New York Times: OpenAI’s board rejects the $97.4B bid by Elon Musk and a consortium of investors, saying they reject “Musk’s latest attempt to disrupt his competition” — Bret Taylor, the chairman of OpenAI’s board, said the artificial intelligence company was “not for sale.” Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Sources: humanoid robot startup Figure is in talks to raise $1.5B led by Align Ventures and Parkway VC at a $39.5B valuation, up from $2.6B in February 2024 — Backed by OpenAI and Microsoft, Figure is discussing a $1.5 billion funding round. … The deal is set to be led by Align Ventures … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jordan Novet / CNBC: Filing: Trump Media reports 2024 revenue down 12% YoY to $3.6M and a $400M net loss, up from $58.2M in 2023; the company has a $6.6B market cap — Trump Media & Technology Group shares were down about 1% in extended trading on Friday after the operator of Truth Social released its 2024 results. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Molly White / Citation Needed: How crypto companies like Coinbase co-opted legitimate concerns about “debanking” to fight regulation, threatening to derail meaningful progress on the issue — Listen to me read this post here (not an AI-generated voice!), subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Filing: Anthropic asks a court to nix a DOJ remedy that would block Google from investing in AI startups, saying it would harm Anthropic and the competition — – DOJ proposed sale of Chrome browser to remedy illegal monopoly — Google has invested at least $3 billion in Anthropic Lees verder op Tech Meme
Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal: Uber sues DoorDash, accusing it of anticompetitive practices like coercing restaurants to exclusively work with DoorDash for parts of their delivery business — Lawsuit accuses DoorDash of strong-arm tactics that inflate restaurants’ costs; DoorDash disputes Uber’s allegations Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Italy accuses Amazon of evading €1.2B in VAT payments; sources: the claim is linked to the sale of goods from China and other non-EU countries from 2019 to 2021 — Tech giant hit by total claim worth €3bn amid investigation over sale of goods from non-EU countries including China Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Italy accuses Amazon of evading €1.2B in VAT payments; sources: the claim is linked to the sale of goods from China and other non-EU countries from 2019 to 2021 — Tech giant hit by total claim worth €3bn amid investigation over sale of goods from non-EU countries including China Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple’s overhaul of Siri faces engineering problems and software bugs; some features, planned for April, may have to be postponed until May or later — – Software’s makeover is key to Apple Intelligence ambitions — New Siri features slated for April at risk of being postponed Lees verder op Tech Meme
Cade Metz / New York Times: OpenAI’s board rejects the $97.4B bid by Elon Musk and a consortium of investors, saying they reject “Musk’s latest attempt to disrupt his competition” — Bret Taylor, the chairman of OpenAI’s board, said the artificial intelligence company was “not for sale.” Lees verder op Tech Meme