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On Tuesday, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) confirmed that hackers have begun exploiting a critical Brotli vulnerability known as Node2Shell, Broccoli2Shell, and HTTP2Shell.
BleepingComputer ·
Jack Clark left Bloomberg in 2016 to join a little-known AI research lab named OpenAI. Ten years later, his Anthropic stake could nearly double in value at a $2 trillion IPO valuation, while his role in the company’s public-benefit fund adds another dimension to his fortune.
Calcalist Ctech ·
The IPO was the hottest ever in India, receiving demand worth 7.5 trillion rupees, over 20 times the size of the offering, which was fully subscribed within two hours on the first day of the offering.
Forbes ·
Upwind Security, a San Francisco-based startup offering cybersecurity for artificial intelligence and cloud applications, has secured $400 million in fresh financing that values the company at $3.8 billion.
Bloomberg ·
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz’s fortunes have jumped thanks to smart investments in Coinbase, OpenAI and more. Now they’re spending tens of millions to elect AI-and-crypto-friendly politicians.
Forbes ·
Jonathan Kanter and Doha Mekki, who led the Justice Department’s antitrust division under President Biden, have co-founded a start-up that makes an A.I. tool for litigators.
The New York Times ·
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PR Newswire Business Technology ·
[Zankore]( "website"), an Indonesian artificial intelligence infrastructure platform backed by Nvidia Corp., is syndicatingBloomberg Terminal a $3.1 billion loan to the broader market, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to a flurry of financing for Asia’s AI buildout.
Bloomberg ·
A chip factory being built by Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX is in Texas's 10th District, where his PAC's former lawyer Chris Gober is the GOP U.S. House nominee.
CNBC ·
Semiconductor component maker Onsemi has been discussing an acquisition of 16-year-old chip startup Ferric for close to $1 billion, say people familiar with the matter—a deal that reflects growing demand for technology that can manage the intense energy needs of AI chips. Onsemi’s talks with ...
The Information ·
Some senior employees at Anduril Industries have indicated to investors that the autonomous weapons maker hopes to raise a new funding round in the first quarter next year, I’ve learned. It has considered doing so at a valuation of around $120 billion, according to people with knowledge of the ...
The Information ·
Modern-day cybercriminal “raiders” seek to find the path of least resistance into enterprise storage infrastructure. They believe that, if they can gain access and control of the data, they can incur significant losses for an enterprise while enriching themselves—and become “invincible” with free rein inside enterprise data storage infrastructure that has “lost” its way to cyber storage resilience.
Forbes ·
The sevenfold jump in the chip giant’s earnings come after official data showed South Korea’s GDP growth beat analysts’ expectations, the latest sign of a tech boom driving nationwide economic growth.
Semafor ·
Malaysian customs seized about 49.5 million ringgit ($12.11 million) worth of advanced AI chips this month while investigating a syndicate suspected of routing the chips through the country’s main airport, Reuters reported. Malaysia tightened export controls last year on advanced chips originating from the U.S., following pressure from the Trump administration to curb China’s access to
The Information ·
Plato builds training environments where agents can be taught to do more complex work.
Axios ·
The financing includes an $18.5 million Series A and a previously unannounced seed round.
Axios ·
Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.
TechCrunch ·
Wealthsimple Financial Corp. was valued at C$13.8 billion ($9.8 billion) after the Toronto-based fintech agreed to raise as much as C$425 million in an equity round, it said in a Tuesday statementBloomberg Terminal.
Bloomberg ·
Banks are planning to sell as much as about $21 billion of high-grade bonds as soon as early next year as part of a $63 billion funding package that Broadcom Inc. has pulled together to help finance chips for AI developer Anthropic PBC.
Bloomberg ·
OpenAI plans to buy Google’s AI chips, according to a person familiar with the matter, in a boost for a rising competitor to OpenAI backer Nvidia. Financial terms and other details of OpenAI’s planned purchase couldn’t be learned. But any deal for it to buy tensor processing units would be a big ...
The Information ·
US-owned trans-Pacific cables face growing risks from sabotage and China.
Ars Technica ·
Google is opening its TPU business beyond its own cloud as custom chips become a bigger engine for growth.
CNBC ·
Physical Intelligence, a startup developing artificial intelligence software to power robots for real-world tasks, is in funding talks that would nearly double its valuation to roughly $20 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Bloomberg ·
The Federal Communications Commission has told TP-Link Systems Inc. that some of its Wi-Fi routers are violating power level limits, a move that could pave the way for additional bans on the California-based tech company’s equipment.
Bloomberg ·
The South Korean memory-chip maker reported that its net profit tripled in the third quarter, while revenue and operating profit hit record highs.
The Wall Street Journal ·
Agent decision logs and telemetry data belonging to Warp agentic development environment users were exposed in an attack on a third-party vendor in the project's infrastructure.
BleepingComputer ·
The data center infrastructure provider is scaling its full-year outlook as physical builds for AI-ready power and cooling accelerate.
RuntimeWire ·
The Bluevine acquisition brings approximately 180 R&D employees, most based in Tel Aviv, into Valley’s broader technology ambitions. Russell Barrett says the bank plans to use Bluevine’s software, AI expertise and risk-management capabilities across its operations while keeping further acquisitions on hold for now
Calcalist Ctech ·
Meta Platforms Inc.’s upsized $25 billion share sale attracted demand for about five times the available shares, according to people familiar with the offering, as the company seeks to raise $98 billion for its AI spending.
Bloomberg ·
Anthropic manager Felix Rieseberg says the classic coding interview is dead because Claude now solves small programming tasks better than job candidates do. He'd rather see prototypes that show taste, empathy, and principled thinking, since in his words, "hunger beats tenure." That sounds empowering, but it pushes the bar for newcomers toward entrepreneurial thinking and assumes a hustle mentality not everyone brings
The Decoder ·