The boom times for startup fundraising are likely to roll into the new year. As I scooped earlier Tuesday, self-driving car service Waymo is expected to raise billions of dollars at a $100 billion valuation, more than double its last valuation.Itâs the latest sign that while public markets quake, private investors are still eager to put money into AI-related startups. Their valuations are soaring to levels that make 2021 swoon.... Read more âș
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Waymo is in early talks with potential investors to raise more money at a valuation of at least $100 billion, according to people familiar with the companyâs plans. The size of the round will at least be several billions of dollars, possibly even more than $10 billion, one of the people said. The exact valuation has not been set and the funding is expected to be arranged early next year,... Read more âș
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Databricks said it had raised more than $4 billion from investors including Insight Partners, Fidelity Management and J.P. Morgan Asset Management, valuing the AI software firm at $134 billion. The round will allow Databricks to continue to stay private while allowing employees to sell some ... Read more âș
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OpenAI has hired former UK Chancellor George Osborne to a new position itâs calling the Head of OpenAI for Countries, according to Chief Global Affairs Officer Chris Lehaneâs LinkedIn post. Osborne will lead the companyâs effort to expand its Stargate data center buildout across the rest of the ... Read more âș
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Businesses such as IBM and Salesforce have long used chatbots to greet their website visitors and offer them assistance with getting more information about their products. In recent years, generative AI has livened up these chatbots so they are no longer confined to a small set of canned responses. But some technology providers are having trouble keeping these AI chatbots from going off-topic. For instance, earlier this month, Sierra, a... Read more âș
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The iPhone family is growing again. Over the next two years, Apple is planning a major expansion of its smartphone product line that could see it selling at least seven new models of its flagship device by fall 2027, up from five iPhone models today, according to multiple people working directly on the products at both Apple and its suppliers. The move will see Appleâwhich is often criticized for releasing... Read more âș
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While alien hunting is often associated with tinfoil hats and flying saucers, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute has established itself as a leading scientific organization since it was founded 41 years ago. As it scans the cosmos for alien life, it has published research in peer-reviewed astronomy journals and collaborated with NASA on several missions, including the Mars Curiosity rover. Recent AI advances have supercharged its efforts to analyze... Read more âș
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In just two years, Kansas City, Missouriâbased lender Lead Bank has emerged as a major link between stablecoin startups and the traditional financial system, powering billions of dollars of payments around the world. But lately, signs have emerged that both the bank and its stablecoin clients are tightening their risk controls, potentially making it harder for crypto companies to operate. Stablecoins are growing in popularity, particularly overseas where they are... Read more âș
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Two venture capital firms bucked the industryâs year-long slump to raise multibillion dollar funds. Lightspeed Venture Partners on Monday announced it had raised more than $9 billion, including a $3.3 billion to make follow-on investments. And Dragoneer raised $4.3 billion in a new venture fund, ... Read more âș
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PayPal Holdings applied to set up a Utah-based bank, a move that would allow it to directly provide loans to customers instead of relying on third-party banks for much of the process. The 27-year old online payments company filed applications with the Utah Department of Financial Institutions ... Read more âș
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Talk about a jittery market. Shares of ServiceNow dropped 11.5% on Monday after a weekend report that the enterprise software firm was in âadvanced talksâ to buy cybersecurity firm Armis for $7 billion. The stock sell-off wiped $21 billion off ServiceNowâs market capitalizationâreducing it to $159 billionâwhich seems something of an overreaction. But itâs a demonstration that nowadays investors are selling first and asking questions later. Investors have turned particularly... Read more âș
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IRobot, the company that makes the Roomba vacuum, is filing for bankruptcy, it announced Sunday. Shenzhen Picea Robotics Co., iRobotâs main contract manufacturer, will buy iRobotâs assets out of bankruptcy. Roombas were first released in 2002 and became the most popular home robots of the past ... Read more âș
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Ford on Monday will halt production of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup after poor sales of the vehicle, and will re-introduce it as a plug-in hybrid that uses an unusual technology to deliver more than 700 miles of range. The company also sharply cut plans to make batteries in the U.S. and, in a move likely to spark controversy in Washington, will expand its use of Chinese technology in the... Read more âș
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Tesla shares were trading up 4% on Monday after CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the company has started testing its Robotaxi vehicles in Austin without human backups inside the cars. âTesting is underway with no occupants in the car,â Musk said in an X post on Sunday in response to a video of a ... Read more âș
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Former Shopify executive Glen Coates has joined OpenAI as the companyâs head of app platform, he said in a LinkedIn post Monday. OpenAI didnât immediately respond to a request for comment. OpenAI has taken early steps to make ChatGPT the default way its users interact with other apps, and has ... Read more âș
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The Trump administration has launched a new program, dubbed âTech Force,â to recruit engineers to work on artificial intelligence inside federal agencies. People who sign up for the two-year program will âwork in teams reporting directly to agency leadershipâ and will collaborate with partner ... Read more âș
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Welcome to AI Infrastructure, a new newsletter focused on how the data center boom is reshaping the energy sector and turning Silicon Valley into a rising industrial power.Ann Davis Vaughan has covered the intersection of energy and technology as both an investment analyst and journalist for two decades, including 14 years at The Wall Street Journal. Based in Houston, she has researched electrification and previously evaluated dozens of companies that... Read more âș
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OpenAI is hiring Albert Lee, a long-time corporate development executive at Google, as head of corporate development, according to people with knowledge of his move. His hire signals OpenAIâs interest in pursuing acquisitions and strategic investments as a key component of future growth, ... Read more âș
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Elon Muskâs xAI wants companies around the world to buy its Grok AI models as it tries to build a moneymaking business. To get there, xAI has created an enterprise AI sales group over the past half-year that has expanded to more than a dozen people. But xAIâs lack of experience in selling to big businesses is holding many potential customers back. While xAI has signed up some big clientsâincluding... Read more âș
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Shares of ServiceNow dropped around 10% on Monday morning, following a weekend report on Bloomberg that the enterprise software firm was in advanced talks to buy cybersecurity startup Armis for $7 billion. A potential deal with Armis would be ServiceNowâs second cybersecurity acquisition this ... Read more âș
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