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Bloomberg: Analysis: tech companies have pledged at least $1.4T in US spending since Trump was elected, although many of the plans aren’t new and not all will be fulfilled  —  Business leaders have pledged at least $1.6 trillion in US spending since Trump was elected to a second term as president.

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Crunchbase: global VC funding reached $113B in Q1 2025, up 54% YoY, buoyed by OpenAI’s $40B deal; PitchBook says 77% of US deal value in Q1 2025 went to AI  —  New reports out today from Crunchbase Inc. and PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor reveal that global venture capital rebounded sharply …

Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signs a law criminalizing the “deceptive and dangerous” creation and sharing of deepfakes, including fake AI nudes of minors  —  When Francesca Mani was 14 years old, boys at her New Jersey high school used nudify apps to target her and other girls.

FinSMEs: Utah-based SchoolAI, an AI-powered teaching and learning platform used in 1M+ classrooms across 80+ countries, raised a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners  —  SchoolAI, a Lehi, UT-based provider of an AI platform for teaching and learning, raised $25M in Series A funding.

Anna Tong / Reuters: A US federal judge decides Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will go to a jury trial in spring 2026; Musk and OpenAI agreed to fast-track the trial last month  —  – Billionaire Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will go to a jury trial in spring 2026, the federal judge presiding over…

Google Online Security Blog: Google announces Sec-Gemini v1, an experimental AI model for cybersecurity, claiming it outperforms others on the leading CTI-MCQ threat intelligence benchmark  —  Today, we’re announcing Sec-Gemini v1, a new experimental AI model focused on advancing cybersecurity AI frontiers.

TechCrunch: SensorTower: users in India have spent $8M on ChatGPT subscriptions through IAP since 2023, not including web app purchases, versus ~$330M spent by US users  —  For years, U.S.-based tech companies have tapped into India’s vast and increasing internet user base for growth.  OpenAI is no exception.

Sri Muppidi / The Information: Sources: enterprise AI search startup Glean is in talks to raise hundreds of millions, including money to buy employee shares, at an estimated ~$7B valuation  —  Glean, a developer of search chatbots for businesses, is in talks with investors to potentially raise hundreds of millions of dollars …

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Ring founder Jamie Siminoff rejoins Amazon as a VP of product overseeing Ring and related businesses, replacing Elizabeth Hamren, who succeeded him in 2023  —  Jamie Siminoff has returned to Amazon as a vice president of product overseeing the company’s home security camera arm and related businesses.

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Turbine, which allows LPs to borrow funds secured by their position in venture funds, emerges from stealth with a $13M Series A and an $8.75M seed  —  Since IPOs slowed to trickle a few years ago, limited partners who invest in venture capital funds have had one giant problem: a dearth…