Fri. 01/10 - I Flip-Flop on Quibi

Fri. 01/10 - I Flip-Flop on Quibi

More trouble for Softbank startups, more layoffs at scooter startups, VC deals plateaued last year but music streaming continues to skyrocket, how much money does Netflix lose to password sharers and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Stackbit.com/techmeme Tiny Capital Links: SoftBank-Backed Oyo Firing Thousands Across China and India (Bloomberg) E-scooter startup Lime shuts in 12 markets, lays off around 100 (Axios) The Q4/EOY 2019 Global VC Report: A Strong End To A Good, But Not Fantastic, Year (Crunchbase News) U.S. Music Streams Topped a Trillion in 2019 (WSJ) Streaming Services Reckon With Password-Sharing "Havoc" (The Hollywood Reporter) I’m a Millennial, and I Don’t Understand What Quibi Is Trying to Do (Fortune) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: QUIBI VERSUS THE WORLD (The Verge) The hidden world and overlooked problems of acting in video games (Washington Post) Why your favorite celebs are ditching Twitter for an app you’ve never heard of (Fast Company) AN ORAL HISTORY OF RICKROLLING (Mel) Admit It: You Have a Box of Cords You’ll Never, Ever Use Again (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The AI Trade

The AI Trade

Microsoft surged 15% on its fastest cloud growth since 2022, while Meta slid 10% defending its AI spending. Aschenbrenner's hedge fund unwound positions after the AI rout, the EU targeted ChatGPT unde...

30 Jul 19min

Is Everybody Racing RSI?

Is Everybody Racing RSI?

Over 1,100 AI staffers signed a letter asking Washington to help pace frontier development. Wall Street got nervous as AI capex ballooned, Silicon Valley's backlash against Anthropic built over open w...

29 Jul 20min

Anthropic Doesn't Hate Open Weights, Says Anthropic.

Anthropic Doesn't Hate Open Weights, Says Anthropic.

Dario Amodei said Anthropic never backed an open-weights ban, pitching mandatory safety tests instead as OpenAI and Google signed on. Altman headed to Washington, Korea's KOSPI cratered 11% on AI jitt...

28 Jul 19min

Nvidia On The March

Nvidia On The March

Nvidia committed $5B to Ilya Sutskever's SSI and weighed a $250B backstop for OpenAI's Ohio megaproject. CXMT soared 466% in its debut, Amazon filed for 5,105 satellites, Apple delayed AI glasses, and...

27 Jul 20min

Stripe Wants To Buy Everything

Stripe Wants To Buy Everything

Stripe was in talks to buy OpenRouter for as much as $10B while still chasing PayPal. Midjourney bought astrology app Co-Star, Meta launched Facebook Verified and a standalone Seller app, and Nvidia a...

24 Jul 20min

Even OpenAI Folks Are Freaked Out

Even OpenAI Folks Are Freaked Out

OpenAI staff were reportedly freaked out after its models breached Hugging Face, as aggressive training raced Anthropic. Google posted its first-ever negative free cash flow on AI spending, added self...

23 Jul 21min

The AI Has Escaped Containment

The AI Has Escaped Containment

OpenAI said its models breached Hugging Face's infrastructure during a cyber-capability test. The White House accused Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic's Fable to build Kimi K3, and Samsung unveiled...

22 Jul 21min

New Gemini

New Gemini

Google launched Gemini 3.6 Flash and started pretraining Gemini 4. China weighed tightening AI export controls, Bessent said the US would probe Chinese model distillation, Apple prepped a Klarna-backe...

21 Jul 21min

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