Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: AltStore, an alt iOS app store coming to the EU thanks to DMA, plans to use a Patreon integration to let developers tie app access to users’ Patreon pledges  —  Apple’s chokehold on the App Store ecosystem for iPhone apps stifles competition, according to the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Apple researchers detail an AI system that can resolve references to elements displayed on a screen, in some cases better than GPT-4 can when given screenshots  —  Apple researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can understand ambiguous references to on-screen entities … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Scott / BetaKit: Canadian payments company Nuvei agrees to be acquired and taken private by private equity firm Advent International in a $6.3B deal  —  Montréal payments company Nuvei has entered into an agreement to be purchased and privatized by American private equity firm Advent International. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Telegram now lets Premium users turn their account into a business account, with options like a custom start page, greeting and away messages, and chatbots  —  Messaging app Telegram is preparing to take on Meta’s WhatsApp and Messenger with a new set of features aimed at businesses as well as support for ad-revenue sharing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Cloud data management startup Rubrik files for a NYSE IPO under the symbol RBRK, reporting a net loss of $354M on revenue of $628M for the year ended January 31  —  – Data security provider says subscription ARR grew by 47%  — Rubrik’s filing follows trading debuts by Reddit, Astera Labs Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hema Parmar / Bloomberg: Sources: Tiger raised ~$2.2B for its latest fund, well short of the $6B target and its smallest fundraising haul in about a decade, after raising a $12.7B fund  —  – Firm told investors in 2022 that it aimed to raise $6 billion  — PIP 16 is dwarfed by previous fund, which raised $12.7 billion Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Trump Media & Technology Group closed down 21% on April 1, wiping out the gains from last week, after disclosing a $58M+ loss on $4.1M in revenue in 2023  —  Shares of Donald Trump’s social media company plunged 21% on Monday, wiping out the gains from its debut last week … Lees verder op Tech Meme