Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Elon Musk’s $97.4B OpenAI offer could force OpenAI’s board to reassess how it is valuing the nonprofit, which could cost Sam Altman even though he rejected it  —  Unsolicited bid could set a new value for the ChatGPT maker’s assets during its transformation to a for-profit company Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Sydney-based Harrison.ai, which uses AI to analyze CT scans, X-rays, and pathology slides, raised a $112M Series C, after a ~$92.3M Series B in November 2021  —  Medical imaging is crucial for the timely identification of serious diseases like cancer.  However, manual interpretation of scans is a time-intensive process. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: SMIC reports Q4 profit down 38% YoY to $107.6M, below $193.5 est., revenue up 32% YoY to $2.2B, above $2.18B est., and $7.33B capex in 2024, vs. $4.5B in 2021  —  Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (0981.HK), China’s largest contract chipmaker, reported a 38.4% year-on-year fall in fourth-quarter profit. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Liv McMahon / BBC: The US and the UK did not join France, China, India, and other countries in signing an international AI agreement in Paris, without explaining their reasons  —  The UK and US have not signed an international agreement on artificial intelligence (AI) at a global summit in Paris. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: At the AI Action Summit in Paris, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the bloc plans to mobilize €200B to invest in AI to catch the US and China  —  The announcement underscores efforts from the EU to position itself as a key player in the AI race Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Dublin-based Tines, which uses AI to automate tasks in cybersecurity and other business operations, raised $125M at a $1.13B valuation, up from $600M in 2024  —  – Business software company raised $125 million from investors … The deal boosted Tines’ valuation by more than 80% from its previous value of $600 million last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gloria Li / Financial Times: Chinese EV maker BYD unveils a “God’s Eye” self-driving system and aims to install it on its entire lineup, including its ~$9,600 Seagull hatchback  —  Tesla rival will equip hatchback on sale for less than $10,000 with features usually found only on upscale vehicles Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rishi Kant / Reuters: Boston-based QuEra Computing, which is developing neutral-atom quantum computing to help scale systems, raised $230M+ from Google’s Quantum AI unit and others  —  QuEra Computing said on Tuesday the neutral-atom quantum firm has completed a funding round in excess of $230 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: At the AI Action Summit in Paris, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the bloc plans to mobilize €200B to invest in AI to catch the US and China  —  The announcement underscores efforts from the EU to position itself as a key player in the AI race Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Google Calendar removes Pride month, Black History Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and other events, saying it wasn’t “scalable or sustainable” to keep them  —  Google says it switched to only showing default entries for public holidays and national observances last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme