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LinkedIn and Pinterest are testing programs that let publishers sell ads on their videos and pages, respectively, in exchange for a cut of the resulting revenue (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-30 LinkedIn

Internal messages: Meta staff complained about Threads' algorithm limiting political posts, after the For You page was slow to show news of Biden dropping out (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-24 Algorithm

Source: OpenAI has reassigned Aleksander M&aogon;dry, the head of its Preparedness AI safety team, to a role within its research organization focusing on reasoning (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-24 AI

Sources: Apple is working on a foldable, clamshell design iPhone that could launch as soon as 2026, and has reached out to component suppliers in recent months (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-24 iPhone Apple

Reddit COO Jen Wong says the company has revenue sharing deals with the NFL, NBA, MLB, and others to get video and other content, hoping to draw advertisers (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-22 Reddit

Sources: OpenAI has talked to chip designers including Broadcom about developing an AI server chip and hired former members of a Google unit that produces TPUs (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-19 Google AI

An ex-Reality Labs manager says Meta asked the unit to cut spending by ~20% between 2024-2026; Meta plans two Quest 4 versions in 2026 and Quest Pro 2 in 2027 (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-19

Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz say Trump is the right choice for “Little Tech”; sources say they plan to make large donations to PACs supporting his campaign (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-17 Trump

Sources: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have told a16z staff in recent days that they plan to make large donations to PACs supporting Donald Trump (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-17 Trump

Sources: Index is Wiz's largest outside shareholder, with an 11%+ stake; Sequoia owns 10%+, Insight owns ~9%, Greenoaks owns ~5%, and Cyberstarts owns ~4% (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-16

Source: Meta plans to release the largest version of its Llama 3 model with 405B parameters and multimodal capabilities on July 23 (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-13

Sources: xAI ends talks with Oracle to expand an existing arrangement to rent Nvidia chips; source: Oracle is not part of xAI's supercomputer project in Memphis (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-10 Oracle Nvidia

Source: a16z has secured thousands of AI chips, including Nvidia H100 GPUs, and is renting them to portfolio companies, with the aim of expanding to 20K+ GPUs (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-10 AI Nvidia

UiPath says it will lay off 10% of its workforce, or ~420 people, after lowering its full year revenue expectations by $100M last month; PATH drops 6%+ (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-10

Despite OpenAI's move to shut out Chinese developers from its tech, OpenAI's models are still available in China via Microsoft's Azure China (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-10 China Microsoft

Volley, which makes AI-powered games played via voice commands on Amazon Alexa, Fire TV, and Roku TV, raised a $55M Series C to bring its total funding to $75M+ (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-10 Amazon AI

A look at Scale AI's $13.8B valuation from May's $1B round suggests it's almost certainly too high, given below-average margins, reliance on few customers, more (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-9 AI

Sources: to reduce its reliance on Safari on the iPhone, Google considered limiting AI Overviews to its own apps, but ultimately decided against that move (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-6 Google iPhone AI

Sources: Harvey, which builds generative AI tools for law firms, now expects to raise ~$100M at a $1.5B valuation after reported talks to raise $600M at $2B+ (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-4 AI

Source: generative AI video startup Runway is in talks to raise $450M at about a $4B valuation, with General Atlantic in talks to lead the round (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-3 Startup AI

Source: Character.AI held talks over partnerships with Google, Meta, and xAI, to access the partnering company's computing in return for sharing some of its IP (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-1 Google AI

Source: Amazon plans to use a controversial trade rule used by Temu and Shein, which exempts packages worth $800 or less from tariffs, for its discount section (www.theinformation.com)
2024-6-30 Amazon

Sources: Apple may use electrically induced adhesive debonding to make batteries easier to replace, starting with one iPhone 16 model, to comply with EU rules (www.theinformation.com)
2024-6-28 iPhone Apple

As tech companies grapple with the limited availability of Nvidia chips globally, Chinese companies like Alibaba face a tougher situation due to US restrictions (www.theinformation.com)
2024-6-28 China Alibaba Nvidia

Slides shown to Chinese sellers: Amazon plans to launch a Temu-like section featuring cheap items that ship directly from China to overseas consumers (www.theinformation.com)
2024-6-27 China Amazon

Animoca Brands, which was valued at $6B in 2022, is considering an IPO in Hong Kong or the Middle East in 2025, four years after it was delisted in Australia (www.theinformation.com)
2024-6-26 Australia Hong Kong IPO

Sources: Huawei is struggling to ramp up production of its Ascend AI server chip, China's leading alternative to Nvidia's A100, due to a new US crackdown (www.theinformation.com)
2024-6-26 China AI Nvidia

Sources: Google has been developing a product to create customizable chatbots, which could be modeled on celebrities, and plans to launch it as soon as 2024 (www.theinformation.com)
2024-6-25 Google chatbot

Klarity, which uses AI to let companies automate reviews of invoices and other documents, raised a $70M Series B led by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross (www.theinformation.com)
2024-6-25 AI

Sources describe Apple's efforts to fully automate iPhone assembly lines, helping it reduce its reliance on China, including by buying startups like DarwinAI (www.theinformation.com)
2024-6-24 China iPhone Startup Apple

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