Tech Meme

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Triller files for a NYSE IPO after scrapping a $5B SPAC merger in 2021 and a direct listing in 2022; Triller had $47.7M in revenue and a $195.6M loss in 2022  —  Triller has long teased its ambitions to go public, and now, the short form video platform seems to on its way to an IPO. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Krystal Hu / Reuters: CoreWeave, which offers Nvidia GPUs in the cloud, raised $2.3B in debt, collateralized by Nvidia chips; CoreWeave has raised $421M in equity so far in 2023  —  Specialized cloud provider CoreWeave has raised $2.3 billion in a debt facility led by Magnetar Capital and Blackstone (BX.N) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kris Holt / Engadget: Google expands its privacy tools, including to alert users when their personal info appears in Search and to remove consensual explicit images from Search  —  The company will soon blur explicit imagery in results by default too.  —  Google has announced several updates to Search aimed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mia Sato / The Verge: Patreon temporarily disables Payoneer payments after some creators were unable to access their earnings and some subscriber payments are flagged as fraudulent  —  Two simultaneous issues with payments on Patreon are causing problems for both creators and fans. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times: German chipmaker Infineon plans to spend a further €5B to build more capacity in Malaysia, for a €7B total investment, to capitalize on growing EV chips demand  —  German chipmaker announces investment but pressure on existing automotive business leads to share price fall Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Triller files for a US IPO after unsuccessfully trying to go public via a $5B SPAC merger in 2021; in 2022, Triller had $47.7M in revenue and a loss of $195.6M  —  Triller has long teased its ambitions to go public, and now, the short form video platform seems to on its way to an IPO. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Krystal Hu / Reuters: CoreWeave, a specialized cloud service for GPU workloads, raised a $2.3B debt facility collateralized by Nvidia chips; CoreWeave raised $421M in equity in 2023  —  Specialized cloud provider CoreWeave has raised $2.3 billion in a debt facility led by Magnetar Capital and Blackstone (BX.N) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: IBM, HuggingFace, and NASA release an open-source geospatial foundation model to build climate and Earth science AIs that can track deforestation and more  —  The open-source model will serve as the basis for future forest, crop and climate change-monitoring AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram launches a feature to protect users from unwanted images and videos in DMs: users are limited to one text-only request to those they don’t follow  —  Instagram is launching a new feature that is designed to better protect users from unwanted images and videos in DMs, the company announced on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Miami-based Lula, which offers insurance products to car sharing, trucking, and other industries, raised a $35.5M Series B, following an $18M Series A in 2021  —  Lula, a startup which aims to be the ‘Stripe for insurance,’ has raised $35.5 million in a Series B funding round after experiencing a massive surge in customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme