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Glean, a developer of search chatbots for businesses, is in talks with investors to potentially raise hundreds of millions of dollars in new financing, including money to buy out employee shares in a tender offer, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
The six-year-old startup’s potential valuation in the deal couldn’t be learned, but based on recent revenue growth and gross profit margins, the figure could be roughly $7 billion, based on comparable deals and its valuation multiple on forwa
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Colonel Susannah Meyers was removed from her position after a "loss of confidence in her ability to lead," Space Operations Command said. Read more ›
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For the last three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a "mega API," WIRED has learned. Read more ›
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Millions of people tuned in to watch Elon Musk play video games from his private jet while testing his Starlink internet service. Read more ›
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Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy look to the power of recent franchises as the Man of Steel prepares to return. Read more ›
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Online sellers are responding to President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements by tacking on checkout fees—some with cheeky names—or planning to do so. At the same time, sellers are gaming out exactly how much to increase their list prices and when, based on fast-evolving trade policies and competitive pressures. Jolie Skin Co, a New York–based showerhead seller that makes its products in China, is planning to hike prices once final tariffs... Read more ›
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Trump’s aggressive trade moves mean every U.S. tech company, large and small, now faces threats to its business. A pullback in e-commerce and ad spending could hammer Amazon and Meta Platforms, and general macroeconomic malaise could hurt cloud computing growth. Less obvious threats, however, are brewing as a global trade war intensifies. EU retaliation aimed at digital services could hurt U.S. tech companies across the board, for instance. Another question... Read more ›
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Creators are staring down what they say is a growing threat: artificial intelligence-powered searches cutting into their lucrative product recommendations. More people are turning to AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity to search the web for information and shopping inspiration, and Google has started adding more AI-powered features to its search, such as quick summaries of answers that appear at the top of a search results page called AI Overviews.... Read more ›
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Before we get to tariffs, we wanted to make sure you saw Stephanie and Jessica’s scoop on OpenAI discussing acquiring a startup created by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and ex-iPhone designer Jony Ive to develop a personal artificial intelligence device. Although Altman isn’t technically classified as a cofounder of the startup, io Products, the potential deal immediately drew comparisons with Elon Musk’s xAI buying Elon Musk’s X.On to the news…President... Read more ›
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OpenAI in recent weeks discussed acquiring a startup its CEO Sam Altman has been working on with ex-Apple designer Jony Ive’s studio to develop an artificial intelligence-powered personal device, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal talks. They are also discussing partnership options beyond a full acquisition, one of the people said. Read more ›
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ByteDance’s revenue from international operations, which are primarily TikTok, rose 63% to $39 billion in 2024, said a person with knowledge of the company’s financials. The international revenue accounted for a quarter of ByteDance’s total last year, the highest it has ever been, as growth in the company’s Chinese operations slowed. The results highlight how much the Chinese tech giant has riding on the future of TikTok’s U.S. operations, which... Read more ›
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A nonprofit is trying to bring more legal rigor to the creator economy. Creators Guild of America is releasing a legal document for creators that outlines basic protections for their deals with brands, social platforms and agencies. It aims to provide a standard for the industry, covering topics including timely payments and how a creator's content can be reused or repurposed, including by artificial intelligence systems. Read more ›
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Is your seatbelt still holding? Monday’s ups and downs in the stock market would be enough to give anyone whiplash. The good news, for tech investors at least, is that things weren’t all bad. Quite a few stocks went up, including Nvidia, Amazon, Meta Platforms and Broadcom. The biggest losers included Apple, down 3.7%, and Tesla, down 2.6%, which as sellers of actual stuff—phones and cars—are more obviously exposed to... Read more ›
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Craft Ventures, the eight-year-old venture firm co-founded by White House adviser David Sacks, last week laid off half a dozen employees who were largely involved in recruiting professionals for startups it backs, a spokesperson confirmed. It made the changes as the firm’s investors have shifted their focus to later-stage investments from very early-stage investments, according to a person with direct knowledge of the changes. Jeff Fluhr, co-founder of the firm,... Read more ›
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Large language models have a lot of great applications but a few bad ones as well: for instance, they help criminals launch targeted cyberattacks faster than they previously did. In the year after ChatGPT was released, the number of sites found to be “phishing,” or trying to convince victims to disclose their ID and payment credentials, increased 138% to 5 million, according to consultancy McKinsey & Co. While that’s bad... Read more ›
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