Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg: Austin-based Black Ore, which builds AI tools for the financial services industry, emerges from stealth with a $60M combined Seed and Series A led by a16z  —  Financial technology startup Black Ore is coming out of stealth with a major investment. … Austin-based Black Ore is the latest AI startup … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: An analysis of OpenAI’s DevDay keynote: impressive live demos, the shift from plugins toward GPTs, Microsoft’s role in making GPT-4 Turbo cheaper, and more  —  In 2013, when I started Stratechery, there was no bigger event than the launch of the new iPhone; its only rival was Google I/O … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Cloud monitoring company Datadog’s stock jumps ~30% after reporting Q3 revenue rose 25% YoY to $547.5M, vs. $524M est., and forecasted Q4 sales beat estimates  —  – Datadog surged nearly 30% in Tuesday trading after the company reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings and full-year guidance. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple paused development last week of iOS 18, macOS 15, iPadOS 18, and watchOS 11 to fix bugs and improve performance, and will end the pause this week  —  – Rare move designed to focus on improving quality, performance  — Despite pause, software releases will likely stay on schedule Lees verder op Tech Meme