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London-based SumUp, which offers payments and other financial services to ~4M SMBs, raised €285M at a valuation higher than its $8.5B valuation in June 2022 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) 11-12-2023

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: London-based SumUp, which offers payments and other financial services to ~4M SMBs, raised €285M at a valuation higher than its $8.5B valuation in June 2022  —  SumUp — the fintech that provides payments and related services to some 4 million small businesses in Europe … Lees verder op Tech Meme

London-based crypto derivatives trading platform Global Futures and Options, or GFO-X, raised a $30M series B led by M&G Investments (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg) 11-12-2023

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: London-based crypto derivatives trading platform Global Futures and Options, or GFO-X, raised a $30M series B led by M&G Investments  —  – M&G’s investment was part of a funding round for GFO-X  — Funding was provided through its Prudential With-Profits Fund Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paris-based Mistral AI has raised €385M, or about $415M, from investors including a16z and Lightspeed; sources say the deal values the 22-person startup at ~$2B (Cade Metz/New York Times) 10-12-2023

Cade Metz / New York Times: Paris-based Mistral AI has raised €385M, or about $415M, from investors including a16z and Lightspeed; sources say the deal values the 22-person startup at ~$2B  —  The company has publicly released its latest technology so people can build their own chatbots. Lees verder op Tech Meme

London-based SumUp, which offers payments and other financial services to ~4M SMBs, raised €285M at a valuation higher than its $8.5B valuation in June 2022 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) 11-12-2023

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: London-based SumUp, which offers payments and other financial services to ~4M SMBs, raised €285M at a valuation higher than its $8.5B valuation in June 2022  —  SumUp — the fintech that provides payments and related services to some 4 million small businesses in Europe … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Apple caused Beeper Mini's outage, which began on December 8, “to protect our users by blocking techniques that exploit fake credentials” to access iMessage (David Pierce/The Verge) 10-12-2023

David Pierce / The Verge: Apple caused Beeper Mini’s outage, which began on December 8, “to protect our users by blocking techniques that exploit fake credentials” to access iMessage  —  A few days after the team at Beeper proudly announced a way for users to send blue-bubble iMessages directly … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources detail what happened at OpenAI before and after Sam Altman's firing; some board members believed that Altman was trying to pit them against each other (New York Times) 10-12-2023

New York Times: Sources detail what happened at OpenAI before and after Sam Altman’s firing; some board members believed that Altman was trying to pit them against each other  —  Split over the leadership of Sam Altman, board members and executives turned on one another.  Their brawl exposed the cracks at the heart of the A.I. movement. Lees verder op Tech Meme

X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones, after Elon Musk conducted a 24-hour poll, resulting in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring Jones' account (Associated Press) 10-12-2023

Associated Press: X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones, after Elon Musk conducted a 24-hour poll, resulting in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring Jones’ account  —  Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at the Effective Accelerationism movement, which argues for open sourcing AI tools, says AI's benefits far outweigh its harms, and opposes AI regulation (Kevin Roose/New York Times) 10-12-2023

Kevin Roose / New York Times: A look at the Effective Accelerationism movement, which argues for open sourcing AI tools, says AI’s benefits far outweigh its harms, and opposes AI regulation  —  The eccentric pro-tech movement known as “Effective Accelerationism” wants to unshackle powerful A.I., and party along the way. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paris-based Mistral AI has raised €385M, or about $415M, from investors including a16z and Lightspeed; sources say the deal values the 22-person startup at ~$2B (Cade Metz/New York Times) 10-12-2023

Cade Metz / New York Times: Paris-based Mistral AI has raised €385M, or about $415M, from investors including a16z and Lightspeed; sources say the deal values the 22-person startup at ~$2B  —  The company has publicly released its latest technology so people can build their own chatbots. Lees verder op Tech Meme