Journals

Verity Townsend / IGN: The Japanese government says it formally requested that OpenAI refrain from infringing on Japanese IPs, such as anime, calling them “irreplaceable treasures”  —  “We are a country that has captivated the world with the creative power… Read More »The Japanese government says it formally requested that OpenAI refrain from infringing on Japanese IPs, such as anime, calling them “irreplaceable treasures” (Verity Townsend/IGN)

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: SEC filing: Jeff Bezos discloses that he now owns 9% of Amazon’s shares, down from 10.1% a year ago, after selling 100M+ shares over the course of the past year  —  The Amazon founder… Read More »SEC filing: Jeff Bezos discloses that he now owns 9% of Amazon’s shares, down from 10.1% a year ago, after selling 100M+ shares over the course of the past year (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

Vince Dioquino / Decrypt: Stripe’s stablecoin arm, Bridge, applied for a US national trust bank charter, joining Circle, Paxos, Ripple, and Coinbase in seeking federal oversight  —  Bridge, Stripe’s stablecoin arm, has applied to the OCC for a national trust… Read More »Stripe’s stablecoin arm, Bridge, applied for a US national trust bank charter, joining Circle, Paxos, Ripple, and Coinbase in seeking federal oversight (Vince Dioquino/Decrypt)

Bloomberg: ASML reports Q3 net bookings of €5.4B, v. €4.9B est., as the AI spending boom boosts demand for its EUV machines to produce the most sophisticated AI chips  —  ASML Holding NV posted stronger-than-expected orders in the third quarter… Read More »ASML reports Q3 net bookings of €5.4B, v. €4.9B est., as the AI spending boom boosts demand for its EUV machines to produce the most sophisticated AI chips (Bloomberg)

April Roach / CNBC: ASML reports Q3 net sales of €7.5B, v. €7.7B est., and €2.12B net profit, v. €2.11B est., warning that it expects China sales to decline “significantly” in 2026  —  Dutch semiconductor equipment giant ASML on Wednesday… Read More »ASML reports Q3 net sales of €7.5B, v. €7.7B est., and €2.12B net profit, v. €2.11B est., warning that it expects China sales to decline “significantly” in 2026 (April Roach/CNBC)

Jay Peters / The Verge: YouTube starts rolling out its redesigned video player, which features rounded, slightly translucent on-screen buttons, across mobile, web, and TV globally  —  The ‘cleaner’ look is rolling out across mobile, web, and TV. … YouTube… Read More »YouTube starts rolling out its redesigned video player, which features rounded, slightly translucent on-screen buttons, across mobile, web, and TV globally (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Financial Times: Sources: OpenAI makes a five-year business plan to meet $1T+ spending pledges; it currently books ~$13B in ARR, 70% of which comes from consumers using ChatGPT  —  New revenue lines, debt partnerships and further fundraising targeted to cover… Read More »Sources: OpenAI makes a five-year business plan to meet $1T+ spending pledges; it currently books ~$13B in ARR, 70% of which comes from consumers using ChatGPT (Financial Times)

Danny Park / The Block: Coinbase invests in Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX to expand into India and the Middle East; CEO Sumit Gupta said the deal values CoinDCX at $2.45B post-money  —  – Coinbase said it is investing in Indian… Read More »Coinbase invests in Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX to expand into India and the Middle East; CEO Sumit Gupta said the deal values CoinDCX at $2.45B post-money (Danny Park/The Block)

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Reducto, which uses OCR with vision language models to convert complex documents into inputs for LLMs, raised a $75M Series B led by a16z at a $600M valuation  —  If you’ve ever uploaded a picture… Read More »Reducto, which uses OCR with vision language models to convert complex documents into inputs for LLMs, raised a $75M Series B led by a16z at a $600M valuation (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: Finch, which offers a voice-based AI system to automate administrative tasks done by paralegals, raised a $20M Series A, source says at a $100M valuation  —  Plus: Tech leaders propound the dead internet theory. … Welcome… Read More »Finch, which offers a voice-based AI system to automate administrative tasks done by paralegals, raised a $20M Series A, source says at a $100M valuation (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)