Amazon Hires Adept Cofounders, Licenses Its Tech, Mirroring Microsoft-Inflection
The deal appears similar to Microsoft’s $650 million agreement with AI startup Inflection.
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Benchmark Plots New $425 Million Fund
Benchmark's recent investments include AI startups HeyGen and Sierra.
SEC Sues Consensys For Violating Securities Law
SEC alleges MetaMask is an unregistered securities broker
Webtoon Jumps 9% in IPO
The app hosts vertically scrolled comics made by professional and amateur creators creators.
OpenAI Sales of Conversational AI Models Passed $1 Billion Annual Rate
OpenAI revenue from its application programming interface surpassed Microsoft's revenue from a similar product.
SpaceX Tender Values Company Near $210 Billion
The new valuation is a record for a private American company.
Oracle Says a TikTok Ban Would Hurt Cloud Business
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is one of Oracle’s largest cloud customers.
State Street, Galaxy to Jointly Develop New Digital Assets ETFs
New ETFs will offer exposure to digital asset companies
Mercury Customer Emails Caught Up In Evolve Cyber Attack
Startup neobank Mercury has warned customers that their information may have been compromised in a cyber attack.
Amazon Market Capitalization Hits $2 Trillion For First Time
The milestone puts Amazon alongside Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft and Google, all of which have a market value of at least $2 trillion.
Amazon Plans Discount Section to Counter Temu, Shein
Shares of Temu parent PDD Holdings, fell more than 2% immediately after The Information’s report, while shares of Etsy fell 1%.
VW To Invest Up to $5 billion Into Rivian
Rivian continues to lose money heavily and the VW partnership will give it a cash infusion to strengthen its balance sheet.
YouTube Is Reportedly in Talks with Record Labels to License Music for New AI Tools
YouTube is hoping to launch a new AI-based song generator this year. It's offering cash to labels and artists to use their music to train the software.
Jana Partners Takes a Stake in Cybersecurity Firm Rapid7
Thoma Bravo offered to buy Rapid7 last year but the two sides weren't able to agree on a price.
Apple Rejected Proposals to Integrate Meta’s AI Assistant Into Apple Products
Apple chose not to proceed with Meta in part because it doesn’t believe Meta’s privacy practices are stringent enough, Bloomberg reported.
Thrive Capital Invests in Indie Film Studio A24
Thrive Capital founder Josh Kushner will join A24's board of directors.
OpenAI Takes Further Steps to Block Developers’ Access in China
The move comes at a time when the U.S. government has been stepping up its efforts to limit China’s access to advanced U.S. technology.
Waymo’s San Francisco Robotaxi Service Becomes Widely Available
The expansion means that Waymo is getting closer to competing nationwide with Uber and Lyft.
Stability Suppliers to Forgive $400 Million in Bailout
Along with a cash injection, Stability's new investors have arranged for cloud providers to forgive some debt.
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