Tech Meme

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: In backing Trump, effective accelerationists like Musk and Andreessen got a “Decel-in-Chief”, who instigated a brain drain and tariffs that hurt tech companies  —  In October of 2023, Marc Andreessen, founder of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Miami-based remittance startup Felix Pago, which uses stablecoins and handled $1B+ in money transfers via WhatsApp in 2024, raised a $75M Series B led by QED  —  Remittance startup Felix Pago raised $75 million in a Series B round led by QED Investors as it looks to expand operations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Analysis: President Trump has claimed credit for tech companies pledging $1.4T+ in US spending so far, but many of the plans aren’t new and not all will happen  —  Business leaders have pledged at least $1.6 trillion in US spending since Trump was elected to a second term as president. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Joel Kaplan says Meta’s US fact-checking program will be over by Monday, and Community Notes will start appearing on Facebook, Threads, and Instagram  —  Meta will no longer have any fact-checkers in the U.S. come Monday, according to chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan. Lees verder op Tech Meme

404 Media: In backing Trump, effective accelerationists like Musk and Andreessen got a “Decel-in-Chief”, who instigated a brain drain and tariffs that hurt tech companies  —  Effective accelerationists didn’t just accidentally shoot themselves in the foot. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Miami-based Felix Pago, which uses stablecoins for cross-border remittances and handled $1B+ of transfers via WhatsApp in 2024, raised $75M Series B led by QED  —  Remittance startup Felix Pago raised $75 million in a Series B round led by QED Investors as it looks to expand operations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Fareed Sahloul / Bloomberg: Sources: StubHub, Klarna, eToro, and adtech group MNTN have paused their IPO plans as President Trump’s trade war upends the global economy and public markets  —  Billions of dollars worth of acquisitions and initial public offerings are on hold as Donald Trump’s trade war upends the global economy … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Effie Webb / Business Insider: Leaked docs show Outlier and Scale AI use freelancers to write prompts about suicide, abuse, and terrorism to stress-test AI, urging creativity but banning CSAM  —  – BI obtained training docs showing how freelancers stress-test AI with “harmful” prompts.  — Outlier and Scale AI use freelancers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Analysis: tech companies have pledged at least $1.4T in US spending since Trump was elected, although many of the plans aren’t new and not all will be fulfilled  —  Business leaders have pledged at least $1.6 trillion in US spending since Trump was elected to a second term as president. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Crunchbase: global VC funding reached $113B in Q1 2025, up 54% YoY, buoyed by OpenAI’s $40B deal; PitchBook says 77% of US deal value in Q1 2025 went to AI  —  New reports out today from Crunchbase Inc. and PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor reveal that global venture capital rebounded sharply … Lees verder op Tech Meme