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Austin-based webAI, which is building AI models that run locally on devices, raised “high double-digit” millions in a Series A at a $2.5B pre-money valuation (Dan Primack/Axios)

    Dan Primack / Axios: Austin-based webAI, which is building AI models that run locally on devices, raised “high double-digit” millions in a Series A at a $2.5B pre-money valuation  —  WebAI, an Austin, Texas-based sovereign AI platform, raised “high double-digit”… Read More »Austin-based webAI, which is building AI models that run locally on devices, raised “high double-digit” millions in a Series A at a $2.5B pre-money valuation (Dan Primack/Axios)

    Sources: CoinGecko, a prominent crypto market data and analytics company, is considering a sale at a ~$500M valuation, after starting the sales process in 2025 (Will Canny/CoinDesk)

      Will Canny / CoinDesk: Sources: CoinGecko, a prominent crypto market data and analytics company, is considering a sale at a ~$500M valuation, after starting the sales process in 2025  —  The crypto market data firm has hired investment bank Moelis,… Read More »Sources: CoinGecko, a prominent crypto market data and analytics company, is considering a sale at a ~$500M valuation, after starting the sales process in 2025 (Will Canny/CoinDesk)

      Sources: Meta and EssilorLuxottica are discussing potentially doubling Ray-Ban Meta production to 20M+ units by the end of 2026 and possibly as high as 30M+ (Bloomberg)

        Bloomberg: Sources: Meta and EssilorLuxottica are discussing potentially doubling Ray-Ban Meta production to 20M+ units by the end of 2026 and possibly as high as 30M+  —  Meta Platforms Inc. and EssilorLuxottica SA are discussing potentially doubling production capacity for… Read More »Sources: Meta and EssilorLuxottica are discussing potentially doubling Ray-Ban Meta production to 20M+ units by the end of 2026 and possibly as high as 30M+ (Bloomberg)

        Sources: carmakers find a workaround for chip shortages amid Nexperia’s internal battle, buying wafers from its Dutch arm and then shipping themselves to China (Financial Times)

          Financial Times: Sources: carmakers find a workaround for chip shortages amid Nexperia’s internal battle, buying wafers from its Dutch arm and then shipping themselves to China  —  Several auto groups are buying wafers from chipmaker’s Dutch arm, and shipping them… Read More »Sources: carmakers find a workaround for chip shortages amid Nexperia’s internal battle, buying wafers from its Dutch arm and then shipping themselves to China (Financial Times)

          Apple unveils Apple Creator Studio, a “groundbreaking collection” of creative apps like Final Cut, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro for $12.99/month or $129/year (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

            Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple unveils Apple Creator Studio, a “groundbreaking collection” of creative apps like Final Cut, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro for $12.99/month or $129/year  —  Apple has announced Apple Creator Studio, which it describes as a “groundbreaking… Read More »Apple unveils Apple Creator Studio, a “groundbreaking collection” of creative apps like Final Cut, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro for $12.99/month or $129/year (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

            Meta confirms it is laying off Reality Labs staff and will “reinvest the savings” in wearables; CTO Andrew Bosworth says 1,000+ staff will be notified Tuesday (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

              Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Meta confirms it is laying off Reality Labs staff and will “reinvest the savings” in wearables; CTO Andrew Bosworth says 1,000+ staff will be notified Tuesday  —  Meta Platforms Inc. is beginning to cut more than… Read More »Meta confirms it is laying off Reality Labs staff and will “reinvest the savings” in wearables; CTO Andrew Bosworth says 1,000+ staff will be notified Tuesday (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

              Latin American VC funding rose 14.3% YoY in 2025 to $4.1B, with early-stage investment up 31.9% YoY to nearly $2B and late-stage/growth deals reaching $1.63B (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

                Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Latin American VC funding rose 14.3% YoY in 2025 to $4.1B, with early-stage investment up 31.9% YoY to nearly $2B and late-stage/growth deals reaching $1.63B  —  Latin American startup investment climbed by 14.3% in… Read More »Latin American VC funding rose 14.3% YoY in 2025 to $4.1B, with early-stage investment up 31.9% YoY to nearly $2B and late-stage/growth deals reaching $1.63B (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

                Deepgram, which is building enterprise voice-recognition tech, raised a $130M Series C led by AVP at a $1.3B valuation, taking its total funding to $215M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

                  Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Deepgram, which is building enterprise voice-recognition tech, raised a $130M Series C led by AVP at a $1.3B valuation, taking its total funding to $215M  —  Usage of voice AI in sales, marketing, customer support, and… Read More »Deepgram, which is building enterprise voice-recognition tech, raised a $130M Series C led by AVP at a $1.3B valuation, taking its total funding to $215M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

                  Microsoft changes its data center approach, pledging to pay its power costs, reject tax breaks, and replenish more water than it uses, amid local opposition (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

                    Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Microsoft changes its data center approach, pledging to pay its power costs, reject tax breaks, and replenish more water than it uses, amid local opposition  —  President Trump was right about Microsoft — but he only… Read More »Microsoft changes its data center approach, pledging to pay its power costs, reject tax breaks, and replenish more water than it uses, amid local opposition (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

                    Crypto scams received $14B+ on-chain in 2025, up from 2024’s $12B and potentially rising to $17B+ as more wallets are found; impersonation scams jumped 1,400% (Chainalysis)

                      Chainalysis: Crypto scams received $14B+ on-chain in 2025, up from 2024’s $12B and potentially rising to $17B+ as more wallets are found; impersonation scams jumped 1,400%  —  In 2025, cryptocurrency scams received at least $14 billion on-chain, a significant increase… Read More »Crypto scams received $14B+ on-chain in 2025, up from 2024’s $12B and potentially rising to $17B+ as more wallets are found; impersonation scams jumped 1,400% (Chainalysis)

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