Emilia David / The Verge: Stability AI debuts Stability AI Membership, with free, $20/month, and custom pricing enterprise tiers, limiting the commercial use of models to the paid tiers  —  Stability AI, the maker of the text-to-image model Stable Diffusion, is now offering a subscription service that standardizes … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Boston-based photonic computing startup Lightmatter added $155M led by GV and Viking to its $154M Series C at a $1.2B valuation, for $420M+ in total funding  —  The AI boom has lifted the startup’s prospects. … Lightmatter said Tuesday that it raised $155 million in a deal led by GV … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: SimSpace, which simulates organizations’ tech and networking stacks for cybersecurity training, raised $45M led by L2 Point, bringing its total funding to $70M  —  SimSpace, a startup that creates digital replicas of organizations’ tech and networking stacks for cybersecurity training … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paige Smith / Bloomberg: Walmart expands its Affirm partnership and says more than 4,500 Walmart stores now offer BNPL options at self-checkout kiosks; AFRM jumps 15%+  —  – Partnership grows to more stores, a self-checkout option  — Affirm building out its presence during in-store transactions Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Flexport co-founder Ryan Petersen on returning as CEO after firing Dave Clark, acquiring Deliverr and Convoy, Amazon, the Vision Fund, growth, and more  —  His replacement got the boot barely a year into the job.  What brought Petersen back? … Today, I’m talking with Ryan Petersen. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meir Orbach / CTech: Okta is acquiring Israeli cybersecurity company Spera, which raised a $10M seed in March 2023; source: the deal is worth ~$100M-$130M, contingent on milestones  —  The American identity and access management giant is making its first purchase in Israel.  Spera, which raised $10 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Interpol: a global law enforcement operation led by South Korea has seized $300M and led to the arrest of 3,500 cybercrime suspects between July and December  —  An international law enforcement operation codenamed ‘Operation HAECHI IV’ has led to the arrest of 3,500 suspects … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft Copilot can now compose songs, due to a new integration with generative AI music app Suno  —  Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot, can now compose songs thanks to an integration with gen AI music app Suno.  —  Users can enter prompts into Copilot like … Lees verder op Tech Meme