Elon Musk says xAI plans to open source Grok this week; xAI released Grok in November 2023, offering access to “real-time” data via X's $16/month subscription
and takes another swipe at OpenAI Stefanie Schappert / Cybernews.com : Musk makes xAI's Grok open source in latest dig at OpenAI Inc.com : Elon Musk's Open-Source ‘Grok’ Takes on ChatGPT Brian Bushard...
Hong Kong-based XanPool, a cross-border payments infrastructure provider for both crypto and fiat currencies, raised $41M in Q2 2022 at a $400M valuation
Plans to Expand Across Europe, Latin America Miguel Cordon / Tech in Asia : Hong Kong's XanPool hits $400m valuation after raising $41m in 2022 Stephanie Li / DealStreetAsia : Hong Kong's Xanpool notc...
Binance says 2M BNB, worth ~$570M, were stolen from its BNB Chain in an exploit; “majority” of BNB are in the hacker's wallet, ~$100M worth were “unrecovered”
Then It Got Complicated The Guardian : World's largest crypto exchange hacked with possible losses of $500m Ephrat Livni / New York Times : Binance Blockchain Hit by $570 Million Hack, Exposing Crypto...
Tencent plans to invest €200M in Ubisoft to increase its direct stake from 4.5% to 9.99% at an implied €80 per share, alongside another €100M in the company
like Tencent Sean Carey / TrueAchievements : Multiple Assassin's Creed games to be revealed at Ubisoft Forward — report Ule Lopez / Wccftech : Tencent Acquires a 49% Economic Stake at Ubisoft; Ubisoft...
Pine Labs, which makes POS software for payments terminals as well as invoicing tools, raises $285M at a $3B valuation, up from $2B in a round last December
Moglix, an e-commerce platform for industrial products, has just become … The Economic Times : Pine Labs raises $285 million in new funding round Pine Labs : Pine Labs completes a first close of $285M...
iflix, a streaming service targeting emerging markets, raises $50M ahead of a potential IPO, says it had around 17M users in May, up from 9M six months earlier
Miguel Cordon / Tech in Asia :