Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Redpanda, which sells AI-powered data analytics tools, raised a $100M Series D led by GV, with participation from Lightspeed, doubling its 2023 valuation to $1B  —  Lightspeed Venture Partners also participated in the deal, which Redpanda announced Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foreign Affairs: By embracing Trump, Big Tech risks losing access to Europe, pushing Europe to build its own companies and platforms as Chinese companies try to expand to Europe  —  How Silicon Valley Got Entangled in Geopolitics—and Lost  —  Technology companies such as Alphabet, Meta, and OpenAI need to wake up to an unpleasant reality. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Chainalysis: North Korean hackers stole $6B+ in crypto over the past decade and accounted for 60%+ of theft losses in 2024; the regime commands 8,000 hackers  —  More than $6 billion from heists highlights the sophistication of cyber operations funneling cash to Kim Jong Un’s nuclear program Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kalley Huang / The Information: Sources: Meta aims to launch Llama 4 later in April after pushing back its release at least twice due to benchmark underperformance in reasoning and math tasks  —  Last spring, Meta Platforms was on a tear.  It had just released Llama 3, a new generation of its large language model … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: China places some rare earth elements under export restrictions as part of its response to Trump’s tariffs and imposes a 34% retaliatory tariff on US goods  —  China placed some rare earth elements under export restrictions on Friday as part of its sweeping response to President Donald Trump’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme