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Several tech companies are making significant investments and acquisitions, including SpaceX's $X billion investment in xAI and CoreWeave's $X billion all-stock deal to acquire Core Scientific. Meanwhile, various startups are securing funding, such as Moonvalley, which raised $XX million for its AI video models, and Harmonic, which raised $XXX million for its AI math capabilities. Additionally, major players like Google Cloud, Meta, and Uber are advancing their AI and tech capabilities through new developments and partnerships.

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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Proton launches Lumo an AI chatbot to summarize documents generate code and more and says it will protect users' information via "zero-access" encryption (@emroth08 / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 11:25:55 UTC 422.7K followers, 3512 engagements

"Elliptic estimates cross-chain criminal and high-risk activity has topped $21.8B in 2025 up from $7B in 2023; North Korea is responsible for XX% of the total (@hyoseopyun / Cointelegraph)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 05:55:45 UTC 422.7K followers, 2953 engagements

"Saudi startup Lucidya which develops customer experience software raised a $30M Series B led by Impact46 marking the largest AI funding round in the kingdom (@yassminjabri / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 14:17:02 UTC 422.7K followers, 3157 engagements

"Firestorm Labs which has contracts with the US DOD for its 3D printed drones raised a $47M Series A and plans to grow its fleet of airliftable xCell factories (@demarest_colin / Axios)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 15:31:02 UTC 422.7K followers, 3139 engagements

"Uber plans to launch a pilot ride type to match female riders and drivers in LA San Francisco and Detroit over the next few weeks called "Women Drivers" (@natlungfy / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 13:07:22 UTC 422.7K followers, 3652 engagements

"Source: Netflix is using Runway AI's video generation tools for production; Disney is testing out the tools and talked with Runway about possible uses for them (@rachelmetz / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 20:45:40 UTC 422.7K followers, 4251 engagements

"Google Amazon Cohere and Mistral are intensifying efforts to reduce AI hallucinations via technical fixes data quality improvements and fact-checking (@melissahei / Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 09:50:44 UTC 422.7K followers, 3085 engagements

"Hertz and other car rental agencies are increasingly relying on scanners that use high-res imaging and AI to flag even tiny blemishes angering some customers (@castroroot / New York Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-09 15:35:51 UTC 422.7K followers, 3537 engagements

"PitchBook: US startup funding surged XXXX% YoY in H1 2025 to $162.8B strongest since H1 2021 driven by the AI boom and on track for the second-best year ever (Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-15 07:55:42 UTC 422.7K followers, 3788 engagements

"China's Qianfan the third largest satellite broadband constellation with XX operational satellites remains far short of its goal of XXX by the end of 2025 (@lingxinscmp / South China Morning Post)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 05:11:36 UTC 422.7K followers, 3692 engagements

"Telegram expands access to its TON crypto wallet integrated into the Telegram app for its 87M users in the US (@asilbwrites / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 14:10:50 UTC 422.7K followers, 3609 engagements

"Waymo introduces teen accounts in Phoenix allowing teenagers aged 14-17 to use its Waymo One ridehailing service alone with parental approval (@andyjayhawk / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-08 21:10:52 UTC 422.7K followers, 4389 engagements

"Hadrian which is building largely automated factories to produce space and defense parts raised a $260M Series C bringing its total funding to $500M (@breadfrom / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 18:35:47 UTC 422.7K followers, 3514 engagements

"In her first note to staff OpenAI's incoming CEO of Applications Fidji Simo lays out an optimistic vision for how AI will change the world (@kyliebytes / Wired)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 20:27:36 UTC 422.7K followers, 8704 engagements

"Sources: Anthropic's financial performance has prompted some investors to indicate interest in funding the company at a valuation of $100B+ if it pursues a deal (The Information)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 18:58:44 UTC 422.7K followers, 5348 engagements

"A London judge rules that HPE lost 730M after acquiring Mike Lynch's Autonomy after a 2022 fraud finding against Lynch who died in 2024; HPE was seeking $4B (@jonny_browning / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 10:10:45 UTC 422.7K followers, 2770 engagements

"Mustafa Suleyman who is in charge of Microsoft's efforts to commercialize AI says he is focused on "humanist superintelligence" to solve hard social problems (@timkhiggins / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-20 21:01:17 UTC 422.7K followers, 10.7K engagements

"BetterComp which provides compensation management services for HR teams raised a $33M Series A led by Ten Coves Capital (@duncanriley / SiliconANGLE)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 03:51:33 UTC 422.7K followers, 4155 engagements

"Gamefound a board game crowdfunding company acquires Indiegogo which has 38M members and will change its pricing to be in line with Gamefound's flat X% fee (@jaypeters / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 14:26:55 UTC 422.7K followers, 3046 engagements

"ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet says "while we still prepare for growth in 2026 we cannot confirm it" after Trump threatened XX% EU tariffs; ASML falls 10%+ (@mauroorru94 / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 14:05:52 UTC 422.7K followers, 5087 engagements

"Lyft partners with Austria-based Benteler to deploy autonomous shuttles in the US in late 2026 to be initially deployed in partnership with airports and cities (@natlungfy / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-25 13:46:15 UTC 422.7K followers, 2357 engagements

"Sources: the EU is set to approve Apple's App Store rule and fee changes unveiled last month in the coming weeks staving off a potentially hefty daily fine (@fooyunchee / Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 15:56:08 UTC 422.7K followers, 2958 engagements

"The new AI Action Plan which includes some XX recommendations aims to loosen environmental rules and vastly expand AI software and hardware exports to allies (Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 22:31:02 UTC 422.7K followers, 4166 engagements

"Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the USDT issuer is making plans to do business in the US after the passage of Genius Act with a focus on institutional markets (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 04:56:42 UTC 422.7K followers, 3792 engagements

"Roblox partners with Persona to estimate user ages and verify they are 13+ renames Friends to Connections and says 13+ users can message Trusted Connections (@jaypeters / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 11:31:25 UTC 422.7K followers, 3715 engagements

"Critics say tokenization led by Robinhood could undermine securities law and investor protections that have made the US financial system the envy of the world (@alansuderman / Associated Press)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 15:40:47 UTC 422.7K followers, 3542 engagements

"Discord launches Orbs a virtual reward system that incentivizes users to interact with ads by completing Quests to earn digital items after a seven week beta (@laurenforristal / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 13:15:40 UTC 422.7K followers, 4122 engagements

"A roundup of VLSI conference 2025 including the use of digital twins for design exploration DRAM beyond 1x nm nodes Intel's 18A process vs. TSMC and more (SemiAnalysis)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 05:01:32 UTC 422.7K followers, 5314 engagements

"VenHub which uses robotics and AI to run fully automated retail stores confidentially files for a US direct listing after a $715M SPAC merger failed in May (@anthug / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 10:10:57 UTC 422.7K followers, 3377 engagements

"CB Insights: VC investment in voice AI startups rose from $315M in 2022 to $2.1B in 2024 driven by growing business adoption of voice AI agents in call centers (@bellelin_ / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-05-26 15:35:39 UTC 422.7K followers, 5062 engagements

"OpenAI and the UK government announce a partnership to explore AI use in justice defense security and edtech and possibly expand OpenAI's London office (Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 02:25:49 UTC 422.7K followers, 5167 engagements

"AI dictation startup Wispr Flow raised a $30M Series A led by Menlo Ventures after its 2024 pivot away from a hardware device taking its total funding to $56M (@indianidle / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-06-24 16:21:03 UTC 422.7K followers, 4291 engagements

"Uber and Baidu announce a multi-year partnership to launch robotaxis in markets outside the US and mainland China starting in Asia and the Middle East in 2025 (@natlungfy / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-15 14:25:49 UTC 422.7K followers, 4118 engagements

"Honor Education an e-learning service for individuals and enterprises that was founded by former Dean of Apple University Joel Podolny raised a $38M Series A (@derektng / Forbes)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-13 05:55:53 UTC 422.7K followers, 3933 engagements

"Poseidon an AI-focused decentralized data layer built on the Story protocol raised a $15M seed led by a16z (@danielgkuhn / The Block)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 17:41:02 UTC 422.7K followers, 3765 engagements

"xLight which is developing a new class of laser for EUV machines in partnership with ASML raised a $40M Series B led by Playground Global (@stephennellis / Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 03:58:40 UTC 422.7K followers, 3983 engagements

"Starlink says it's experiencing a network outage and is "implementing a solution"; NetBlocks reports that connectivity dropped to "16% of ordinary levels" (@rjcc / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 22:41:08 UTC 422.7K followers, 4233 engagements

"CISPE files a legal complaint in the EU arguing that the bloc's approval of Broadcom's VMware buyout failed to impose conditions to prevent market power abuse (@samuelstolton / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 06:26:02 UTC 422.7K followers, 2710 engagements

"Calgary-based GeologicAI which uses AI and sensors to help capture data in rock and core samples faster raised a $44M Series B led by Blue Earth Capital (@riehlalex99 / BetaKit)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-20 04:56:42 UTC 422.7K followers, 5166 engagements

"AWS shuts down its Shanghai AI research lab following similar moves by other US tech groups including Microsoft and IBM to scale back China-based R&D efforts (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 06:46:11 UTC 422.7K followers, 2715 engagements

"Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to provide technical support to the US military after a ProPublica report raised security concerns (@stephennellis / Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 00:06:47 UTC 422.7K followers, 3919 engagements

"Sundar Pichai says the Gemini app has 450M+ MAUs with daily requests up 50%+ from Q1 AI Overviews has 2B+ MAUs and AI Mode has 100M+ MAUs in the US and India (@sarahpereztc / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 00:26:01 UTC 422.7K followers, 6426 engagements

"Israeli subterranean mapping startup Exodigo raised a $96M Series B led by Zeev Ventures and Greenfield Partners taking its total funding to $214M (@mike_wheatley / SiliconANGLE)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 12:43:41 UTC 422.7K followers, 3457 engagements

"Chinese food delivery giant Meituan reports Q4 revenue up XX% to $12.21B vs. $12.1B est. net profit up XXX% YoY to $858M even as it faces stiff competition (@kimberley_kao / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-03-21 11:01:49 UTC 422.7K followers, 7155 engagements

"ServiceNow reports Q2 revenue up XXXX% YoY to $3.22B vs. $3.12B est. and net income up XX% YoY to $385M fueled by AI growth; NOW jumps 7%+ after hours (@samantha_subin / CNBC)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 01:32:11 UTC 422.7K followers, 6664 engagements

"Blank check company Dynamix says it plans to merge with another entity to create Ether Machine holding $1.5B in ether backed by $800M+ from Kraken and others (Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 11:05:38 UTC 422.7K followers, 3856 engagements

"Philadelphia-based Asylon which modifies Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot into DroneDog raised a $26M Series B led by Insight taking its total funding to $45M (@julie188 / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 12:45:46 UTC 422.7K followers, 3477 engagements

"Walmart consolidates its AI agents into four "super agents" for customers staff engineers and sellers/suppliers using Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (@isabellebiscuit / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 18:46:15 UTC 422.7K followers, 4217 engagements

"In an interview at the Federal Reserve Sam Altman warns of an impending "fraud crisis" because of how AI could enable bad actors to impersonate other people (@claresduffy / CNN)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 05:11:03 UTC 422.7K followers, 3863 engagements

"How Shaun Maguire dragged Sequoia into culture wars; emails show senior partner Doug Leone defended Maguire in distinguishing between "Islamists" and "Muslims" (New York Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 15:45:54 UTC 422.7K followers, 4424 engagements

"T-Mobile plans to expand support for the L4S network standard in the coming weeks helping high-priority internet packets move fast a first for a US network (@jaypeters / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 14:35:54 UTC 422.7K followers, 3416 engagements

"Google reveals the design of the Pixel XX a few weeks ahead of the launch event; it strongly resembles the Pixel X but has a third back camera (@jaypeters / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 19:36:03 UTC 422.7K followers, 4913 engagements

"Researchers: at least XXX US hospitals faced disruptions on the day of last year's big CrowdStrike outage and 200+ had outages related to patient care services (@a_greenberg / Wired)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 21:26:01 UTC 422.7K followers, 3622 engagements

"VC firms Thrive Capital and General Catalyst are adopting the "roll-up" strategy from the PE playbook as Khosla Ventures 8VC and others explore similar moves (@georgenhammond / Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-02 05:35:50 UTC 422.7K followers, 5442 engagements

"Sources: Prosus offered to cut its XX% Delivery Hero stake to below XX% and give up its board seat to address EU concerns over its 4.1B Just Eat Takeaway deal (@fooyunchee / Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 23:56:14 UTC 422.7K followers, 4051 engagements

"Walmart hires Instacart CPO Daniel Danker as head of global AI acceleration product and design starting next month and reporting to CEO Doug McMillon (Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 22:06:44 UTC 422.7K followers, 4163 engagements

"Amazon updates its color screen Kindle Colorsoft with a cheaper 16GB model for $XXX and a kids-focused bundle with one year of Kids Plus for $XXX available now (@jaypeters / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 13:16:38 UTC 422.7K followers, 3626 engagements

"SEC filing: Ambiq Micro which makes ultra-low power chips is seeking to raise as much as $85M from its IPO marketing 3.4M shares at $XX to $XX each (@anthug / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 23:01:11 UTC 422.7K followers, 4093 engagements

"Ambrook a startup providing specialized accounting software for US farmers and ranchers raised a $26.1M Series A led by Thrive Capital and Figma's Dylan Field (@agarfinks / Fortune)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-01 23:20:50 UTC 422.7K followers, 6079 engagements

"Sources: Mistral AI is in talks to raise as much as $1B in equity from several investors including Abu Dhabi's MGX; it has raised 1B+ since its 2023 founding (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-08 19:22:47 UTC 422.7K followers, 5663 engagements

"Harmonic a startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev that aims to build AI better at math than humans raised a $100M Series B at a $875M valuation (@kateclarktweets / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-10 18:30:55 UTC 422.7K followers, 5517 engagements

"Intel cancelled planned fab projects in Germany and Poland and will consolidate its testing and assembly operations in Vietnam and Malaysia (@kifleswing / CNBC)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 20:31:15 UTC 422.7K followers, 3568 engagements

"Chinese game Revenge on Gold Diggers one of the most popular and contentious video games in the country sparks a debate over misogyny and male resentment (@liyuan6 / New York Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 08:32:23 UTC 422.7K followers, 2767 engagements

"Sources: Perplexity jumped to a $18B valuation two months after it raised at $14B; its annualized revenues jumped from $35M in August 2024 to $150M this month (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 19:25:58 UTC 422.7K followers, 5330 engagements

"Google will officially deprecate links generated with its URL shortener on August XX 2025; the company stopped generating URLs in March 2019 (@emroth08 / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 16:41:56 UTC 422.7K followers, 2379 engagements

"Goldman Sachs and BNY partner to let institutional investors purchase tokenized money market funds with ownership recorded on Goldman's blockchain platform (@hugh_son / CNBC)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 19:11:21 UTC 422.7K followers, 3786 engagements

"Mistral releases a study on the environmental impact of its LLMs conducting what it claims is the first comprehensive lifecycle analysis of an AI model (Mistral AI)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 22:20:52 UTC 422.7K followers, 4155 engagements

"Stockholm-based Tandem Health which has developed an AI medical copilot for clinicians to record patient consultations raised a $50M Series A led by Kinnevik (@maya___dh / Sifted)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-06-30 11:30:44 UTC 422.7K followers, 4250 engagements

"Researchers say North Korean scammers infiltrating the US workforce often reference Minions and other Despicable Me characters in GitHub and Telegram profiles (@bobmcmillan / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 08:01:41 UTC 422.7K followers, 3266 engagements

"Sources: the Trump admin is pressuring South Korea Brazil the EU and others to drop plans for new taxes on US tech firms as a part of broader trade talks (Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 02:48:03 UTC 422.7K followers, 4834 engagements

"President Trump's AI Action Plan which has 90+ policy recommendations explicitly seeks to roll back Biden-era measures on AI bias and cybersecurity threats (@knibbs / Wired)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 15:06:42 UTC 422.7K followers, 3742 engagements

"Figma prices its shares at $XX and $XX each and plans to sell nearly 37M shares to raise up to $1.03B giving it an up to $16.4B valuation in its NYSE debut (@niketnishant / Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 13:15:56 UTC 422.7K followers, 6016 engagements

"Composio which provides tools to help companies build AI agents raised a $25M Series A led by Lightspeed taking its total funding to $29M (Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 21:15:59 UTC 422.7K followers, 3904 engagements

"Total crypto market value surpassed $4T for the first time driven by altcoin rallies and US legislative momentum; Ether jumped XX% over the past five days (@sidcoins / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 14:06:13 UTC 422.7K followers, 3769 engagements

"SK Hynix reports Q2 revenue up XX% YoY to $16.2B vs. $14.9B est. operating profit up XX% to $6.7B vs. $6.5B est. and expects sustained HBM demand in 2025 (@dylanjbnbc / CNBC)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 00:16:13 UTC 422.7K followers, 5608 engagements

"Sources: Trump is expected to sign an executive order as soon as this week that would open up 401(k) plans to cryptocurrency and other alternative investments (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 21:16:33 UTC 422.7K followers, 5453 engagements

"Seattle-based tax compliance software maker Avalara acquired by Vista Equity Partners in a 2022 deal valuing it at $8.4B confidentially files for a US IPO (@prakhar_ns / Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 22:50:46 UTC 422.7K followers, 4464 engagements

"Polymarket says it is buying little-known derivatives exchange QCX in a move to legally re-enter the US market; a source says Polymarket will pay $112M (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 14:40:43 UTC 422.7K followers, 3514 engagements

"Hands-on with ChatGPT Agent: combines OpenAI's Operator and deep research tools and is incredibly simple to use but less customizable than Claude Code (@danshipper / Every)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 17:25:54 UTC 422.7K followers, 6220 engagements

"Alibaba debuts the Qwen3-Coder model for agentic coding including a 480B-parameter MoE variant and open sources Qwen Code a CLI tool adapted from Gemini CLI (Qwen)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 22:45:56 UTC 422.7K followers, 4163 engagements

"TSMC closed above a $1T market cap in Taiwan on July XX a first up nearly XX% from an April low and the first Asian stock worth $1T+ since PetroChina in 2007 (@jeannyyu / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 10:10:39 UTC 422.7K followers, 3691 engagements

"Sonos names interim CEO Tom Conrad as CEO effective immediately as it works to restore confidence after its app disaster; Conrad took the job in January 2025 (@chriswelch / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 12:58:33 UTC 422.7K followers, 2558 engagements

"T-Mobile's Starlink-powered satellite service T-Satellite is now generally available as a standalone subscription for US users not just T-Mobile customers (@emroth08 / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 01:11:03 UTC 422.7K followers, 4300 engagements

"Sources: Meta X and LinkedIn appeal an unprecedented 1.04B VAT claim by Italy which is seeking 887.6M from Meta 12.5M from X and 140M from LinkedIn (@emilioparodi / Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 14:20:42 UTC 422.7K followers, 3713 engagements

"Analysis: in H1 2025 500+ orgs lobbied the White House and Congress on AI on par with H1 2024 but up 2x since 2023; OpenAI spent $1.8M up from $380K in 2023 (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 06:30:54 UTC 422.7K followers, 2830 engagements

"Sources: Oracle is in talks with Skydance for a $100M/year deal for Paramount to use Oracle's cloud software if the Skydance-Paramount merger goes through (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 22:15:50 UTC 422.7K followers, 23.8K engagements

"The US Treasury sanctions three senior North Korean officials accused of tricking companies into hiring North Koreans using stolen identities as IT workers (@jgreigj / The Record)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-25 01:26:21 UTC 422.7K followers, 4837 engagements

"The EU says it will investigate whether KKR provided incorrect or misleading information in its 22B acquisition of Telecom Italia's fixed-line network (@fooyunchee / Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 15:06:43 UTC 422.7K followers, 2762 engagements

"Sources: Mark Zuckerberg has offered 10+ OpenAI researchers packages of $300M over four years and asked OpenAI's Mark Chen if he would consider joining Meta (Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 00:31:29 UTC 422.7K followers, 5063 engagements

"Thread An OpenAI researcher says the company's latest experimental reasoning LLM achieved gold medal-level performance on the 2025 International Math Olympiad (@alexwei_)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 16:15:59 UTC 422.7K followers, 6644 engagements

"SAP reports Q2 revenue up X% YoY to 9.03B vs. 9.05B est. cloud revenue up XX% to 5.13B vs. 5.15B est. operating profit up XX% to 2.57B vs. 2.43B est. (@kelly_cloonan / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 21:05:57 UTC 422.7K followers, 4127 engagements

"Source: OpenAI's $40B round announced in March is reopening on July 28; SoftBank's commitment could be cut to $10B if OpenAI does not restructure by end of 2025 (@laurengoode / Wired)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 18:46:14 UTC 422.7K followers, 5921 engagements

"Location sharing apps like Find My Snap Map and Life360 remain popular among Gen Z users despite concerns about their impact on real-world relationships (Summer Maxwell / SFGATE)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 06:30:45 UTC 422.7K followers, 2526 engagements

"SEC filing: Augmodo which is developing wearable tech for retail store employees including Smartbadges that collect inventory data raised $37.5M (@taylor_soper / GeekWire)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 16:01:52 UTC 422.7K followers, 2889 engagements

"Seoul-based chip designer FuriosaAI signs a deal with LG to use its AI chip RNGD its first major contract after rejecting Meta's $800M buyout offer in March (@yoolimleenews / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 09:36:00 UTC 422.7K followers, 3545 engagements

"Microsoft launches the 13.8-inch Surface Laptop 5G for business customers featuring Intel Core Ultra series X processors shipping on August XX for $1799+ (@zacbowden / Windows Central)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 23:16:39 UTC 422.7K followers, 6384 engagements

"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 review: looks like a regular phone with an exquisitely thin design has top-tier performance but is very pricey and lacks S Pen support (@samrutherford / Engadget)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 02:50:56 UTC 422.7K followers, 5979 engagements

"A look at Neon Coat an app that offers models and influencers free restaurant meals fitness classes and other experiences in exchange for social media posts (@laneflorsheim / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 05:25:43 UTC 422.7K followers, 3736 engagements

"Wealthfront which uses AI to build investment portfolios confidentially files for a US IPO; it was valued at $1.4B in 2022 during a failed acquisition by UBS (@prakhar_ns / Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-06-23 15:21:11 UTC 422.7K followers, 6367 engagements

"Lumotive whose optical chip tech can "steer" laser light and is an alternative to lidar extends its Series B from $45M to $59M including from Amazon's IIF (@rebecca_szkutak / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 12:35:47 UTC 422.7K followers, 3640 engagements

"Apple releases the first public betas of iOS XX iPadOS XX macOS Tahoe XX watchOS XX and tvOS XX with its new Liquid Glass design language (@jaypeters / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 17:46:07 UTC 422.7K followers, 3852 engagements

"Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up XX% YoY to $96.43B net income up XX% to $28.2B operating income up XX% to $31.27B and Services revenue up XX% to $82.5B (Alphabet)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 20:12:30 UTC 422.7K followers, 4905 engagements

"The White House unveils the AI Action Plan seeking to assert US dominance over China including proposals to ease permitting for AI infrastructure projects (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 14:42:59 UTC 422.7K followers, 3826 engagements

"The Laude Institute a nonprofit that runs the K Prize multi-round AI coding challenge says a Brazilian prompt engineer won with just XXX% of the right answers (@russellbrandom / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 09:45:59 UTC 422.7K followers, 2784 engagements

"Malaysia says individuals and companies must get a permit 30+ days before exporting AI chips effective now signaling it is clamping down on China chip exports (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 12:05:36 UTC 422.7K followers, 6113 engagements

"Crypto custody company BitGo confidentially files for a US IPO; it raised $100M at a $1.75B valuation in August 2023 (CoinDesk)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 23:40:42 UTC 422.7K followers, 4745 engagements

"Sources: Elad Gil is raising a fund of $1.5B that could grow to $2B based on investor interest making it one of the largest fundraising hauls for a solo GP (@nmasc_ / The Information)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 20:06:05 UTC 422.7K followers, 5270 engagements

"Interviews with 12+ Tesla Waymo and Zoox executives and others show the challenges facing US robotaxis; Waymo operates 250K+ rides per week in five US cities (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 10:01:58 UTC 422.7K followers, 2925 engagements

"Sources: at least six of China's biggest VC firms are targeting a combined $2B in new USD-denominated funds to allow overseas investment in Chinese startups (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 04:55:57 UTC 422.7K followers, 4902 engagements

"Sources: after raising $10B xAI is now working with a trusted financier to secure up to $12B to buy Nvidia chips led by Elon Musk-linked Valor Equity Partners (Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 16:06:06 UTC 422.7K followers, 3822 engagements

"Bluesky rolls out Activity Notifications letting users receive notifications of new posts and replies from selected accounts as it expands its sports presence (@rjcc / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-08 10:46:03 UTC 422.7K followers, 61.1K engagements

"Legal AI startup Harvey raised a $300M Series E co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue at a $5B valuation and says it serves XXX clients like KKR and PwC globally (@iamsternlicht / Fortune)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-06-23 14:45:44 UTC 422.7K followers, 3896 engagements

"A profile of vibe coding startup Lovable which became the fastest-growing software startup in history reaching $100M+ in annualized revenue in eight months (@_iainmartin / Forbes)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 08:11:00 UTC 422.7K followers, 5178 engagements

"Austin-based CertifID which develops tech to prevent wire fraud in real estate transactions raised a $47.5M Series C led by Centana Growth Partners (@ryanlawler / Axios)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-20 04:02:03 UTC 422.7K followers, 5908 engagements

"Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange Bullish files for an IPO plans to trade on the NYSE and reports a net loss of $349M on digital asset sales of $80M in Q1 (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 23:36:48 UTC 422.7K followers, 7462 engagements

"A profile of Steam developer Valve which has a flat corporate structure and high profit per head; Ampere: Steam hit 170M MAUs in May versus 153M a year prior (@louis_ashworth / Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-06 10:10:30 UTC 422.7K followers, 5056 engagements

"In H1 2025 hackers stole $2.17B+ from crypto services including the DPRK's record $1.5B Bybit hack surpassing all of 2024 and up XX% on H1 2022 (Chainalysis)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 12:57:13 UTC 422.7K followers, 3266 engagements

"An Indicator analysis of XX AI "nudify" websites: the sites averaged 18.5M monthly visitors may generate up to $36M annually and rely on Big Tech services (@mattburgess1 / Wired)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 12:35:36 UTC 422.7K followers, 4426 engagements

"Intel plans to cut its workforce from 96400 that it reported at the end of June to 75000 or about XX% through attrition and "other means" by the end of 2025 (Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-25 03:02:42 UTC 422.7K followers, 4881 engagements

"Tel Aviv-based Wonderful which develops customer support AI agents for businesses in non-English speaking countries raised a $34M seed led by Index Ventures (@ychernova / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-04 02:33:27 UTC 422.7K followers, 6151 engagements

"Sources: McKinsey has stopped its China business from undertaking consultancy work related to generative AI a move prompted by Washington's growing scrutiny (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 04:57:02 UTC 422.7K followers, 3799 engagements

"Meta shareholders suing Mark Zuckerberg and Meta leaders over Facebook's Cambridge Analytica privacy violations reach a settlement deal ending an $8B trial (Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 13:42:33 UTC 422.7K followers, 3469 engagements

"Hands-on with iPadOS 26: new windowing system is great and other enhancements like smarter Shortcuts and Files app make the iPad better for professional use (@jsnell / Six Colors)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 20:21:32 UTC 422.7K followers, 3428 engagements

"Tether says it has 250K Tether Gold tokens in circulation as of Q2 2025 backed 1:1 by a troy ounce of physical gold; the stablecoin was launched in Jan. 2020 (@danielgkuhn / The Block)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-25 04:31:43 UTC 422.7K followers, 4840 engagements

"Sources: Nvidia suppliers Foxconn Inventec Dell and Wistron made breakthroughs to resolve issues from 2024 that delayed Blackwell AI server "rack" shipments (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-05-28 09:40:51 UTC 422.7K followers, 3054 engagements

"In Q2 2025 smartphone shipments in China fell X% YoY to 69M units; Huawei returned to the top spot for the first time in over four years with an XX% share (IDC)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 08:40:37 UTC 422.7K followers, 2669 engagements

"Sources: ByteDance is working on a lightweight MR device that resembles goggles tethered to a compute puck and has a team working on the device's custom chips (The Information)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 18:05:43 UTC 422.7K followers, 3455 engagements

"Unify which offers AI-powered tools to boost revenue pipelines raised a $40M Series B led by Battery Ventures valuing it at $260M following a $12M Series A (@alexrkonrad / Upstarts Media)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-15 21:15:53 UTC 422.7K followers, 4063 engagements

"Source: OpenAI is planning to launch GPT-5 in early August complete with mini and nano versions that will also be available through its API (@tomwarren / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 16:06:27 UTC 422.7K followers, 4121 engagements

"Apple launches AppleCare One an insurance plan covering up to three devices for $XX per month including battery replacements accidental damage and more (@heysamantha / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 12:07:02 UTC 422.7K followers, 3588 engagements

"PayPal announces PayPal World an upcoming platform designed to simplify cross-border payments via Venmo India's UPI Tencent's Tenpay and Mercado Pago (@indianidle / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 06:40:55 UTC 422.7K followers, 4564 engagements

"Sources: SpaceX has agreed to invest $2B in xAI as part of xAI's $5B equity fundraise announced by Morgan Stanley last month (Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-12 23:17:34 UTC 422.7K followers, 7959 engagements

"Acquihire deals like Google's Windsurf deal are a wake-up call for AI startup employees left behind creating new uncertainty over leadership and compensation (@shiringhaffary / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 06:31:03 UTC 422.7K followers, 6930 engagements

"EQT agrees to sell Japanese automotive electronics manufacturer Pioneer for $1.1B to CarUX a unit of Taiwan-listed Innolux specializing in smart cockpit tech (Cathy Chan / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-06-28 04:26:00 UTC 422.7K followers, 5011 engagements

"Mark Zuckerberg Q&A: Meta's focus on "personal super intelligence" how large compensation packages pale in comparison to AI infra investments AI glasses more (@jessicalessin / The Information)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-15 18:20:53 UTC 422.7K followers, 3769 engagements

"A look at US-backed NVD as its parent org NIST scrambles to hire contractors to help clear a backlog of 25K+ vulnerabilities 10x the previous high in 2017 (@_mattking / MIT Technology Review)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-12 22:35:58 UTC 422.7K followers, 5291 engagements

"Amazon is acquiring Bee which sells a $XX device that resembles a Fitbit is always listening transcribes conversations and serves up daily AI summaries (@emroth08 / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 19:32:55 UTC 422.7K followers, 8288 engagements

"Appfigures: xAI debuted Grok X late on July X and by July XX Grok's gross revenue on iOS had risen XXX% to $419K up from $99K the day before Grok 4's launch (@sarahpereztc / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 16:10:45 UTC 422.7K followers, 4207 engagements

"AMD CEO Lisa Su says she expects TSMC's Arizona-made chips to cost "more than X% but less than 20%" above TSMC's Taiwan-made chips and to arrive by 2025's end (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 09:31:21 UTC 422.7K followers, 2715 engagements

"Sources: Meta offers to buy XX% of Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross's VC fund NFDG; about half of NFDG's first fund of $1.1B raised in 2023 has been invested (@ychernova / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-03 21:10:50 UTC 422.7K followers, 5170 engagements

"a16z moves its state of incorporation to Nevada saying Delaware's Court of Chancery "can at times appear biased against technology startup founders" (Andreessen Horowitz)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-09 20:56:06 UTC 422.7K followers, 3759 engagements

"Oakley Meta HSTN hands-on: the $XXX glasses are a fun accessory and sportier thinner lighter and more comfortable than previous models with a solid 3K camera (@heysamantha / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 12:15:43 UTC 422.7K followers, 54.2K engagements

"Taiwanese silicon wafer maker GlobalWafers plans to invest $4B in its US manufacturing operations more than doubling its earlier pledge to $7.5B (@kimberley_kao / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-05-16 09:46:16 UTC 422.7K followers, 3257 engagements

"Ashby which offers an AI-powered talent platform combining applications CRM search and more raised a $50M Series D following a $30M Series C in 2024 (Judy Rider / Crunchbase News)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 11:25:49 UTC 422.7K followers, 3444 engagements

"Filing: the FBI drops its probe of Kraken founder Jesse Powell and returns dozens of devices after raiding his home in 2023 over seemingly banal allegations (@jeffjohnroberts / Fortune)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 16:25:58 UTC 422.7K followers, 3362 engagements

"Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2025 Results (Alphabet)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 20:07:57 UTC 422.7K followers, 3626 engagements

"IDC: the global smartphone market grew X% YoY in Q2 despite economic uncertainty and weak demand in China; Samsung led with 58M shipments up XXX% YoY (@andrewornot / AppleInsider)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 20:20:56 UTC 422.7K followers, 4167 engagements

"Thoughts on the foldable iPhone's prospects ahead of next year's launch; sources: Apple will add a second portrait-side front-facing camera to the M5 iPad Pro (@markgurman / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-20 14:05:43 UTC 422.7K followers, 5308 engagements

"Sources: UK plans to designate Apple and Google as holding a "strategic market advantage" over rivals subjecting them to new regulations and potential fines (Washington Examiner)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 18:21:17 UTC 422.7K followers, 4429 engagements

"Alibaba is putting $7B in Taobao promotions as invests $1.4B to grow food delivery with both offering discounts to become China's leading "everyday app" (@eleanorolcott / Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-15 06:21:24 UTC 422.7K followers, 3006 engagements

"AMD unveils the Zen 5-based Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9000 WX-Series CPUs including the flagship $11699 Threadripper Pro 9995WX with XX cores set for July XX (@tomwarren / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 16:50:50 UTC 422.7K followers, 3108 engagements

"A look at the Chile-led Latam-GPT project which involves 30+ Latin American and Caribbean institutions collaborating to release an open-source LLM in September (Cristin Vera-Cruz / Rest of World)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 09:02:21 UTC 422.7K followers, 2753 engagements

"Alphabet reports Google Cloud Q2 revenue up XX% YoY to $13.62B vs. $13.11B est. and raises its 2025 capex forecast to $85B up from $75B in February (@jenn_elias / CNBC)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 20:56:12 UTC 422.7K followers, 4847 engagements

"Sources: OpenAI researcher Jason Wei who worked on o3 and deep research models and his colleague Hyung Won Chung are joining Meta's new superintelligence lab (@kyliebytes / Wired)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 05:01:43 UTC 422.7K followers, 7374 engagements

"Figma makes its prompt-to-app coding tool Figma Make available to all users after initially launching it in beta for Full Seat users earlier in 2025 (@zombie_wretch / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 15:47:06 UTC 422.7K followers, 3242 engagements

"Netflix reports Q2 revenue up XX% YoY to $11.08B vs. $11.07B est. net income of $3.13B and forecasts 2025 revenue of $44.8B-$45.2B up from $43.5B-$44.5B (@sarahwhit10 / CNBC)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 20:11:43 UTC 422.7K followers, 5149 engagements

"Sources: Google is seeking to recruit news organizations for a new licensing project related to AI and plans to launch a pilot initially with XX US outlets (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 11:35:48 UTC 422.7K followers, 3416 engagements

"Sources: Microsoft has poached 24+ employees from Google DeepMind in the past six months; Gemini engineering head Amar Subramanya confirms the move to Microsoft (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 16:28:32 UTC 422.7K followers, 6468 engagements

"Swedish AI coding startup Lovable raised a $200M Series A led by Accel at a $1.8B valuation making it Europe's newest unicorn (@rudnit / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 11:49:21 UTC 422.7K followers, 3497 engagements

"Gamma Data: China's female-oriented gaming market surged XXX% YoY to $1B in 2024 driven by mobile game Love and Deepspace which earned $400M per Sensor Tower (@wata_suzu / Nikkei Asia)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 06:40:58 UTC 422.7K followers, 6889 engagements

"Neuralink filed on April XX as a "small disadvantaged business" that could give it preferential access to federal opportunities before being valued at $9B (@lorakolodny / CNBC)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 02:10:57 UTC 422.7K followers, 5530 engagements

"China approves Synopsys' acquisition of simulation software company Ansys after the US lifted restrictions on chip design software sales to China (Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 08:50:37 UTC 422.7K followers, 3646 engagements

"Moonvalley which is developing "ethical" AI video models trained on licensed content raised $84M led by General Catalyst bringing its total funding to $154M (@xpangler / Variety)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 14:50:38 UTC 422.7K followers, 3992 engagements

"Boulevard which provides business management software for the self-care sector raised an $80M Series D led by JMI Equity at an $800M post-money valuation (@bayareawriter / Crunchbase News)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 15:50:57 UTC 422.7K followers, 3557 engagements

"AMD and Stability AI launch the industry's first Stable Diffusion XXX Medium AI model optimized for AMD's XDNA X NPUs designed to run locally on Ryzen laptops (@antonshilov / Tom's Hardware)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 10:50:45 UTC 422.7K followers, 3630 engagements

"UK startup Inforcer which helps SMBs automate and manage Microsoft XXX security and more raised a $35M Series B a source says at a $200M+ valuation (@alexrkonrad / Upstarts Media)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 11:55:50 UTC 422.7K followers, 4667 engagements

"Arcade a gen-AI marketplace for designing jewelry raised a $25M Series A led by Canaan Partners bringing total funding to $42M and expands to home goods (@laurenforristal / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-03-24 20:01:49 UTC 422.7K followers, 4362 engagements

"Lyft rolls out letting riders "favorite" or block drivers to enhance loyalty from riders and drivers; favorites get priority for future scheduled rides (@natlungfy / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 15:27:17 UTC 422.7K followers, 3000 engagements

"Google's lead for Home and Nest Anish Kattukaran apologizes for Assistant reliability issues on home devices and announces "major improvements" later this year (@nexusben / 9to5Google)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 15:56:30 UTC 422.7K followers, 3257 engagements

"Circana: Nintendo Switch X is the fastest-selling video game device in US history with 1.6M units sold in June topping the PS4's 1.1M units in November 2013 (IGN)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 23:31:07 UTC 422.7K followers, 4934 engagements

"AI compliance startup Delve raised a $32M Series A at a $300M valuation led by Insight Partners with participation from CISOs at Fortune XXX companies (@ulonnaya / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 15:40:54 UTC 422.7K followers, 3275 engagements

"Anthropic now uses Canva's MCP server letting Canva users manage designs via Claude's UI following similar integrations with Figma Notion Stripe and Prisma (@zombie_wretch / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 17:41:03 UTC 422.7K followers, 5073 engagements

"Amsterdam-based Dexter Energy which offers AI-based forecasting and trading products for renewable energy and batteries raised a 23M Series C led by Alantra (@skglondontown / Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-02 12:46:27 UTC 422.7K followers, 3995 engagements

"How an open-source approach helped DeepSeek and other Chinese AI companies; Hugging Face: Alibaba's Qwen is now the world's largest open-source AI ecosystem (South China Morning Post)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 15:10:58 UTC 422.7K followers, 5002 engagements

"A researcher says XXX extensions on nearly 1M devices are overriding security protections to turn browsers into engines that scrape websites for a paid service (@dangoodin001 / Ars Technica)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-10 09:02:03 UTC 422.7K followers, 2706 engagements

"Sources: Menlo Ventures targets $1.5B for new funds to invest in AI ventures including $650M for early-stage startups and $850M for later-stage companies (@ychernova / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-06-29 22:35:36 UTC 422.7K followers, 6543 engagements

"Sources: the number of Optimus humanoid robots Tesla has made this year is in the hundreds well behind the pace needed to meet Musk's goal of producing 5K+ (The Information)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-25 13:20:43 UTC 422.7K followers, 2651 engagements

"In a memo Satya Nadella addresses the "enigma" of layoffs while "Microsoft is thriving" saying the transition into the AI era "might feel messy at times" (@toddbishop / GeekWire)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 17:31:22 UTC 422.7K followers, 4544 engagements

"Reka AI which aims to make more efficient LLMs raised $110M from Nvidia Snowflake and others at a $1B+ valuation up from $300M in 2023 per PitchBook (Brunella Tipismana Urbano / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 11:11:01 UTC 422.7K followers, 3638 engagements

"The UK partners with Deliveroo Just Eat and Uber Eats to curb illegal food delivery work share more data and combat a secondary market in rider accounts (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 12:36:03 UTC 422.7K followers, 2949 engagements

"Berlin-based CarOnSale a B2B marketplace for used car trading across Europe offering vehicle inspections and more raised a 70M Series C led by Northzone (@dcendongarcia / EU-Startups)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-13 04:25:57 UTC 422.7K followers, 5122 engagements

"The Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Danish government plan to invest 80M to acquire and run a Microsoft-powered quantum computer set to operate in early 2027 (@sanne_wass / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 10:31:52 UTC 422.7K followers, 4393 engagements

"Analysis and sources: $1B+ of Nvidia's AI chips were shipped to China in the three months after President Trump tightened chip export controls in May (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 11:17:41 UTC 422.7K followers, 3242 engagements

"Thinking Machines Lab Mira Murati's AI startup that launched only in February raised $2B led by a16z; Nvidia Accel ServiceNow Cisco and AMD also invested (@adityaunraveled / Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-15 17:20:50 UTC 422.7K followers, 5127 engagements

"Crypto asset manager Grayscale confidentially files draft IPO paperwork with the US SEC offering few details; the DCG subsidiary manages $30B+ (@jesuisnaga / The Block)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 14:15:38 UTC 422.7K followers, 5200 engagements

"At an All-In Podcast summit President Trump said forcing AI firms to pay for each copyrighted work is "not doable" calling for "common sense" AI and IP rules (Deadline)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-24 00:46:09 UTC 422.7K followers, 4065 engagements

"North Carolina-based Eton Solutions which offers wealth management ERP tools for single- and multifamily offices raised a $58M Series C led by Navis Capital (@ryanlawler / Axios)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-20 05:31:11 UTC 422.7K followers, 5071 engagements

"Amsterdam-based Tebi which offers a payments platform for hospitality companies raised 30M led by CapitalG after a 20M Series A in October 2024 (@abracarioca / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-06-11 11:21:12 UTC 422.7K followers, 4510 engagements

"Xelix which uses AI to automate businesses' accounts payable workflows by connecting with ERP systems raised a $160M Series B led by Insight Partners (@ryanlawler / Axios)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-23 05:55:54 UTC 422.7K followers, 3349 engagements

"Savvy Wealth a digital wealth management service for financial advisors raised a $72M Series B led by Industry Ventures taking its total funding to $100M+ (@ddjanowski / Wealth Management)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-06 03:55:48 UTC 422.7K followers, 5757 engagements

"Microsoft's Recall is meeting a lot of resistance from app developers with Brave and AdGuard joining Signal in blocking the controversial Windows AI tool (@tomwarren / The Verge)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-25 12:35:42 UTC 422.7K followers, 3315 engagements

"Jensen Huang hailed AI models from DeepSeek Alibaba and Tencent as "world class" at a Beijing expo and said US licenses for H20 chips "will come very fast" (Reuters)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 04:55:54 UTC 422.7K followers, 4073 engagements

"Google is testing a vibe-coding tool called Opal that lets users create mini web apps using text prompts or remix existing apps available in the US via Labs (@indianidle / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-25 11:40:43 UTC 422.7K followers, 2974 engagements

"Perplexity is offering a free one-year Perplexity Pro subscription normally $20/month to 360M users of Bharti Airtel India's second-largest telecom operator (Moneycontrol)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 05:11:00 UTC 422.7K followers, 6083 engagements

"NetBox Labs whose open-source tools help manage networks and are used by CoreWeave ARM Cisco JP Morgan and Riot Games raised a $35M Series B (@marcusschuler /"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 20:10:44 UTC 422.7K followers, 4325 engagements

"Decentralized messaging protocol XMTP developer Ephemera raised a $20M Series B at a $300M equity and $750M network valuation following a $20M Series A in 2021 (@yogita_khatri5 / The Block)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 16:15:59 UTC 422.7K followers, 11.9K engagements

"Nvidia rival Hailo announced the general availability of its second-generation AI accelerator chip the Hailo-10H with HP among its early adopters (@dylanonchips / CRN)"
@Techmeme Avatar @Techmeme on X 2025-07-22 17:05:58 UTC 422.7K followers, 4435 engagements