Reuters: Sources: Micron has told US customers that it plans to impose a surcharge on some products like SSDs from April 9 to account for President Trump’s new tariffs  —  U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology (MU.O) has told U.S. customers it plans to impose a surcharge on some products from Wednesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Amazon launches Nova Sonic, which can generate natural-sounding speech and that it claims is “the most cost-efficient” AI voice model on the market, via Bedrock  —  On Tuesday, Amazon debuted a new generative AI model, Nova Sonic, capable of natively processing voice and generating natural-sounding speech. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Blackbird Labs, which makes a blockchain-based payment loyalty app for ~1,000 restaurants, raised $50M led by Spark Capital, taking its total funding to $85M  —  A founder who has carved out a name for himself building products to help restaurants connect better with would-be diners … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Transcarent, which offers a medical concierge app service for businesses, completes its ~$621M acquisition of digital health company Accolade, taking it private  —  Digital health startup Transcarent on Tuesday announced it completed its acquisition of Accolade in a deal valued at roughly $621 million. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: a16z seeks to raise a $20B megafund for growth-stage investments in AI companies; global LPs see it as a way to invest in US firms without restrictions  —  Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is seeking to raise about $20 billion in what will be the largest fund in its history … Lees verder op Tech Meme