Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times:
Raspberry Pi reports H1 2024 revenue up 61% YoY to $144M, gross profit up 47% YoY to $34.2M, and unit volume up 31% YoY to 3.66M; RPI jumps 5%+ pre-market — Shares rise after UK microcomputer maker publishes first earnings report since June IPO — Shares in Raspberry Pi jumped on Tuesday …
The US, Meta, Anthropic, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI launch the Partnership for Global Inclusivity on AI to advance “sustainable” AI development (US Department of State)
US Department of State:
The US, Meta, Anthropic, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI launch the Partnership for Global Inclusivity on AI to advance “sustainable” AI development — Today in New York City, on the margins of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly …
An interview with The Browser Company CEO Josh Miller on Arc Search being an operating system, competing with Chrome and Safari, monetization, AI, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
An interview with The Browser Company CEO Josh Miller on Arc Search being an operating system, competing with Chrome and Safari, monetization, AI, and more — The Browser Company cofounder thinks it’s time to modernize the browser and reinvent the web.
A profile of Li-Chen Miller, Meta VP of product for wearables and a former Microsoft CVP; IDC says Meta has shipped 700K+ Ray-Ban units after the 2023 launch (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
A profile of Li-Chen Miller, Meta VP of product for wearables and a former Microsoft CVP; IDC says Meta has shipped 700K+ Ray-Ban units after the 2023 launch — Li-Chen Miller is helping lead the social network’s push toward Zuckerberg’s augmented reality ambitions
Myntra founder Mukesh Bansal’s Nurix AI, which builds custom AI agents for enterprise services, raises a $27.5M seed from Accel, General Catalyst, and others (Digbijay Mishra/The Economic Times)
Digbijay Mishra / The Economic Times:
Myntra founder Mukesh Bansal’s Nurix AI, which builds custom AI agents for enterprise services, raises a $27.5M seed from Accel, General Catalyst, and others — The new company, Nurix AI, which builds custom AI agents for enterprise services like sales and customer support in initial use cases …
Memo: an arbitrator awards full severance package to an ex-Twitter employee, who was laid off when Elon Musk took over, first such resolution of 2K+ complaints (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Memo: an arbitrator awards full severance package to an ex-Twitter employee, who was laid off when Elon Musk took over, first such resolution of 2K+ complaints — Elon Musk lost a legal fight over unpaid severance to a former Twitter employee who was laid off when he took over the social media platform …
Q&A with Vinod Khosla on investing in AI and OpenAI, AI risks, the impact of AI in the labor market, regulation, dominance within the global AI race, and more (Astha Rajvanshi/TIME)
Astha Rajvanshi / TIME:
Q&A with Vinod Khosla on investing in AI and OpenAI, AI risks, the impact of AI in the labor market, regulation, dominance within the global AI race, and more — When Vinod Khosla had a skiing accident in 2011 that led to an ACL injury in his knee, doctors gave conflicting opinions over his treatment.
A teardown of Huawei’s popular Qingyun L540 laptop, which relies on some foreign tech, reveals the challenges ahead for China’s tech self-sufficiency efforts (Ryan McMorrow/Financial Times)
Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times:
A teardown of Huawei’s popular Qingyun L540 laptop, which relies on some foreign tech, reveals the challenges ahead for China’s tech self-sufficiency efforts — A look inside the bestselling Qingyun L540 shows how the campaign to use locally made components is progressing
TikTok permanently removes accounts associated with the parent organizations of Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik, citing “covert influence operations” (David Ingram/NBC News)
David Ingram / NBC News:
TikTok permanently removes accounts associated with the parent organizations of Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik, citing “covert influence operations” — Social media rivals Meta and YouTube have announced similar suspensions of Russian state media accounts this month.
Celestia Foundation, which is behind the Celestia modular blockchain network, raised a $100M round led by Bain Capital Crypto, taking its total raised to $155M (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)
Daniel Kuhn / The Block:
Celestia Foundation, which is behind the Celestia modular blockchain network, raised a $100M round led by Bain Capital Crypto, taking its total raised to $155M — – The organization behind the modular blockchain network has raised $100 million in a round led by Bain Capital Crypto, bringing its total financing to $155 million.
