Sunday, September 28, 2025

Education software company EdSights, which uses SMS texting and AI to reach students and identify those at risk of dropping out, raised $80M from JMI Equity (Chris Metinko/Axios)

Chris Metinko / Axios:
Education software company EdSights, which uses SMS texting and AI to reach students and identify those at risk of dropping out, raised $80M from JMI Equity



A look at AI-powered "nudify" tools, which make it fast and easy to make nonconsensual, deepfake porn, and the limited legal options available to their victims (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
A look at AI-powered “nudify” tools, which make it fast and easy to make nonconsensual, deepfake porn, and the limited legal options available to their victims  —  In June of last year, Jessica Guistolise received a text message that would change her life.



Experts warn that Nvidia's large investments in data centers and startups, almost like a stimulus program, could be artificially inflating demand for its GPUs (The Information)

The Information:
Experts warn that Nvidia's large investments in data centers and startups, almost like a stimulus program, could be artificially inflating demand for its GPUs  —  Even by the standards of one of the most prodigious dealmakers in tech, the past month or so has been a head-spinning one for Nvidia's Jensen Huang.



Saturday, September 27, 2025

Oracle, whose expenses are rising as it begins to fulfill massive cloud infrastructure deals, turned cash flow negative this year for the first time since 1992 (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Oracle, whose expenses are rising as it begins to fulfill massive cloud infrastructure deals, turned cash flow negative this year for the first time since 1992  —  Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg's journalists around the world.



Why YouTube is key to Google's success in AI, with YouTube's AI enhancements making video content more monetizable than text-based content in Search (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Why YouTube is key to Google's success in AI, with YouTube's AI enhancements making video content more monetizable than text-based content in Search  —  Action is happening up-and-down the LLM stack: Nvidia is making deals with Intel, OpenAI is making deals with Oracle, and Nvidia and OpenAI are making deals with each other.



Sources: Apple is ramping up efforts to source manufacturing machinery in India, essential for making iPhones locally, and is working with around 17 suppliers (Danish Khan/Moneycontrol)

Danish Khan / Moneycontrol:
Sources: Apple is ramping up efforts to source manufacturing machinery in India, essential for making iPhones locally, and is working with around 17 suppliers  —  Around 17 companies have directly started working with Apple in India for capital equipment and tools over the last 20-24 months and the number is only expected to go up



An interview with California state Senator Scott Wiener on his new AI safety bill SB 53, the bill's scope, his focus on AI safety bills, AI PACs, and more (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
An interview with California state Senator Scott Wiener on his new AI safety bill SB 53, the bill's scope, his focus on AI safety bills, AI PACs, and more  —  This is not California state senator Scott Wiener's first attempt at addressing the dangers of AI.



Wednesday, September 24, 2025

WeTravel, whose travel payments software is used by group travel operators, raised a $92M Series C at a ~$450M valuation, up from ~$100M in 2022 (Lucinda Shen/Axios)

Lucinda Shen / Axios:
WeTravel, whose travel payments software is used by group travel operators, raised a $92M Series C at a ~$450M valuation, up from ~$100M in 2022  —  WeTravel, a travel payments software company, raised $92 million in Series C funding, CEO Ted Clements tells Axios.



UK's National Crime Agency says it's arrested a man in connection with a cyberattack that has caused days of disruption at Heathrow and other European airports (Imran Rahman-Jones/BBC)

Imran Rahman-Jones / BBC:
UK's National Crime Agency says it's arrested a man in connection with a cyberattack that has caused days of disruption at Heathrow and other European airports  —  A person has been arrested in connection with a cyber-attack which has caused days of disruption at several European airports including Heathrow.



Spotify reinstates integration with third-party DJ software for Premium subscribers in 51 markets, including the US, after pulling support in 2020 (Lawrence Bonk/Engadget)

Lawrence Bonk / Engadget:
Spotify reinstates integration with third-party DJ software for Premium subscribers in 51 markets, including the US, after pulling support in 2020  —  Budding mixmasters can create sets from pre-existing playlists.  —  Spotify just announced integration with popular DJ software platforms like rekordbox, Serato and djay.



Michael Moritz says Trump's "H-1B caper will backfire" and shows the "fragile grasp" Trump and his acolytes have of what makes the US tech sector so successful (Michael Moritz/Financial Times)

Michael Moritz / Financial Times:
Michael Moritz says Trump's “H-1B caper will backfire” and shows the “fragile grasp” Trump and his acolytes have of what makes the US tech sector so successful  —  The move shows how slender a grasp the president has of what makes the American economy so successful



Tuesday, September 23, 2025

London-based Fnality, which lets banks transact in a digital cash asset backed with funds at the Bank of England, raised $136M led by BoA, Citigroup, and others (Anna Irrera/Bloomberg)

Anna Irrera / Bloomberg:
London-based Fnality, which lets banks transact in a digital cash asset backed with funds at the Bank of England, raised $136M led by BoA, Citigroup, and others  —  Fnality International Ltd., a UK-based blockchain-payments company, has raised $136 million in a funding round led …



Auterion, which provides autopilot and swarming software for military drones, raised $130M led by Bessemer at a $600M+ valuation, says it has ~$100M in revenue (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Auterion, which provides autopilot and swarming software for military drones, raised $130M led by Bessemer at a $600M+ valuation, says it has ~$100M in revenue  —  Auterion, a startup that provides software to military drones, has raised $130 million to expand its operations abroad …



A look at the Nvidia-OpenAI deal, where Nvidia will invest in $10B tranches; sources say OpenAI informed Microsoft about the deal a day before it was signed (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
A look at the Nvidia-OpenAI deal, where Nvidia will invest in $10B tranches; sources say OpenAI informed Microsoft about the deal a day before it was signed  —  ABILENE, Texas - Sam Altman had a deadline.  OpenAI's CEO was headed to Texas to unveil his company's next big infrastructure push …



Monday, September 22, 2025

Cardless, which lets Coinbase and others launch co-branded credit cards, raised $60M and projects annualized revenue will grow from $15M now to $150M by Q2 2026 (Emily Mason/Bloomberg)

Emily Mason / Bloomberg:
Cardless, which lets Coinbase and others launch co-branded credit cards, raised $60M and projects annualized revenue will grow from $15M now to $150M by Q2 2026  —  Cardless, a co-brand credit-card startup, raised $60 million in fresh venture funds to add features and build programs with name-brand clients …



The GSA adds Meta's Llama to its list of approved AI tools for US federal agencies, after previously approving Microsoft, Google, Anthropic, and Open AI's tools (Courtney Rozen/Reuters)

Courtney Rozen / Reuters:
The GSA adds Meta's Llama to its list of approved AI tools for US federal agencies, after previously approving Microsoft, Google, Anthropic, and Open AI's tools  —  U.S. government agencies will be able to use Meta Platforms' (META.O) artificial intelligence system Llama …



Low prices, available land, and cooler weather are driving the data center boom in the Nordics, which have 1.5 GW of capacity live and 7.5 GW in the pipeline (Maggie Shiltagh/Bloomberg)

Maggie Shiltagh / Bloomberg:
Low prices, available land, and cooler weather are driving the data center boom in the Nordics, which have 1.5 GW of capacity live and 7.5 GW in the pipeline  —  Nordic power companies stand to win big from Europe's data-center boom, as cool weather and lower power prices entice more mega-projects northward.



Sources: after five Thinking Machines staff left, investors are rattled, potentially impacting fundraising; two researchers quit via Slack during an all-hands (The Information)

The Information : Sources: after five Thinking Machines staff left, investors are rattled, potentially impacting fundraising; two researc...