McDonald's Netherlands pulls an AI-generated Christmas ad, made by ad agency TBWA\NEBOKO with film production company The Sweetshop, after social media backlash
There's just one issue: pretty much everybody hates it. — This year, McDonald's decided to get in on the corporate slopfest …
Nvidia CFO Colette Kress says Q2 “net other income” was $2.2B, “driven by gains in a publicly-held equity security”, which refers to Nvidia's CoreWeave position
sherwood.news/markets/nvidia-the- asset-manager-had-a-massive-q2-thanks- to-coreweaves-rally/ [image] Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME? NVIDIA barely beat earnings estimates, an...
Multinational firms like McDonald's and UK insurer Bupa, struggling to hire AI talent at home, are turning to back offices in India to meet their core AI needs
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Source: SoftBank will invest an initial $7.5B in OpenAI's $40B round, plus $22.5B by 2025's end; other backers include Microsoft, Coatue, Altimeter, and Thrive
Reportedly With a Few Strings Attached Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : OpenAI Hits $300 Billion Valuation with SoftBank-Led Tender Deal Robert Lavine / Global Corporate Venturing : SoftBank leads O...
DoorDash partners with Klarna to offer payment plans, including credit options for purchases of $35 or more; Grubhub also uses Klarna as a payment option
in Case You Need a Loan to Pay for Your Burrito Jordan Valinsky / CNN : DoorDash will soon let users eat now and pay in installments Niket Nishant / Reuters : NYSE-bound Klarna signs payments deal wit...
Interviews with Garry Tan, Paul Graham, YC partners, and others about Tan reshaping YC in a “return to roots”, as some founders complain about politicization
Former venture capitalist Garry Tan has slashed programs and turned up the mics in a bid to restore … X: @johnpaczkowski , @madhuyalamarthi , @yuris , and @n_sportelli LinkedIn: Alex Konrad and Alex K...
MaintainX, which helps manufacturing, hospitality, and other companies manage operations and maintenance, raised $50M at a $1B valuation, up from $191M in 2021
- Bain Capital Ventures leads $50 million investment in firm — McDonald's, Shell, Duracell are among MaintainX's clients
Amazon resolved a nearly four-hour AWS outage in the US-EAST-1 region, causing increased error rates and latencies for multiple services, like fast food apps
what we know Anissa Gardizy / The Information : AWS Outage Appeared to Affect Delta, McDonald's and Others Wade Tyler Millward / CRN : AWS Outage Downs Other Websites, Apps Michaela Althouse / Technic...
Apple's Services revenue hit $79.4B in 2022, more than Intel's $63.1B in revenue and the combined revenues of McDonald's and Nike
Apple Services business has now grown to become one of its most lucrative segments, with revenue surpassing that of major corporations.
Memo: Omnicom, one of the world's biggest ad firms, recommends its clients like Apple, PepsiCo, and others “pause activity on Twitter”, citing brand safety risk
Omnicom, one of the world's biggest ad firms, representing brands like McDonald's, Apple, and Pepsico …