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Nvidia reports Q1 revenue up 262% YoY to $26.04B, vs. $24.65B est., forecasts Q2 revenue above est., and splits its stock 10-for-1; NVDA jumps 5%+ after hours — Nvidia shares topped $1,000 for the first time in extended trading on Wednesday after the chipmaker reported fiscal first-quarter results that topped analyst estimates.
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets and Slashdot
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Pay now lets users see their card benefits and perks before selecting a card, use BNPL on more sites, and fill in card details through biometrics or PIN — Google Pay is rolling out a number of updates that capitalize on its integrations with other Google products, like Android and the Chrome browser.
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| André Beganski / Decrypt: |
The US House passes the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21, which would create a regulatory framework for digital assets — Dubbed the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21, the measure was approved by the House of Representatives with a 279-136 vote.
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News Corp and OpenAI announce a multiyear agreement to bring News Corp's news content to OpenAI; sources: the deal could be worth $250M over five years — Agreement could generate over $250 million over five years for News Corp in cash and credits — Wall Street Journal owner News Corp struck …
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| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Truecaller partners with Microsoft's Azure AI Speech to let its AI Assistant users create an AI version of their voice to answer calls based on a recorded clip — Caller ID company Truecaller will let users create an AI version of their voice to answer calls.
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| Kelsey Piper / Vox: |
Leaked OpenAI docs show aggressive tactics toward ex-employees and contradict leadership's comments about being unaware of provisions about equity cancellation — On Friday, Vox reported that employees at tech giant OpenAI who wanted to leave the company were confronted with expansive and highly restrictive exit documents.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Zuckerberg creates the Meta Advisory Group with Patrick Collison, Nat Friedman, Tobi Lütke, and Charlie Songhurst, to advise on tech and growth opportunities — - Stripe's Collison, Shopify's Lütke among new advisers — Group to guide Meta on tech, strategic growth opportunities
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
US FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel proposes requiring the disclosure of content generated by AI in political ads on radio and TV, citing the use of deepfakes — U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on Wednesday proposed requiring disclosure of content generated … | Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News: |
Steve Kramer, the political consultant who admitted to commissioning the deepfake robocall of Biden, has been indicted in New Hampshire and faces five counts — Steve Kramer, the Democratic consultant whom NBC News first linked to the robocall impersonating the president, is facing five counts in New Hampshire.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Bluesky now lets users send DMs and says it's working on adding support for messages with images and end-to-end encryption — Bluesky will now let you send a direct message to other users. For now, you can only send messages containing text, but Bluesky is working on adding support for images and videos.
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Threads: @timfullerton and @quillmatiq
| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
Documents and sources: OpenAI didn't use Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT's Sky and hired another actress months before Sam Altman contacted Johansson — A different actress was hired to provide the voice for ChatGPT's ‘Sky,’ according to documents and recordings shared with the Washington Post.
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Forums: r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, and r/OpenAI
| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Praktika, which lets users create personalized AI-powered avatars to make learning a language feel more natural, raised a $35.5M Series A led by Blossom Capital — Most apps that help you learn languages feature a user experience that has you selecting options or swiping away wrong answer cards …
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| Austin Weinstein / Bloomberg: |
Intercontinental Exchange, which owns the NYSE, agreed to pay $10M to settle SEC allegations that it failed to immediately tell the agency about a hack in 2021 — The SEC said that in April 2021 ICE learned that its virtual private network had been hacked by a “threat actor.”| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Snowflake reports Q1 revenue up 33% YoY to $828.7M, product revenue up 34% YoY to $789.6M, vs. $749M est., and projects Q2 product revenue above estimates — - Data software company raises annual product revenue outlook — Quarterly report is the first under new CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy| Inci Ozbek / Bloomberg: |
Istanbul-based Colendi, which provides digital banking services, raised a $65M Series B at a $700M valuation from Citi Ventures and others — - Digital banking startup raised $65 million in Series B round — Colendi targets $1 billion valuation in new investment round
More: Tech.eu
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
LA-based Aerodome, which uses autonomous drones to help first responders get a view of problems like crimes and fires, raised a $21.5M Series A led by CRV — If you've spent any time in Los Angeles, you're no doubt aware that police helicopters are a permanent fixture in the skies above.
More: Aerodome, FinSMEs, and VC News Daily
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Portland-based Hydrolix, a data lake service that offers a repository for log data, raised a $35M Series B led by S3 Ventures, bringing its total raised to $68M — In 2008, Marty Kagan, who'd previously worked at Cisco and Akamai, co-founded Cedexis, a (now-Cisco-owned) firm developing observability tech for content delivery networks.
More: Portland Business Journal, FinSMEs, Hydrolix, SiliconANGLE, and siliconflorist.com
LinkedIn: Aaron Perman and Baris Aksoy
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches its Symphony AI suite for brands, using generative AI to let marketers write scripts, produce videos, and enhance current assets — TikTok is the latest tech company to incorporate generative AI into its ads business, as the company announced on Tuesday that it's launching a new “TikTok Symphony” AI suite for brands.
More: Campaign, Social Media Today, Adweek, ChannelX, The Media Leader, and Digiday
X: @liahaberman and @liahaberman
| The Information: |
Sources: AI chip startup Groq has told investors it wants to raise about $300M by the end of month; Groq previously raised more than $367M at a $1B+ valuation — Groq, an Nvidia rival that develops specialized server chips and software for artificial intelligence, has told investors it wants …
X: @nmasc_, @danielnewmanuv, and @scobleizer
| Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: |
Cologne-based AI translation startup DeepL, which develops its own models, raised $300M led by Index Ventures at a $2B valuation and reports 100K+ customers — The round, led by Index Ventures, reflects businesses' increasing interest in function-specific AI models
More: PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, CNBC, TNW, Tech Startups, OTPP, Tech Xplore, TechCrunch, Crunchbase News, and EU-Startups
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