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The UK CMA clears Omnicom's $13B acquisition of rival Interpublic after launching an investigation into the deal on June 23; the FTC cleared the deal on June 25 (www.wsj.com)
2025-8-7

Sources: Mustafa Suleyman has been calling Google DeepMind recruits to work at Microsoft AI, offering higher pay and a more startup-like workplace than DeepMind (www.wsj.com)
2025-8-7 Google Microsoft Startup AI

CB Insights: Figma's IPO was the largest venture-backed IPO by market capitalization for a US tech company since Rivian's debut in November 2021 (www.wsj.com)
2025-8-2 IPO

Hoboken, NJ-based Saphyre, which makes software used in securities trading, raised $70M from FTV Capital (www.wsj.com)
2025-8-2

eBay reports Q2 revenue up 6% YoY to $2.73B, vs. $2.64B est., gross merchandise volume up 6% to $19.5B, net income up 64% to $368M; EBAY jumps 10%+ after hours (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-31 eBay

Sources: Amazon is paying $20M to $25M a year to use NYT's editorial content in a multi-year deal for its AI platforms, which is ~1% of NYT's total 2024 revenue (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-30 Amazon AI

Ramp raised a $500M Series E-2 led by Iconiq Growth at a $22.5B valuation, says it has 40,000+ businesses as clients, with $700M in annualized revenue in March (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-30

China showcased many of the initiatives for AI self-sufficiency at Shanghai's World AI Conference, as it invests heavily in power generation and skills training (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-30 China AI Shanghai

Sources: the US Commerce Department is discussing charging patent holders 1%-5% of their patent value, a radical move likely to spark pushback from businesses (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-30

Sources: Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity company CyberArk Software; a typical premium could put the deal well above $20B (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-30 Israel

Sources: JPMorgan Chase is in advanced talks to take over Apple's credit-card program from Goldman Sachs, with Apple telling JPMorgan it is its preferred choice (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-30 Apple JPMorgan Goldman

Sources: the US DOJ fired two of its most senior antitrust enforcers after disagreements related to defusing its lawsuit against HPE over its $14B Juniper deal (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-29

Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 10% YoY to €4.2B, MAUs up 11% YoY to 696M, subscribers up 12% YoY to 276M, and an €86M net loss; SPOT falls 5%+ pre-market (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-29 Spotify

At the International Mathematical Olympiad, 26 students got higher scores than DeepMind and OpenAI models, possibly the last time humans beat AI at the exam (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-28 AI

Architect Partners: companies have raised nearly $86B in 2025 to buy crypto, with over $43B raised since June 1, as skeptics worry about the market overheating (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-27

A look at efforts by startups, such as Positron and Groq, to develop inference-focused chips that aim to be more energy efficient and performant than Nvidia's (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-27 Energy Startup Nvidia

Walmart consolidates its AI agents into four “super agents”, for customers, staff, engineers, and sellers/suppliers, using Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-25 AI Walmart

Walmart hires Instacart CPO Daniel Danker as head of global AI acceleration, product, and design, starting next month and reporting to CEO Doug McMillon (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-24 AI Walmart

Researchers say North Korean scammers infiltrating the US workforce often reference Minions and other Despicable Me characters in GitHub and Telegram profiles (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-23 Korea GitHub

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 (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-23 Trump Korea Tax Brazil

SAP reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to €9.03B, vs. €9.05B est., cloud revenue up 24% to €5.13B, vs. €5.15B est., operating profit up 32% to €2.57B, vs. €2.43B est. (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-23

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 (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-23 Elon Musk Nvidia Equity

Sources: Stargate has struggled to get off the ground and sharply scaled back its near-term plans, as SoftBank and OpenAI disagree on crucial terms of the deal (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-22

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 (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-21

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 (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-21 Microsoft AI

How YouTube became the most-watched video provider on TVs in the US, with creator content tailored for family and group viewing and app features enhanced for TV (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-20 YouTube

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 (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-19 Zuckerberg

Tech execs and others detail the behind-the-scenes relationship between President Trump and Sam Altman, including how Altman quietly maneuvered around Elon Musk (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-18 Trump Elon Musk

Sources: the White House is preparing an EO requiring AI companies with federal contracts to be neutral and unbiased, to combat what officials see as “woke AI” (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-18 AI

Sources: some Trump administration officials are holding up finalizing a deal for the UAE to buy Nvidia AI chips over concerns that China could access the chips (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-17 Trump China AI Nvidia

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