Journals

Hugh Langley / Business Insider: Sources: Google is offering voluntary buyouts to employees in its UK offices, following similar offers in several US divisions this year  —  – Google is offering UK-based staff a voluntary exit package.  — The company… Read More »Sources: Google is offering voluntary buyouts to employees in its UK offices, following similar offers in several US divisions this year (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Source: Kalshi raised $1B led by Sequoia and CapitalG at a $11B valuation, less than two months after it announced a $300M fundraise at a $5B valuation  —  Kalshi, a prediction market that allows people to… Read More »Source: Kalshi raised $1B led by Sequoia and CapitalG at a $11B valuation, less than two months after it announced a $300M fundraise at a $5B valuation (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Colin Demarest / Axios: Method Security, which specializes in dual-use cyber capabilities, raised $26M across seed and Series A rounds led by a16z and General Catalyst, respectively  —  Method Security, a dual-use company combining cyber expertise with artificial intelligence speed,… Read More »Method Security, which specializes in dual-use cyber capabilities, raised $26M across seed and Series A rounds led by a16z and General Catalyst, respectively (Colin Demarest/Axios)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: OpenAI expands group chats in ChatGPT globally to all logged-in users on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, after piloting the feature in select regions  —  ChatGPT is launching group chats globally to all users on… Read More »OpenAI expands group chats in ChatGPT globally to all logged-in users on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, after piloting the feature in select regions (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Amy Feldman / Forbes: Profluent, which wants to use AI for protein design in drug discovery, raised $106M led by Bezos Expeditions and Altimeter, bringing its total funding to $150M  —  Profluent has raised $106 million to scale up use… Read More »Profluent, which wants to use AI for protein design in drug discovery, raised $106M led by Bezos Expeditions and Altimeter, bringing its total funding to $150M (Amy Feldman/Forbes)

Radhika Rajkumar / ZDNET: OpenAI says GPT-5 has demonstrated the ability to accelerate scientific research workflows but can’t run projects or solve scientific problems autonomously  —  ZDNET’s key takeaways  — GPT-5 supports researchers across disciplines, a study found.  — The… Read More »OpenAI says GPT-5 has demonstrated the ability to accelerate scientific research workflows but can’t run projects or solve scientific problems autonomously (Radhika Rajkumar/ZDNET)

Margi Murphy / Bloomberg: Source: Twenty, which uses AI to help hackers for the US military penetrate adversary computer networks, raised a $38M Series A led by Caffeinated Capital  —  Twenty’s technology helps military hackers find ways to penetrate targets. … Read More »Source: Twenty, which uses AI to help hackers for the US military penetrate adversary computer networks, raised a $38M Series A led by Caffeinated Capital (Margi Murphy/Bloomberg)

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Allen Institute for AI, or Ai2, unveils Olmo 3 models that it says outperform open models like Stanford’s Marin and commercial open-weight models like Llama 3.1  —  The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) released a new… Read More »Allen Institute for AI, or Ai2, unveils Olmo 3 models that it says outperform open models like Stanford’s Marin and commercial open-weight models like Llama 3.1 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg: The FCC votes along party lines to repeal a Biden-era cybersecurity rule aimed at preventing intrusions like Salt Typhoon, calling it an ineffective measure  —  The Federal Communications Commission voted to roll back Biden-era cybersecurity regulations… Read More »The FCC votes along party lines to repeal a Biden-era cybersecurity rule aimed at preventing intrusions like Salt Typhoon, calling it an ineffective measure (Kelcee Griffis/Bloomberg)

Ryan Lawler / Axios: Numeric, which automates accounting workflows, raised a $51M Series B led by IVP, bringing its total funding to $89M, and says OpenAI and Brex are clients  —  Numeric, which automates accounting workflows, raised $51 million in… Read More »Numeric, which automates accounting workflows, raised a $51M Series B led by IVP, bringing its total funding to $89M, and says OpenAI and Brex are clients (Ryan Lawler/Axios)