Tech Meme

Stephen Pastis / Forbes: Highnote, which offers businesses a card-issuing software, raised a $90M Series B led by Adams Street Partners, a source says at a $750M+ valuation  —  The San Francisco company raised $90 million.  It aims to combine the different payments services offered by Stripe and Marqeta into one platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle announce The Stargate Project, a JV to invest in US AI infrastructure, committing $100B now and up to $500B in the next four years  —  OpenAI says that it will team up with both the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and with Oracle, along with others, to build multiple data centers for AI in the U.S. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Tencent unveils Hunyuan3D 2.0, an AI system that turns single images or text prompts into 3D models in seconds, and open sources it on HuggingFace and GitHub  —  Tencent has unveiled “Hunyuan3D 2.0,” an AI system that turns single images or text descriptions into detailed 3D models within seconds. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft says it has a new deal with OpenAI that gives Microsoft “right of first refusal”, meaning it’s no longer OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider  —  Microsoft was once the exclusive provider of data center infrastructure for OpenAI to train and run its AI models.  No longer. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg: MrBeast joins an investor group led by Employer.com founder Jesse Tinsley in an all-cash bid to acquire TikTok US operations; several groups have shown interest  —  – YouTube star is part of investor group run by Jesse Tinsley  — TikTok has less than three months to sell or face a US ban Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Netflix reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to $10.2B and 301.6M global subs, adding 18.9M subs, more than doubling Wall Street estimates; NFLX jumps 13%+ after hours  —  – Netflix is raising subscription prices in its biggest market  — Report marks the end of regular quarterly customer updates Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Tencent unveils Hunyuan3D 2.0, an AI system that turns single images or text prompts into 3D models in seconds, and open sources it on HuggingFace and GitHub  —  Tencent has unveiled “Hunyuan3D 2.0,” an AI system that turns single images or text descriptions into detailed 3D models within seconds. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Drew Lerner / Awful Announcing: Nielsen: Netflix captured 8.5% of all US streaming viewership in December 2024, its highest share since July 2023, in part due to NFL games; YouTube had 11.1%  —  Netflix’s Christmas Day NFL experiment seems to have paid off.  —  According to data released by Nielsen’s “The Gauge” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

MK Manoylov / The Block: Crypto.com launches its institutional exchange service for US customers; it had closed the service in June 2023 due to “limited demand”  —  – Crypto.com Exchange gives users access to over 300 cryptocurrencies and 480 trading pairs, acting as a complement to the existing retail-focused Crypto.com App for U.S. customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Netflix reports Q4 revenue of $10.2B, up 16% YoY, an operating income of $2.3B, and 301.6M global subs, adding 18.9M subs, more than doubling Wall St. estimates  —  – Netflix is raising subscription prices in its biggest market  — Report marks the end of regular quarterly customer updates Lees verder op Tech Meme