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

Google Online Security Blog: Google announces Sec-Gemini v1, an experimental AI model for cybersecurity, claiming it outperforms others on the leading CTI-MCQ threat intelligence benchmark  —  Today, we’re announcing Sec-Gemini v1, a new experimental AI model focused on advancing cybersecurity AI frontiers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

FinSMEs: Utah-based SchoolAI, an AI-powered teaching and learning platform used in 1M+ classrooms across 80+ countries, raised a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners  —  SchoolAI, a Lehi, UT-based provider of an AI platform for teaching and learning, raised $25M in Series A funding. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anna Tong / Reuters: A US federal judge decides Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will go to a jury trial in spring 2026; Musk and OpenAI agreed to fast-track the trial last month  —  – Billionaire Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will go to a jury trial in spring 2026, the federal judge presiding over the case decided on Friday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signs a law criminalizing the “deceptive and dangerous” creation and sharing of deepfakes, including fake AI nudes of minors  —  When Francesca Mani was 14 years old, boys at her New Jersey high school used nudify apps to target her and other girls. Lees verder op Tech Meme

TechCrunch: SensorTower: users in India have spent $8M on ChatGPT subscriptions through IAP since 2023, not including web app purchases, versus ~$330M spent by US users  —  For years, U.S.-based tech companies have tapped into India’s vast and increasing internet user base for growth.  OpenAI is no exception. Lees verder op Tech Meme