Anthropic Gets Ready for Startup M&A
Potential M&A targets could help boost Anthropic’s models, products and their underlying tech
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Anthropic Nears $7 Billion in Annualized Revenue
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Meta and Arm Announce New Partnership
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Palmer Luckey’s Erebor Bank Conditionally Approved
The U.S government conditionally approved a bank charter application for Erebor Bank.
Amazon Planning Fresh Layoffs in Consumer Division
The e-commerce giant previously cut large numbers of staff in 2022 and 2023.
European Union Mulls Forced Tech Transfer for Chinese Firms
The discussions are part of the EU’s effort to counter the rapid growth of Chinese imports such as electric vehicles.
Ad agency WPP Commits to Spend $400 million on Google AI
The renewed arrangement allows the two companies to co-develop products together and then take them to market
OpenAI Plans to Allow Erotica for Verified Adult ChatGPT Users
The company seeks to fully roll out age verification features by December
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At Salesforce's annual customer conference, Dreamforce, CEO Marc Benioff talked about how deeper partnerships with the top AI labs will help customers.
Goldman Sachs Warns Of Job Cuts Amid AI Push
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Oracle and AMD Strike New AI Chip Pact
The deal could eventually help the cloud provider negotiate better prices with AMD rival Nvidia.
Walmart Announces It Will Sell Products Through ChatGPT’s Instant Checkout
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Exclusive: Cursor-Maker Anysphere in Talks to Raise $1 Billion at $27 Billion Valuation
Coatue Management and Accel have been in talks to make major investments in Anysphere.
Goldman Sachs Agrees To Buy Industry Ventures for Up to $965 Million
Goldman Sachs said Monday it had agreed to buy Industry Ventures, an investor in private startups and venture funds, in a transaction worth up to $965 million.
AWS’ Custom Chip Now Powers Most of Its Key AI Cloud Service
Amazon Bedrock, a cloud service that Amazon Web Service launched two years ago, is now becoming a showcase for the company's custom chip design efforts.
Apple Rebrands Streaming Service to Apple TV
Apple said the rebrand was part of “a vibrant new identity”
JPMorgan Commits $10 Billion to Strategic US Tech Investments
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Data Startups Fivetran and Dbt Labs Agree to Merge
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