Sitemap - 2023 - TWiST Ticker

Microsoft plans to deprecate Windows Mixed Reality, Cisco acquires Isovalent

AI Robot CyberRunner outmaneuvers humans in a maze game, NASA engineers streamed an HD cat video from 18.6M miles away

Microsoft Copilot gets a music creation feature, Guac trains algorithms to predict grocery demands

Streaming TV is entering its franchise era, Flipboard plans to replace its social backend

Waymo launches curbside robotaxi at Phoenix airport, MrBeast’s launches an analytics platform

Instagram introduces a gen-AI-powered background editing tool, Google DeepMind used its FunSearch model to solve a famous problem in pure mathematics

Microsoft ranked #1 best-managed company of 2023, Google announces MedLM AI models for medical industries

Microsoft releases Phi-2 AI language model, Meta adds multimodal AI to its Ray-Ban smart glasses

TikTok becomes the fifth mobile app to reach $10B in gross revenue, US teens survey: 93% use YouTube, 63% use TikTok

Google launches an AI-first notebook, Meta rolls out tags on Threads offering support for multiple words and spaces

Meta announces initiative to promote responsible AI, Robinhood launches crypto trading in EU

Google Announces a New AI Model with Three Tiers, Sam Altman Named CEO of the Year

Meta, IBM, and 50+ other companies form the AI Alliance, X is now licensed for payment processing in select US states

OpenAI Signed a LOI to Spend $51M on Brain-Inspired Chips, Meta Announces Seamless Communication

Apple and Paramount Discuss Bundling Streaming Services, Makers of the Dream by Wombo AI app launch a new app for AI avatars

Meta plans to launch Threads in the EU, Substack rolls out video creation and editing tools for video podcasts

Together AI raises $102M to pre-train open source models, Spotify Wrapped 2023 adds an AI DJ

Amazon launches Amazon Q, a workplace-focused AI assistant, Pika raises $55M to build AI video editing platform

Black Friday sales hit $70B globally, Amazon becomes the largest delivery business in the US

Stripe & Shopify share real-time visualization of Black Friday and Cyber Monday data

OpenAI breakthrough model Q*, Google updates Bard with access to YouTube content

Sam Altman to return as OpenAI CEO, Nvidia Q3 revenue up 206% YoY

Broadcom to close $69bn VMWare acquisition, Zoom Q3 earnings, OpenAI talent poaching

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman fired as CEO, Co-Founder Greg Brockman & senior OpenAI researchers resign

OpenAI offering $5M-$10M comp packages for Google AI researchers, Character.AI in talks to raise at a $5B+ valuation

Humane reveals full details on $699 Ai Pin, Unity earnings

Roblox earnings, Microsoft inks cloud deal with Oracle due to AI demand

Uber earnings, 23andMe goes 2FA by default, Enable raises $120M Series D

OpenAI DevDay announcements, Bumble CEO to step down

SBF guilty on all seven counts, Apple earnings, and more

Airbnb & DoorDash earnings, SafeMoon execs charged

UK announces new AI policy paper, WeWork plans to file for bankruptcy next week

Mistral seeks $300M at a $1B+ valuation, Shield AI raises $200M at a $2.7B valuation

Biden signs genAI EO, OpenAI launches "All Tools" feature

Amazon earnings, Google to invest up to $2B more in Anthropic

Meta earnings, YouTrip raises $50M, CentML raises $27M

Alphabet, Microsoft, Spotify, Snap earnings + more

CA's DMV suspends Cruise's robotaxi license, Nvidia begins designing Arm-based CPUs

Databricks acquires Arcion for $100M, Spider-Man 2 sells 2.5M copies in first 24 hours

Convoy shuts down, NY AG sues Gemini, Genesis, and DCG over defrauding investors

Global AI startup funding up 27% y/y in Q3, Amazon announces 10K Rivian EVs in its delivery fleets

Former FTX exec testifies against SBF, US VC deal volume drops to lowest level since 2018

US to issue new AI chip export restrictions to China, Apple shifts resources from AR glasses towards cheaper Vision Pro model

Flexport cuts 20% of staff, OpenAI generating revenue at a $1.3B annualized rate

Latest in FTX trial, DeepMind cut staff expenses by 39% in 2022

Ellison says SBF instructed her to invest with customer funds, Shift files for bankruptcy

Unity CEO steps down, Microsoft losing $20/user/month on GitHub's Copilot

OpenAI explores building its own AI chips, Microsoft plans to close Activision Blizzard acquisition on 10/13

OpenSea cuts 20% of staff, Headway raises $125M, Habyt raises $42M

Anthropic in talks to raise $2B at a $20B-$30B valuation, Qualtrics cuts ~14% of staff

LinkedIn announces new OpenAI-powered tools, Greylock announces new $1B early-stage fund

Code analysis: TikTok is testing a $5/month ad-free subscription, Blue Apron acquired by Lore’s Wonder Group

UK pushes for access into LLMs of Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, Jasper AI writes down valuation by ~20%

OpenAI in advanced talks with Jony Ive and Masa to build "iPhone of AI," Epic Games cuts 16% of staff

FTC sues Amazon, OpenAI seeks $80B-$90B valuation in secondary offering

Blue Origin to change CEOs, Openly raises $100M, Beehiiv acquires Swapstack

Amazon to invest up to $4B in Anthropic, OpenAI launches voice and image features in ChatGPT

JOKR raises $50M down round, HiddenLayer raises $50M, Meta expands paid verification program

Klaviyo IPOs at $30/share, Cisco acquires Splunk for ~$28B in cash

Instacart closes first day up 12%+, FTX sues SBF's parents

Instacart prices IPO at $30/share, Levelpath raises $30M Series A

Bastion raises $25M seed, Joby to build eVTOL production plant in Ohio

Instacart to IPO next week, EU fines TikTok ~$379M, Adobe Q3 earnings

Arm pops ~25% in trading debut, Flexport revenue dropped ~70% in H1

Arm prices IPO at $51/share, Starlink generated $1.4B in revenue in 2022

Apple announces new USB-C powered iPhone 15 lineup, TikTok starts rolling out TikTok Shop in US

Spotify pushes audiobooks, IRS to use AI to target billion-dollar firms

Imbue raises $200M, Inceptive raises $100M, Stack AV raises $1B+

Coinbase creates a new crypto lending service, Upwind raises $50M, Meta to stop promoting news content in Europe

Meta considers offering ad-free, paid versions of FB and Insta in the EU, Beta Bionics raises $100M

Nvidia discloses more chip export restrictions, AI21 Labs raises $155M, CrowdStrike & Salesforce earnings

OpenAI on pace to generate $1B+ in NTM revenue, China to approve first genAI tools for public use

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Enterprise, Sen. Schumer to host closed-door AI forum

Instacart and Klaviyo file for IPO, Didi to sell smart car arm to Xpeng

Snowflake earnings, Hugging Face confirms $235M Series D, Modular raises $100M

Nvidia smashes earnings, SpaceX working with Cloudflare to increase Starlink speeds

Arm files for IPO, Ramp raises $300M down round

UK looking to purchase £100M worth of GPUs, Meta to launch web-based version of Threads

OpenAI makes first public acquisition, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt building moonshot nonprofit

UK plans AI summit, Commerce Dept builds "startup" team to deploy $39B in chip subsidies

Google plans major AI release this fall, Gulf nations acquire thousands of Nvidia GPUs

Anthropic to raise $100M from SK Telecom, SoftBank to acquire 25% of Arm from its own Vision Fund

Waymo and Cruise allowed to operate robotaxi fleets 24/7, ByteDance revenue growth slows in China

US launches AI DARPA contest, Chinese tech giants purchase $20B+ of Nvidia GPUs

Earnings: Roblox, Lyft, Twilio, Toast; UMG/Google in talks for AI licensing deal

Top chipmakers plan to invest in Arm's IPO, Stability AI exec departure, Vision Fund bounces back

Neuralink raises $280M, Saudi PIF reports $15.6B loss in 2022

Amazon, Apple, Airbnb, Cloudflare earnings

Startup Report-08/04/2023

Startup Report - 08/03/2023

Robinhood, Shopify, DoorDash earnings, Clutter sells for huge discount

Startup Report-08/02/2023

Arm targets $60B-$70B IPO valuation, top ad agencies flee TV for YouTube

Startup Report-08/01/2023

Uber earnings, Nvidia asks for its cloud provider's customers, Google overhauls Assistant

Startup Report-07/31/2023

SEC asked Coinbase to delist all crypto except for Bitcoin before suing it, Sequoia cuts crypto and ecosystems funds

Startup Report-07/28/2023

Meta earnings, SBF won't face campaign finance charge

Startup Report-07/27/2023

Startup Report 07/26/2023

Top AI leaders testify before Congress over risks, FTC finalizing Amazon lawsuit

Startup Report-07/25/2023

Alphabet, Microsoft, Spotify & Snap earnings

Startup Report-07/24/2023

Twitter starts rebrand to X, Worldcoin starts rolling out its token

SEC subpoenas Bolt, OpenAI to launch ChatGPT for Android, Sergey Brin returns to the office

Startup Report - 07/21/2023

Startup Report-07/20/2023

Netflix and Tesla earnings, Google tests AI-powered journalist assistant

Meta releases Llama 2, Apple works on "Apple GPT," Sequoia shakes up partners

Startup Report-07/19/2023

Startup Report-07/18/2023

Nvidia closes in on Lambda Labs investment, Netcraft raises $100M

Startup Report - 07/17/2023

SpaceX on track to double revenue to $8B in 2023, Apple rebrands Vision Pro group

Startup Report -07/14/2023

Startup Report - 07/13/2023

Elon Musk announces xAI, former Celsius CEO arrested on fraud charges

Startup Report-07/12/2023

Oklo agrees to go public via SPAC, Arm targets $35B-$40B price range

Startup Report - 07/11/2023

Judge denies FTC's request to postpone $70B MSFT/ATVI deal, Ryan Petersen joins Founders Fund

Startup Report-07/10/2023

Former Sequoia offshoots to go head to head, OpenAI opens up Code Interpreter

Adam Mosseri says Threads won't encourage politics, Apple plans slow retail rollout for Vision Pro

Startup Report-07/06/2023

Threads hits 30M signups in 24 hours, Crypto funding drops again, US VC funding down 50% y/y

Startup Report - 07/05/2023

Startup Report 07/04/2023

Best Nasdaq H1 since 1983, DWAC insider trading, Apple becomes first to close above $3T

Startup Report-06/30/2023

Startup Report-06/29/2023

Inflection AI raises $1.3B, Shein reportedly files for US IPO

Startup Report-06/28/2023

Judge denies SBF's motion to dismiss charges, Nothing raises $96M

Unity stock jumps 15% on AI marketplace announcement, Byju’s attempts to raise $1B in turmoil

Startup Report-06/27/2023

Databricks acquires MosaicML, Apollo leads $1B debt investment into Wolfspeed

Reddit revenue growth slows in 2022, IRL shuts down after faking 95% of users

Secondary market heats up for buyers, beehiiv raises $12.5M, Captions raises $25M

Startup Report - 06/22/2023

Startup Report - 06/21/2023

Kobold Metals to raise $200M, ElevenLabs raises $19M, Grab to cut 1K employees

Startup Report - 06/20/2023

Alibaba replaces CEO, US VCs up investments in defense tech

Tiger Global offers to offload individual stakes in startups, BlackCat attempts to blackmail Reddit

Startup Report-06/19/2023

Tiger Global fundraising falls short, major media orgs discuss subscription fees for training data

Startup Report-06/16/2023

Startup Report-06/15/2023

Alphabet tells employees to avoid Bard and ChatGPT, Uber to introduce video ads

Startup Report -06/14/2023

Databricks surpassed $1B revenue last year on 60% growth, Spotify pivots podcasting business

Startup Report-06/13/2023

Paris-based AI startup raises €105M with no product, more Vision Fund layoffs planned, Insight cuts fund target by $5B

Startup Report - 6/12/2023

7000+ Subreddits go dark in protest, A16Z merges finance and consumer teams

Startup Report - 6/09/2023

Robinhood to delist three crypto tokens, Meta employees show low faith in leadership, legal AI startup raises $50.5M

Zuck addresses Apple's headset and announces gen AI plans, Cohere raises $270M

Startup Report - 6/08/2023

Startup Report - 6/07/2023

Chris Licht leaves CNN, Goldman Sachs lowers recession odds

Startup Report - 6/06/2023

Apple unveils its Vision Pro headset, The SEC sues Coinbase

Startup Report - 6/05/2023

T. Rowe Price marks down its Canva investment, Stability AI founder accused of making "misleading claims"

Microsoft signs billion-dollar AI deal, Artifact uses GPT-4 to rewrite "clickbait" headlines

Startup Report - 6/02/2023

Startup Report - 6/01/2023

Runway raises $100M, WordPress launches paid subscriptions

Startup Report - 5/31/2023

Biden Admin split on AI, Fidelity marks down Twitter stake, App Store generated $1.1T in total billings in 2022

Startup Report - 5/30/2023

Nvidia briefly surpasses $1T market cap, 350+ leaders sign statement around AI's existential threat

Startup Report - 5/26/2023

Paradigm drops crypto label, Neuralink lands FDA approval for first human study

Startup Report - 5/25/2023

Sam Altman weighs pulling OpenAI out of EU over AI Act, Nvidia + Snowflake earnings

Startup Report - 5/24/2023

Figure raises $70M to build humanoid robot, Spotify building AI tools for host-read ads

Startup Report - 5/23/2023

OpenAI proposes IAEA for AI, Binance commingling allegations, BuzzFeed's AI chat app

EU fines Meta $1.3B, Meta in talks with Magic Leap for AR deal, TikTok sues Montana

Instacart's ad business surges, Apple restricts ChatGPT, Paradromics raises $33M

Startup Report - 5/19/2023

Startup Report - 5/18/2023

Snowflake in talks to acquire Neeva, OpenAI announces ChatGPT iOS app

Startup Report - 05/17/2023

Shein raises $2B at a ~33% markdown, Google launches AI biotech tools, Zoom partners with Anthropic

Sam Altman testifies before Congress, Rumble acquires Callin, IBM acquires Polar Security

Startup Report - 5/16/2023

Startup Report -5/15/2023

Klaviyo files for IPO, OpenAI to release open-source model

Elon hires new Twitter CEO, Anthropic upgrades AI chatbot, Google expands Bard

Startup Report - 5/11/2023

Google announces PaLM 2, Robinhood & Unity earnings, SoftBank Vision Fund loses ~$2B

Startup Report - 5/10/2023

Roblox & Affirm earnings, Sam Altman to testify before Congress, Uber rolls out flight booking in UK

Airbnb earnings, Tucker Carlson to launch show on Twitter, Bittrex files for bankruptcy

Startup Report - 5/09/2023

Startup Report - 5/08/2023

Google to change search layout, Amazon building ad-focused AI team, Slash raises $19M

Startup Report - 5/05/2023

Alphabet engineer claims OpenAI and Google will lose AI moat, Apple & DoorDash earnings

Startup Report - 5/04/2023

Shopify Q1 earnings, former OpenSea employee convicted of NFT insider trading, Fed hikes 25 bps

Startup Report - 5/03/23

VP Harris meets with top AI CEOs, Cohere close to raising $250M at $2B, Inflection AI launches Pi

Startup Report - 5/02/2023

IBM anticipates replacing ~7.8K jobs with AI, Uber earnings, Microsoft to offer ChatGPT on private cloud

Startup Report - 5/01/2023

JPMorgan acquires First Republic’s deposits, OpenAI completes $300M share sale, Arm confidentially files for IPO

Startup Report - 04/28/2023

Amazon & Snap earnings, Zipline valued at $4.2B, Clubhouse plans to cut 50%

Startup Report - 4/27/2023

Meta earnings, Dropbox cuts 16%, generative AI tool for lawyers raises $21M Series A

Startup Report - 4/26/2023

Google & Microsoft earnings, Replit valued at $1.2B, UK blocks Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal

Startup Report - 4/25/2023

Spotify earnings, Bluesky hits 245K iOS downloads, Coinbase asks federal court to force clarity from SEC

Startup Report - 4/24/2023

Grimes tells fans to create new music with her AI-generated voice, startup down rounds hit 5-year high in Q4

Startup Report - 4/21/2023

Google combines AI teams, Lyft plans to cut 1200+ employees, Stack Overflow to charge for training data

Startup Report 4/20/2023

Tiger Global marks down $12.7B VC fund by ~20%, SeatGeek confidentially files for IPO

Startup Report- 04/19/2023

Netflix Q1 earnings, Microsoft developing AI chip, Reddit to charge for AI training

Meta to cut ~4K more jobs, Coinbase considers relocating outside of the US, SpecterOps raises $25M Series A

Startup Report - 4/18/23

AI-generated Drake song goes viral, Google ramps up new AI search product, SEC charges Bittrex

Didi announces plans for autonomous fleet by 2025, Sam Altman says OpenAI not currently training GPT-5

Startup Report - 4/13/23

AWS aims to be the "Switzerland" of LLMs, YC portfolio cos upset about Continuity Fund shutdown

Startup Report - 4/12/23

Twitter working on its own LLM, UMG tells streaming platforms to block AI scrapers

Substack rolls out Notes, MilkRun shuts down, Tonal CEO steps down

Startup Report - 4/10/23

Elon says Substack was trying to download a portion of Twitter's database, SenseTime debuts AI-suite

Twitter blocks Substack, Anthropic aiming to raise $5B over next 2 years, AI spike causing server shortage

Google to add AI chat to search, global VC funding drops 53% y/y in Q1

Substack announces Notes, Tiger Global starts selling LP positions, Scopely acquired for $4.9B

Startup Report - 4/5/23

Bloomberg develops "BloombergGPT," Frank founder charged with fraud, LayerZero Labs raises $120M

ByteDance revenue hits $80B, Bard incorporates PaLM, Saudi Arabia discloses VC ties

Italy blocks ChatGPT, Block refutes Hindenburg claims, Twitter publishes source code

Google reportedly used ChatGPT to train Bard, denies allegations, Apple pushes back headset production

Petition to stop AI development, Binance hid its China ties, new ByteDance app hits Top 10

First Citizens acquires SVB assets, Twitter values itself at ~$20B; CFTC sues Binance and CZ

Do Kwon charged, TikTok goes into damage control mode, Axios HQ raises $20M

OpenAI rolls out plug-ins, Hindenburg shorts Block, TikTok CEO grilled in House hearing

Coinbase issued Wells notice, Bill Gates on AI, Tonal in talks for >80% markdown

Adobe launches “Firefly,” Unlearn.AI raises $15M, Bing integrates DALL-E

Amazon to cut 9K more jobs, FDIC splits SVB's assets, Netflix's ad tier hits 1M MAUs

Tiger Global marks down VC investments by 33%, Twitch CEO steps down, SVB files for Ch. 11

SVB Capital’s investments, Adobe earnings, Via acquires Citymapper

Stripe raises $6.5B, Microsoft integrates GPT-4, First Republic weighs sale

Meta to cut 10K more roles, OpenAI debuts GPT-4 as Anthropic launches Claude

SVB depositors backstopped, First Republic falls ~62%, YC scales back its growth-stage team

Silicon Valley Bank collapses, Meta halting their Reels Bonus Program, Bitcoin has fallen ~8% to under $20K

Generative AI game studio raises $55M, Stealth consumer wearable startup raises $100M, DuckDuckGo launches AI search bot

Meta to cut thousands of more jobs, Embark to shut down, Overhaul raises $38M

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