Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Redpanda, which offers companies AI-powered data analytics tools, raised a $100M Series D led by GV, with participation from Lightspeed, at a $1B valuation  —  Lightspeed Venture Partners also participated in the deal, which Redpanda announced Thursday.  The funding doubles the startup’s valuation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Moneycontrol: Nasscom-Zinnov: Indian tech startup funding surged 23% YoY to $7.4B in 2024, with the number of deals up 27% YoY and newly founded startups more than doubling  —  DeepTech startup funding increased by 78%, reaching $1.6 billion, while deal volume surged by 24%.  —  Representative image. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Annmarie Hordern / Bloomberg: President Trump reiterates he’s open to tariff relief for China if it approves the sale of TikTok’s US operations; the app faces an April 5 divestment deadline  —  President Donald Trump said he was open to reducing his tariffs if other nations were able to offer something “phenomenal,” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Meta antitrust case is the first major test of President Trump’s FTC and its chair Andrew Ferguson, a Big Tech critic; Meta is exploring a possible settlement  —  Mark Zuckerberg steps up lobbying effort with antitrust regulator set to signal its approach to Big Tech Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Midjourney begins rolling out V7, its first new AI image model in nearly a year with a “totally different architecture”, a week after OpenAI’s new image tool  —  Midjourney, one of the earliest AI image-generating services on the web, has released its first new AI image model in nearly a year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Economic Times: Bengaluru-based Scapia, which offers a travel-focused credit card and a travel app, raised a $40M Series B led by Peak XV, bringing its total funding to $72M  —  Travel-focused fintech Scapia, founded by ex-Flipkart executive Anil Goteti, raised $40 million in funding led by Peak XV Partners. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: US officials say NSA director and Cyber Command head Timothy Haugh was fired on April 3, along with his deputy Wendy Noble  —  The director of the NSA, the powerful wiretapping and cyber espionage service, was fired Thursday, according to U.S. officials.  —  just now Lees verder op Tech Meme