On their podcast, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz explain why they are backing Trump, say Trump is pro-crypto, Biden's overregulation harms startups, and more
Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of one of the most prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, says he's been a Democrat most of his life.
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz say Trump is the right choice for “Little Tech”; sources say they plan to make large donations to PACs supporting his campaign
Venture capital bigwigs Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have told staff at Andreessen Horowitz that they plan …
Elon Musk says he plans to move X's headquarters to Austin, a day after he protested a new California law that bans schools' transgender notification policies
San Francisco real estate market participants confirmed last week that a majority of the Market Street headquarters of X Corp. …
Donald Trump says “I'm for TikTok, because you need competition”, and “if you don't have TikTok, you have Facebook and Instagram” and “that's Zuckerberg”
It's late June, and Donald Trump is plotting his next presidency in the gilded offseason isolation of the Mar-a-Lago Club.
Sources: at a June dinner, David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, and others told Trump to pick JD Vance as VP; Elon Musk and Peter Thiel also advocated for Vance
Mr. Vance spent less than five years in Silicon Valley's tech industry, but the connections he made with Peter Thiel and others became crucial to his political ascent.
Sources: the US is mulling imposing the foreign direct product rule, seen as draconian by allies, on Tokyo Electron and ASML's chip equipment business in China
- Restrictions would hit technology from Tokyo Electron and ASML — US companies like Lam have urged softer approach in meetings
A look at draft AI policies from Trump allies at the America First Policy Institute and the Heritage Foundation against “unnecessary and burdensome regulations”
[images] X: Cat Zakrzewski / @cat_zakrzewski : The plan to ‘make America first in AI’ would favor Silicon Valley investors, who are now flocking to support the former president. Cat Zakrzewski / @cat_...
Investigation: Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic, and others trained their AI on a dataset containing YouTube video transcripts, including from the WSJ, MrBeast, and MIT
Creators claim their videos were used without their knowledge — AI companies are generally secretive about their sources of training data …
Sources: GitLab, which has an ~$8B market cap, is exploring a sale after attracting interest from its peers, including Datadog, which has a $44B market cap
GitLab (GTLB.O), a U.S. provider of cloud-based software development tools whose investors include Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) …
The EU's General Court says TikTok is large enough to fall under the DMA, rejecting ByteDance's challenge; ByteDance can appeal to the European Court of Justice
- TikTok attempt to avoid EU's Digital Markets Act is dismissed — Chinese-owned social media giant also risks ban in the US
Mistral debuts two LLMs: Codestral Mamba 7B, for code generation, based on the Mamba architecture, and Mathstral 7B, for math reasoning and scientific discovery
The well-funded French AI startup Mistral, known for its powerful open source AI models, launched two new entries in its growing family …
ASML reports Q2 net sales down 9.5% YoY to €6.24B, vs. €6.03B est., net income down 18.7% YoY to €1.6B, vs. €1.4B est., and keeps its FY 2024 outlook unchanged
ASML reported second-quarter earnings and sales that beat forecasts, as interest in artificial intelligence chips drives …
Microsoft launches its AI-powered Designer app out of preview on iOS and Android, letting users create images, stickers, and more, expanding on a web client
Microsoft's AI-powered Designer app is coming out of preview today for both iOS and Android users.
In an interview, Google DeepMind and Google Research Chief Scientist Jeff Dean says AI is not to blame for the brunt of data center emissions increase
Google sent a jolt of unease into the climate change debate this month when it disclosed that emissions from its data centers rose 13% in 2023 …
Source: Fei-Fei Li's World Labs, founded in April 2024 and aiming to create “spatial intelligence” in AI, raised ~$100M in its latest round at a $1B+ valuation
Stanford computer scientist's ‘spatial intelligence’ venture wins backing from investors including Andreessen Horowitz
After Trump was shot, Elon Musk endorsed him and stepped up his own political speech in 100+ posts, entering uncharted territory for a social media leader
Google unveils Project Oscar, an open-source platform to help product teams monitor software issues or bugs using AI agents, at its I/O Connect Bengaluru event
Google has announced Project Oscar, a way for open-source development teams to use and build agents to manage software programs.
Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold details, including photos, battery sizes, and charging speeds, leak from Taiwanese regulator NCC
Israel-based CytoReason, which uses AI to develop disease models, raised $80M from Nvidia, Pfizer, Thermo Fisher, and OurCrowd, and plans a Massachusetts office
Israel's CytoReason, which uses AI to develop disease models, said on Wednesday it had raised $80 million in a private funding round.
Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6's “sketch to image” generative AI tool that turns rough sketches into images: ridiculous, fun, and slightly worrying
The pirate ship in Elliott Bay was one thing, but it was a little blurry bee that sent me over the edge. X: @fdaudens X: Florent Daudens / @fdaudens : Incredible AI-generated bee from a simple sketch!...
How Russian design firm Art Lebedev's Optimus keyboards, with built-in OLED screens in each key, laid the foundations for Elgato's popular Stream Deck
Finding a good creative partnership, one that lasts the test of time, is hard to do. Threads: Jon Porter / @jonporteruk : this was a real labour of love for @seanhollister and myself, two people who s...
Court filing: FTX and the CFTC agree a $12.7B settlement after months of negotiations, pending a judge's approval; FTX will return up to $12.7B to creditors
Sarah Wynn / The Block :
Yemen says a ship has repaired the AAE-1 subsea cable, linking Asia and Europe, in the Red Sea, and remains in the water to repair the Seacom and EIG cables
- Vessel owned by UAE-based telco making repairs amid conflict — Fixes to internet cables delayed by geopolitical friction X: @oliviasolon . Forums: Slashdot X: Olivia Solon / @oliviasolon : NEW: Thr...
Taboola CEO Adam Singolda says the company has struck a deal with Apple to power native advertising in the Apple News and Apple Stocks apps; TBLA jumps ~5%
Andrej Karpathy, an OpenAI co-founder and former head of Tesla's autopilot unit, unveils Eureka Labs, a “new kind of school” aiming to support teachers with AI
We are Eureka Labs and we are building a new kind of school that is AI native. How can we approach an ideal experience for learning something new? For example, in the case [image] Jeff Dean / @jeffdea...
Google Search Labs is ending its Notes experiment, which debuted in December 2023 as a way to let users leave “helpful tips about an article” directly on Search
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Apple device management platform Kandji raised $50M equity and $50M debt from General Catalyst, after raising $100M in 2021, taking its total funding to $288M+
Empowering Secure, Productive Work for Enterprise Device Fleets FinSMEs : Kandji Raises $100M in Funding Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Kandji raises $100M on $850M valuation to enhance Apple endpoint ...
Fujitsu makes a “significant investment” in Cohere to build and launch Japanese-language LLMs, including “Takane”, which is based on Cohere's Command R+ LLM
Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat :
Momentum Works: Southeast Asia's 2023 e-commerce GMV rose 15% YoY to $114.6B; Shopee had a 48% share, TikTok Shop GMV grew from $4.4B in 2022 to $16.3B in 2023
Tsubasa Suruga / Nikkei Asia :
Sources: Disney is working on features to increase the hours viewers spend on streaming, including pop-up live channels and more-tailored recommendations
Report Bruce Gil / Quartz : Disney's new streaming plan sounds a lot like regular TV X: @tvgrimreaper : The idea that tech improvements will drive significant engagement gains compared to just making ...
US Senate preliminary report: Amazon Prime Day is a “major” cause of worker injuries, with Prime Day 2019 data showing “just under” 45 injuries per 100 workers
Source: in an informal inquiry, the US FTC has asked Amazon to provide more details on its deal to hire top executives and license tech from AI startup Adept
Human Interest, a 401(k) provider for SMBs that aims to cut down on administration and compliance work, raised $267M in equity and debt at a $1.33B valuation
Katie Roof / Bloomberg :
OnePlus unveils the $550 OnePlus Pad 2 with a 12.1-inch 3K LCD display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 12GB RAM, 256GB storage, and a 6.49mm thin design, shipping August 1
Damien Wilde / 9to5Google :
Germany-based One Data, which provides AI-powered enterprise data management software, raised a €32M Series B extension led by Vsquared, Molten, and HV Capital
Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu :
LevelTen, which runs a marketplace connecting buyers, sellers, advisors, and financiers of clean energy projects, raised a ~$65M Series D led by B Capital
Lisa Stiffler / GeekWire :
Dealogic: foreign capital in China's VC industry fell 60% YoY to $3.7B in 2023, just 10% of the 2021 peak, leading to an expansion of state-backed funds
South China Morning Post :
San Jose-based DreamBig, which develops chiplet platforms and was founded in 2019, raised a $75M equity round co-led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and Sehat Sutardja
Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News :
Taiwan chip company employees have seen their wealth surge during the global AI boom, reinforcing Taiwan's reputation as an epicentre for creating tech wealth
Kathrin Hille / Financial Times :
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