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Substrate, which aims to challenge TSMC, raised $100M+ from Founders Fund, General Catalyst, and others at a $1B+ valuation as it seeks to boost US chip making (@tim / Financial Times) https://t.co/7H4E2ysQ2Q https://t.co/4F7DqAI7Tc 📫 Subscribe:

Silicon Valley chip start-up raises $100mn to take on TSMC and ASML

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Don’t panic! It’s the “good” kind of bubble, reckons @JeffBezos, who has some experience in these matters. “This is kind of an industrial bubble as opposed to financial bubbles,” he told @italiantechweek, the kind that “can even be good. Because when the dust settles … society

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Black Forest Labs -less than 50 employees -based in small German university city of Freiburg -One year old -Backed by A16Z And as we reveal today, in funding talks for $200-$300m at around a $4bn valuation @FT

UK-based Yoto, whose screen-free speakers for kids play audiobooks and music, reports 2024 revenue up 86% YoY to £94.8M and expects to turn a profit in 2025 (@tim / Financial Times) https://t.co/k6EfER56s3 https://t.co/nICZ7bmkTM 📫 Subscribe:

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TikTok is planning to lay off hundreds of "trust and safety" staff in the UK and S/SE Asia, replacing many content moderators with AI, just weeks after new Online Safety Act rules came into force - FT scoop w @AnnaSophieGross

SCOOP - @Nvidia has done deal with Trump administration to pay US government 15% of revenues from #China H20 sales, in unprecedented quid pro quo for export licenses. https://t.co/UdjCoQCE16

Mistral targets $10bn valuation in new fundraising push

Intel, the home of Moore's Law, for the first time in history, is evaluating if it will continue at the leading edge. From its 10-Q "However, if we are unable to secure a significant external customer and meet important customer milestones for Intel 14A, we face the prospect

We've encouraged recent visitors to the FT's San Francisco bureau to hail a ride with Waymo. The experience is proving popular in the tech-forward city but how will robotaxis meaningfully scale across the globe? Story with @tim and @sjhmorris https://t.co/zuKTRE215s

The chief executives of large European companies including Airbus and BNP Paribas have urged Brussels to halt its landmark artificial intelligence act ahead of key provisions kicking into force in August. With @tim https://t.co/arKw1tNbUj

"A country of geniuses in a data centre" or "just vibes and snake oil"? @Melissahei asks all the right questions about AGI in today's @FT big read

Spotify founder Daniel Ek is leading a €600m funding in German defence tech startup Helsing, valuing the four-year-old co at €12bn. A biz making battlefield AI, drones, submarines & robo-fighter pilots is now one of Europe’s most valuable startups https://t.co/OKWkuAScl3

Published today - an FT report for high school age students called Navigating the Digital World. It's free to read. Please share with any high school age students you know!

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns the UK lacks the digital infrastructure needed to capitalize on AI despite "incredible" research talent, as PM Starmer pledges £1B (@tim / Financial Times) https://t.co/h1mUkl9QfC https://t.co/TdpjX6wl5w https://t.co/ZOzeer1FAj

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Scoop: Europe’s best-known AI start-up Mistral AI has secured new contracts worth hundreds of millions, driving an upturn in its business that could help fuel a potential $1bn fundraising ⁦@tim⁩ ⁦@GeorgeNHammond⁩ ⁦@Melissahei⁩

I'm looking forward to speaking with Tim Bradshaw at SXSW London on Thursday at 2.45pm about my 50 years in games and the rise of the games industry @tim @sxsw

Apple set to expand India supply chain through $1.5bn Foxconn plant