Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Dublin-based Xocean, which provides ocean data to the energy and hydrography industries using uncrewed surface vessels, raised €115M, taking its total to ~$189M  —  Xocean, an Irish marine robotics startup that provides ocean data to the energy and hydrography industries using uncrewed surface vessels … Lees verder op Tech Meme

George Hammond / Financial Times: Elon Musk calls on California and Delaware AGs to force OpenAI to auction off a large stake in its business; source: OpenAI had no plans for such an auction  —  Latest salvo in legal battle over ChatGPT-maker’s restructuring as a for-profit company  —  A lawyer for Elon Musk has called … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Musk is probing how he and his right-wing allies can go beyond aggressive X posts to destabilize the UK Labour government and remove Keir Starmer as PM  —  Technology billionaire interested in building support for another political party, notably Reform UK Lees verder op Tech Meme