interest. Lees verder op Tech Meme