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Autonomous drone manufacturer Skydio, used by the Ukrainian military, raised $230M at a $2.2B valuation and plans to expand its manufacturing facility 10-fold (Lizette Chapman/Bloomberg) 27-02-2023

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Autonomous drone manufacturer Skydio, used by the Ukrainian military, raised $230M at a $2.2B valuation and plans to expand its manufacturing facility 10-fold  —  Skydio Inc. is known for selling drones to tech heads seeking expensive selfies — but the company also has hundreds of customers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Snap plans to release a Snapchat chatbot, called “My AI”, powered by OpenAI's ChatGPT, pinned to the app's chat tab, available initially to Plus subscribers (Alex Heath/The Verge) 27-02-2023

Alex Heath / The Verge: Snap plans to release a Snapchat chatbot, called “My AI”, powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, pinned to the app’s chat tab, available initially to Plus subscribers  —  Snapchat is introducing a chatbot powered by the latest version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Lees verder op Tech Meme

To achieve its chip moonshot, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the US must reform its education system and triple graduates in chip-related fields by 2032 (Rana Foroohar/Financial Times) 27-02-2023

Rana Foroohar / Financial Times: To achieve its chip moonshot, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the US must reform its education system and triple graduates in chip-related fields by 2032  —  To build a domestic industry, the US must reform how it teaches its workforce  —  In the decade following US President John F … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Of the 2,000 exhibitors and sponsors at MWC Barcelona, 150 are Chinese companies and Huawei has the biggest presence, expanding its footprint by 50% over 2022 (Kelvin Chan/Associated Press) 27-02-2023

Kelvin Chan / Associated Press: Of the 2,000 exhibitors and sponsors at MWC Barcelona, 150 are Chinese companies and Huawei has the biggest presence, expanding its footprint by 50% over 2022  —  1 of 12  —  A contingent of Chinese companies led by technology giant Huawei is turning the world’s biggest wireless trade fair … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Source: Esther Crawford, who has become one of the most influential leaders at Twitter after Musk's takeover, is out as chief executive of Twitter Payments (Zoë Schiffer/@zoeschiffer) 26-02-2023

Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer: Source: Esther Crawford, who has become one of the most influential leaders at Twitter after Musk’s takeover, is out as chief executive of Twitter Payments  —  Just got confirmation that Esther Crawford, chief executive of Twitter Payments, is out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

UK-based Flock, which uses real-time data to insure commercial vehicle fleets for Amazon, Jaguar Land Rover, and others, raised a $38M Series A led by Octopus (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch) 27-02-2023

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: UK-based Flock, which uses real-time data to insure commercial vehicle fleets for Amazon, Jaguar Land Rover, and others, raised a $38M Series A led by Octopus  —  It’s only human nature.  If you tell a driver their insurance premium will go down if they drive more safely, then – it turns out – they will probably drive more safely. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cloud security and visibility startup Wiz raised a $300M Series D led by Lightspeed at a $10B valuation, up from $6B in October 2021 after raising $250M (Meir Orbach/CTech) 27-02-2023

Meir Orbach / CTech: Cloud security and visibility startup Wiz raised a $300M Series D led by Lightspeed at a $10B valuation, up from $6B in October 2021 after raising $250M  —  The Israeli startup said that it will not hold any of the funds in Israel due to the impending judicial coup Lees verder op Tech Meme

Source: Esther Crawford, who has become one of the most influential leaders at Twitter after Musk's takeover, is out as chief executive of Twitter Payments (Zoë Schiffer/@zoeschiffer) 26-02-2023

Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer: Source: Esther Crawford, who has become one of the most influential leaders at Twitter after Musk’s takeover, is out as chief executive of Twitter Payments  —  Just got confirmation that Esther Crawford, chief executive of Twitter Payments, is out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

After a string of high-profile setbacks, the White House and FTC are finding breaking up Big Tech is hard, as Google lawyers up ahead of its court battle (Washington Post) 27-02-2023

Washington Post: After a string of high-profile setbacks, the White House and FTC are finding breaking up Big Tech is hard, as Google lawyers up ahead of its court battle  —  Google is hiring teams of former DOJ lawyers to fight antitrust lawsuits as the battle over tech firms’ power shifts to the courts Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Dude Perfect on YouTube, as its five founders look to build a theme park; a source says Dude Perfect's 2022 revenue was ~$25M, up from ~$20M in 2021 (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal) 27-02-2023

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: A look at Dude Perfect on YouTube, as its five founders look to build a theme park; a source says Dude Perfect’s 2022 revenue was ~$25M, up from ~$20M in 2021  —  The five friends found fame making basketball trick shots and now hope fans can try similar antics at a theme park they would call Dude Perfect World Lees verder op Tech Meme