Adobe launched a suite of generative AI tools called “Firefly” and said its models are trained on data that is either licensed for training, in the…
Amazon will cut 9K employees in its AWS, advertising, Twitch, and HR segments; this follows the company letting go of 18K workers between November and…
WSJ sources: Tiger Global marked down its venture portfolios by 33% in 2022, erasing ~$23B in value - Link Twitch’s Emmett Shear will step down as CEO…
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The Information sources: SVB Capital, Silicon Valley Bank’s venture arm, manages $9.5B and invested $234M in Sequoia, $173M in a16z, $145M in Ribbit…
Stripe raised a $6.5B Series I at a $50B valuation, with all proceeds going toward covering tax obligations related to expiring RSUs and a new tender…
In a letter to Meta employees, Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to cut 10K more jobs, withdraw ~5K unfilled open roles, and cancel lower-priority…
The US Treasury Department announced that the FDIC would make all Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank depositors whole - Link Shares of First…
Regulators from the government of California have shut down Silicon Valley Bank; SVB had a total of $209B in assets and $175.4B in total deposits; the…
Believer, an LA-based game studio that plans to build multiplayer open-world games using generative AI, raised $55M led by Lightspeed with participation…
Bloomberg sources: Meta plans to cut thousands of more jobs as soon as this week after cutting ~13% of staff (11K employees) in November - Link…

February 2023

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