Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was among the tech leaders who raised concerns to senior Trump administration officials this week about security risks in Anthropic’s most advanced models, according to two people familiar with the conversations. The calls between the head of Amazon—one of Anthropic’s biggest investors and vendors—and the officials in the last few days helped set in motion the Trump administration’s new export restrictions on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5... Read more ›
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Forget tariffs and the stock market roller coaster just for a moment. As much as Trump’s tariffs pose a worry to tech (as we discussed here and here), a much bigger existential threat is lurking in the background for many app-based companies. And that is artificial intelligence agents, software that enables a chatbot to order a pizza, book a flight or handle various other tasks on behalf of a consumer.... Read more ›
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Charles Hudson’s Precursor Ventures, a nine-year-old firm specializing in writing the first investment checks to nascent startups, just raised $66 million for its fifth fund. That’s 20% less than Hudson raised for his firm’s fourth fund, in 2021, and shows the rising challenge of VC fundraising these days.Since venture funds can’t rely on startup acquisitions or initial public offerings to return cash to their limited partners, he expects the tough... Read more ›
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Memory chip designer Micron recently told U.S. customers it plans to impose a surcharge on some products to account for President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Reuters reported. Micron makes hardware that’s critical to storing data in data center servers, including those powered by Nvidia artificial ... Read more ›
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Andreessen Horowitz is raising $20 billion, its largest fund in the firm’s history, to back mature artificial intelligence companies, according to a report from Reuters. The fundraising efforts come as the firm has been busy stockpiling several AI bets, from coding assistant Cursor to Elon Musk’ ... Read more ›
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Zoox said Tuesday it will start collecting data for autonomous driving in Los Angeles this spring using cars driven by a human operator. The Amazon-owned company will then test autonomous driving, meaning autonomous rides monitored—but not driven by safety drivers, this summer. The expansion to ... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms has put the turmoil around TikTok to good use. Amid a barrage of headlines about the White House’s efforts to broker a deal for the app—and China’s move to quash one—the Instagram owner has been reiterating to creators that it’s a smart alternative. Last week, Instagram head Adam Mosseri told his staff that if TikTok were banned or otherwise disrupted, Instagram would have to be willing to assume... Read more ›
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Crypto company Ripple is paying $1.25 billion to acquire Hidden Road, a crypto and FX prime brokerage that has become popular for financing trading by institutions. Ripple aims to use Hidden Road to help boost the use of its stablecoin, Ripple USD, as well as blockchain XRP Ledger. Hidden Road ... Read more ›
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The Trump tariff-driven stock market sell off resumed on Tuesday, after a market rally earlier in the day. Major tech stocks fell, led by Apple once again, which dropped 4.7% to $172.95 and is now down 31% for the year, according to Koyfin. Tesla shares also fell 5%, bringing its year to date ... Read more ›
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Amazon is broadening its Temu bargain shopping competitor, Haul, to offer a wider variety of goods, including name-brand items from Amazon’s own inventory that it ships from U.S. warehouses. When Amazon launched Haul late last year, the storefront only offered unbranded products from outside ... 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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Twenty-four aerospace industry founders, investors and executives are preparing to submit a letter of support for Jared Isaacman’s nomination as NASA Administrator, ahead of his appearance before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Wednesday. Signatories include ... Read more ›
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Before we get to AI agents, we wanted to make sure you saw our story from last night on how the effects of the new U.S. tariffs are already rippling across tech—even prompting some companies to pause new enterprise software deals. We’ll be watching closely for any more disruptions as companies continue to make sense of what the changes in trade policy mean for their businesses.On to the news…A growing... Read more ›
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Democratic lawmakers are probing whether deals signed by Microsoft and Google to invest in AI startups including OpenAI and Anthropic have violated antitrust laws, according to letters sent to the CEOs of those firms on Tuesday. In the letters, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Sen. Ron ... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms on Saturday released two versions of Llama 4, the newest generation of its flagship open-source large language model, called Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick. The release came a day after we reported that Meta had hit some snags with the new model, which had delayed its release a bit. At first glance, the new AI seemed to work well. LMArena, an organization that benchmarks LLMs, ranked... 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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President Donald Trump warned that the U.S. will impose an additional 50% tariff on imports from China effective Wednesday if Beijing doesn’t withdraw its retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. Trump made the new threat against China Monday in a post on his Truth Social social media site. He said in ... Read more ›
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Cato Networks, an Israel-based seller of network security software valued at $3 billion in September 2023, has talked to potential investors about raising funding that could value it at $4.5 billion before the investment, according to a person with direct knowledge of the discussions. The ... Read more ›
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A stock market rout triggered by President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese and European goods is threatening to end the artificial intelligence–powered gold rush that has buoyed Silicon Valley for more than two years. Eric Bahn, a co-founder of early-stage venture firm Hustle Fund, is advising startups the firm has backed to be more cautious with spending and to purchase any hardware, like laptops or phones, before prices increase. “The... 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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Waymo is exploring using rider data captured with in-car cameras to train generative AI, according to researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who shared her findings on X. An unpublished version of the robotaxi app Waymo One’s privacy page asks users if they accept that “interior camera data” may be used ... Read more ›
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