Tech Meme

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Paris-based Pigment, a business planning and forecasting service that integrates with Salesforce and other tools, raised an $88M Series C led by Iconiq Growth  —  Paris-based startup Pigment has raised a Series C round of $88 million — the investment was led by Iconiq Growth. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal: The Cyberspace Administration of China plans tighter controls on file-sharing tools like AirDrop that protestors in China and Hong Kong used in recent years  —  Services enabling instant mass communication without internet access face scrutiny after they were used by protesters Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sequoia’s Roelof Botha says splitting the VC stops the trio from rubbing against one another; sources: China arm manager Neil Shen agitated for a separate unit  —  Silicon Valley VC firm’s lucrative foray into rival nation ends as geopolitical tensions flare up Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: GoTo CEO Andre Soelistyo plans to step down, to be replaced by Northstar partner Patrick Walujo, who aims to tackle years of losses and intensifying competition  —  Indonesian internet company GoTo Group is replacing its chief executive officer, seeking fresh leadership to reverse years of losses and tackle intensifying competition. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma will include Link Tracking Protection in Mail, Messages, and Safari’s private mode to automatically remove tracking parameters in URLs  —  iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma include even more privacy-preserving features while browsing the web.  —  Link Tracking Protection … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Toronto-based NLP and chatbot startup Cohere raised $270M led by Inovia Capital, a source says at a $2.1B to $2.2B valuation, taking its total funding to ~$445M  —  Artificial intelligence startup Cohere has raised $270 million from a mix of venture capital and strategic investors including Oracle Corp … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: The European Commission approves €8B in state subsidies for chip research, adding to €13.7B in private funding for ~€22B in total, as part of the EU’s Chips Act  —  Semiconductor research projects with €8 billion ($8.6 billion) in public funds were approved … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Burgess / Wired: Interviews and surveys: South Korean NGO Pscore details North Koreans’ limited online use, including a days-long approval process for monitored internet access  —  New testimony from defectors reveals pervasive surveillance and monitoring of limited internet connections. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: The European Commission approves €8B in state subsidies for chip research, added to €13.7B in private funding for €22B in total, as part of the EU’s Chips Act  —  Semiconductor research projects with €8 billion ($8.6 billion) in public funds were approved … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Erin Griffith / New York Times: Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic are returning, saying they can’t miss out on the funding, hackathons, and networking of the AI boom  —  Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic say they can’t afford to miss out on the funding … Lees verder op Tech Meme