Ricursive Intelligence nabs $300M to speed up chip design with AI
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Ricursive Intelligence Inc., a startup that plans to use artificial intelligence to speed up chip development, has raised $300 million in funding at a $4 billion valuation. Lightspeed led the Series A investment. Recursive disclosed in its funding announc…
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Meta to test premium subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp
cnbc - Meta Platforms is set to test new subscription models across its apps, including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp in the coming months.
- AI-powered perks boost premium features exclusively. (5)
- Meta tests subscriptions—free core remains intact. (10)
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‘Humanity needs to wake up’ to dangers of AI, says Anthropic chief
ft - Dario Amodei posts 20,000-word essay detailing potentially catastrophic risks from powerful AI in years to come
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TikTok uninstalls are up 150% following U.S. joint venture
cnbc - TikTok's daily average U.S. app uninstalls have increased nearly 150% over the past five days compared to the previous three months, Sensor Tower told CNBC.
- TikTok technical glitches and soaring uninstalls (3)
- US ownership sparks policy and censorship questions (2)
- Users flocking to competitors amid TikTok crisis (6)
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Target, UnitedHealth, 3M, General Mills CEOs finally spoke up about ICE after weeks of silence. Here’s what they said
Grace Snelling / fastcompany - For weeks, the leaders of Minnesota’s most prominent businesses have remained tight-lipped as thousands of ICE agents have flooded the Twin Cities, where those agents have raided residential neighborhoods, detained employees from local businesses, and tak…
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TikTok attributes recent glitches to a power outage at a U.S. data center
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - The timing of these outages lines up with the long-awaited creation of a separate U.S. TikTok entity last week.
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BitMine Immersion (BMNR) Stock: Firm Completes Largest Ethereum Purchase of 2026
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR BitMine Immersion Technologies purchased 40,302 ETH last week for $117 million, its largest 2026 acquisition The company now holds 4.24 million ETH, representing 3.52% of Ethereum’s total supply BitMine has staked over 2 million ETH, nearly half its …
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Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in CoreWeave in AI-Factory Collaboration
Elias Schisgall / wsj - The companies said they would build AI factories on Nvidia’s computing-platform technology.
- Advanced CPUs and GPUs boost CoreWeave's edge (2)
- Building 5GW AI data centers with $2B commitment (14)
- CEO insights and market impacts fuel industry analysis (2)
- Stocks surge as $2B deal sparks investor enthusiasm (6)
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Advanced CPUs and GPUs boost CoreWeave's edge
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Footprint Firm closes €76M Article 9 deeptech Fund for the green transition
Cate Lawrence / tech - The Footprint Firm has completed the final closing of Footprint Fund I, an Article 9 €76 million venture fund. The fund focuses on early-stage deeptech companies in the green transition in Northern Eu...
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Synthesia raises $200M at $4B valuation to build worker skills using AI avatars
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - London-based Synthesia Ltd., an artificial intelligence video avatar platform, today announced that it has raised $200 million in a late-stage funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $4 billion. Founded in 2017, Synthesia offers a platform that gener…
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Tech CEOs including Tim Cook, Eric Yuan, attend Amazon-funded "Melania" screening at White House
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Orbital raises $60M Series B to automate real estate law with AI
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Orbital, an AI platformfor real estate law, has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round tosupport continued growth in the US and UK. The round was led by Brighton Park Capital andincluded parti...
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2150 closes €210M Fund II, lifts assets to €500M to back urban and industrial climate tech
Cate Lawrence / tech - Venture firm 2150 today announced the final close of its €210 million second fund, bringing total assets under management to €500 million. The fund remains focused on backing technology companies se...
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