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OpenView Venture Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm that has backed enterprise software firms such as Calendly and Expensify, has laid off most of its staff and will not make new investments, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
The sudden fall of the firm, which employed at least 74 people, according to its website, could be a sign of rising pressure on VC firms to generate returns in an era of higher interest rates and fewer sources of new capital. It will continue to support
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Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 flagship SoC in September at its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii, where it also introduced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 without providing specifics and said it would be launched in 2025. Today, Qualcomm's Chinese branch announced that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC will launch on November 26. The brand didn't reveal the complete specs and features of the Snapdragon 8 Gen... Read more ›
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At Tesla’s annual meeting earlier this month, shareholders showed little enthusiasm for a proposal that the electric vehicle maker invest in one of CEO Elon Musk’s other companies, xAI. But Musk’s revelation at the meeting that Tesla is considering building its own chip fabrication plant signaled another way his two companies could work together. Musk had already discussed plans for such a chip fab internally at Tesla months before the... Read more ›
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Apple’s succession plans for its next chief executive have accelerated, with its board and senior executives preparing for current CEO Tim Cook to step down potentially next year, according to the Financial Times. Any announcement of succession likely won’t happen until after late January when ... Read more ›
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Walt Disney Co. reported flat revenue and slightly lower operating income in the September quarter, as a sharp slump at most of its TV networks offset growth in its streaming business and theme parks operation. Disney stock was trading down 8% on Thursday. Disney’s entertainment ... Read more ›
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OpenAI is trying to turn public opinion against The New York Times in their legal battle. As part of the Times’ copyright infringement lawsuit against the ChatGPT creator, the Times has asked for access to 20 million conversations between users and ChatGPT, a request OpenAI said Wednesday was “ ... Read more ›
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TeraWulf was limping along as a publicly traded bitcoin mining business until AI companies suddenly wanted access to its data centers. Now the cloud startup is at the center of one of the hottest meme-stock trades. Shares in TeraWulf and competing crypto miners have soared in recent months after they struck deals with tech companies desperate for data centers and energy resources to power their AI bets. Anthropic, maker of... Read more ›
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Anthropic plans to invest $50 billion building its own data centers, the first time it has done so, in Texas and New York, the AI startup announced in a blog post on Wednesday. Anthropic said it would partner with London-based cloud startup Fluidstack on the data centers. Anthropic said that the ... Read more ›
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Thinking Machines Lab, the company co-founded by ex-OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, is in talks with potential investors to raise about $5 billion in the startup’s next round of funding, according to a person who spoke with Murati. That target would more than triple the capital the ... Read more ›
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Blockchain.com, a crypto brokerage and wallet provider, is planning to go public next year, the company’s newly named co-chief executive revealed, aiming to list after several volatile years. The company said it promoted its president Lane Kasselman to be co-CEO, alongside its founder and CEO Peter Smith, as part of its listing efforts. Kasselman is a former Uber executive who has worked for the crypto firm for five years. The... Read more ›
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