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Sources: in recent weeks, Meta executives including Mark Zuckerberg have pressed US trade officials to oppose an impending EU fine and cease-and-desist order (www.wsj.com)
3 hours ago Zuckerberg

Tampa-based ReliaQuest, which provides AI-powered cybersecurity tools, raised $500M+ in a funding round led by EQT, KKR, and FTV Capital, valuing it at $3.4B (www.wsj.com)
10 hours ago AI

AMD completes its $4.9B purchase of data center equipment designer ZT Systems, announced in August 2024, taking on its roughly 1,000 design engineers (www.wsj.com)
17 hours ago AMD

Eric and Donald Trump Jr.'s American Data Centers plans to merge with Hut 8's American Bitcoin and take a 20% stake, aiming to create the world's largest miner (www.wsj.com)
20 hours ago Trump U.S. Bitcoin

An interview with White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios, a Peter Thiel protégé confirmed by the Senate on March 25, on US plans to counter Beijing on AI (www.wsj.com)
21 hours ago Interview AI Senate

Memecoins attempting to profit from a man's suicide highlight Pump.fun's extreme lack of boundaries; one of the memecoins soared past $2M in total value (www.wsj.com)
23 hours ago

A look at the race between China and the US to build truly useful humanoid robots, as China lists “embodied” AI as a priority for a $138B state investment fund (www.wsj.com)
1 day ago China AI Robot

Sources detail tensions between Apple and Elon Musk's SpaceX over efforts to expand satellite cellphone services (www.wsj.com)
1 day ago Apple Elon Musk SpaceX

Uber and DoorDash are pressing GOP lawmakers to include independent contractors who drive rideshare vehicles and deliver food in Trump's no-tax-on-tips proposal (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago Trump Uber Tax Republican

A look at drone delivery startup Zipline, which has raised $500M+, made 1.4M+ deliveries in seven countries, and delivers packages for Walmart in two US cities (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago Startup Drone Walmart

A book excerpt details how the OpenAI board ousted Sam Altman with help from Mira Murati, who provided examples of his alleged lies and other toxic behavior (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago

Adalytics: DoubleVerify, IAS, and Human Security, paid by advertisers to detect bots, regularly miss such traffic; DoubleVerify missed 21% of bot visits (www.wsj.com)
3 days ago

Sources: OpenAI is finalizing a $40B round led by SoftBank, receiving $10B initially and another $30B by 2025's end if it restructures into a for-profit company (www.wsj.com)
3 days ago

Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen says the company generated revenue of $2.1B in 2024, up from $1.6B in 2023 but missed its target to be profitable by the end of 2024 (www.wsj.com)
4 days ago

Takeaways after using AI search exclusively for one month: AI search is more of a UX revamp than a replacement for Google's blue links-based web search paradigm (www.wsj.com)
4 days ago Google AI

Anthropic and Databricks ink a five-year deal, expected to jointly generate $100M in revenue, by selling AI tools to businesses developing their own AI agents (www.wsj.com)
5 days ago AI

Mercury, which helps startups manage their finances, raised $300M led by Sequoia at a $3.5B valuation; the fintech saw $2B in deposits after SVB's collapse (www.wsj.com)
5 days ago Fintech Startup

Trump Media signs a non-binding agreement with Crypto.com to launch ETFs under its Truth.Fi brand later this year, comprising digital assets and securities (www.wsj.com)
7 days ago Trump ETF Asset

A profile of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm, who is set to go on trial for conspiracy to commit money laundering; Storm says most users were legitimate (www.wsj.com)
7 days ago Conspiracy

Index Ventures, Wiz's largest outside shareholder with a 13% stake, is set to turn its $245M investment into $4.3B from Wiz's pending sale to Alphabet for $32B (www.wsj.com)
10 days ago Alphabet

Chinese food delivery giant Meituan reports Q4 revenue up 20% to $12.21B, vs. $12.1B est., net profit up 180% YoY to $858M, even as it faces stiff competition (www.wsj.com)
10 days ago China 4Q

Sources: crypto exchange Kraken is nearing a $1.5B deal to acquire NinjaTrader, a US retail futures trading platform; the deal could be announced on March 20 (www.wsj.com)
12 days ago Retail

Sources: activist investor Starboard Value plans to nominate a minority slate of director candidates at Autodesk ahead of the company's coming annual meeting (www.wsj.com)
13 days ago

Filing: the man Rippling has accused of feeding stolen customer and employee info to Deel was Keith O'Brien, a global payroll-compliance manager in Dublin (www.wsj.com)
13 days ago

Sources: Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for ~$30B; Alphabet was close to a $23B deal for Wiz last summer before talks ended (www.wsj.com)
14 days ago Startup Alphabet

A profile of Chetan Nayak, who leads Microsoft's Station Q team trying to build a quantum computer; source: Microsoft spends ~$300M annually on quantum research (www.wsj.com)
15 days ago Microsoft Quantum

Directors Anthony and Joe Russo say they're building a high-tech studio aiming to help artists use AI as a creative tool to make films, shows, and video games (www.wsj.com)
15 days ago AI

Etsy and eBay are starting to embrace tactics popularized by social media platforms, such as algorithm-based personalization, as a way to stay relevant (www.wsj.com)
15 days ago Algorithm eBay

Foxconn says revenue from cloud and networking, including AI servers, made up 26% of its Q4 revenue and will almost catch up with consumer electronics in 2025 (www.wsj.com)
17 days ago AI 4Q

Streamers court YouTubers for new shows or spinoffs; sources: Amazon made $100M+ in profit on Beast Games and Netflix held talks with Dude Perfect for a series (www.wsj.com)
17 days ago Amazon Netflix

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