Journals

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: CrowdStrike confirms that an insider shared screenshots from internal systems with unnamed threat actors but says its systems were not breached  —  American cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has confirmed that an insider shared screenshots taken on internal… Read More »CrowdStrike confirms that an insider shared screenshots from internal systems with unnamed threat actors but says its systems were not breached (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Alex Heath / Sources: Bret Taylor says his AI agent startup Sierra has hit $100M in ARR, after launching in February 2024, up from about $20M this time last year  —  A new trend has quickly emerged for AI startups… Read More »Bret Taylor says his AI agent startup Sierra has hit $100M in ARR, after launching in February 2024, up from about $20M this time last year (Alex Heath/Sources)

Cory Weinberg / The Information: Sources: Kalshi told investors that its trading volume grew six times in the last six months and it is on an annualized pace for $600M to $700M in net revenue  —  For 15 years, Goldman… Read More »Sources: Kalshi told investors that its trading volume grew six times in the last six months and it is on an annualized pace for $600M to $700M in net revenue (Cory Weinberg/The Information)

Bloomberg: Sources: the US has probed whether the products of China’s Bitmain, which sells most of the world’s Bitcoin-mining machines, pose risks of espionage or sabotage  —  Investigators have sought to assess whether Bitmain Technologies’ products pose risks of espionage… Read More »Sources: the US has probed whether the products of China’s Bitmain, which sells most of the world’s Bitcoin-mining machines, pose risks of espionage or sabotage (Bloomberg)

Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer: Google starts rolling out ads in AI mode; the ads look similar to the citations in AI answers but with a “sponsored” label  —  Google has started rolling out ads in AI mode, which is the… Read More »Google starts rolling out ads in AI mode; the ads look similar to the citations in AI answers but with a “sponsored” label (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer)

Naomi Nix / Washington Post: Sources: Meta plans to test an AI-powered personalized daily briefing, designed to compete with ChatGPT’s Pulse, with some Facebook users in NYC and SF  —  Meta is testing a new product that would give Facebook… Read More »Sources: Meta plans to test an AI-powered personalized daily briefing, designed to compete with ChatGPT’s Pulse, with some Facebook users in NYC and SF (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)

Katherine Davis / Axios: Sorcero, which makes AI agents for pharmaceutical companies to market new medications, raised a $42.5M Series B, bringing its total funding to $59M  —  Sorcero, an agentic AI platform for the pharmaceutical industry, raised a $42.5… Read More »Sorcero, which makes AI agents for pharmaceutical companies to market new medications, raised a $42.5M Series B, bringing its total funding to $59M (Katherine Davis/Axios)

Bloomberg: Meta enters electricity trading to help accelerate the construction of new US power plants critical for its AI infrastructure buildout  —  Meta Platforms Inc. is venturing into the complex world of electricity trading, betting it can accelerate the construction… Read More »Meta enters electricity trading to help accelerate the construction of new US power plants critical for its AI infrastructure buildout (Bloomberg)

Jennifer Elias / CNBC: At a recent all-hands meeting, Google’s head of AI infrastructure Amin Vahdat said Google must double AI compute capacity every six months to meet demand  —  Google ‘s AI infrastructure boss told employees that the company… Read More »At a recent all-hands meeting, Google’s head of AI infrastructure Amin Vahdat said Google must double AI compute capacity every six months to meet demand (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)

New York Times: Q&A with Roblox co-founder and CEO David Baszucki on using face scans to verify age, having a chat function on Roblox, AI content moderation at scale, and more  —  This week the company announced that it would… Read More »Q&A with Roblox co-founder and CEO David Baszucki on using face scans to verify age, having a chat function on Roblox, AI content moderation at scale, and more (New York Times)