Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft plans to add a new auto-complete feature that offers suggestions to improve AI prompts to Copilot for Microsoft 365 in the coming months — Microsoft is attempting to solve the problem of coming up with a good prompt for generative AI, aiming to turn everyone into a prompt engineer.
DatologyAI, which aims to help researchers better curate AI training datasets, raised a $46M Series A led by Felicis, after a $11.65M seed in February 2024 (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
DatologyAI, which aims to help researchers better curate AI training datasets, raised a $46M Series A led by Felicis, after a $11.65M seed in February 2024 — For all that’s leaked about the sizes and architectures of the advanced large language models developed by OpenAI and its ilk …
Israeli drone startup Xtend, which lets operators orchestrate teams of drones and robots, raised $40M led by Chartered Group at a ~$110M post-money valuation (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Israeli drone startup Xtend, which lets operators orchestrate teams of drones and robots, raised $40M led by Chartered Group at a ~$110M post-money valuation — Close to a decade ago, brothers Aviv and Matteo Shapira co-founded Replay, a company that created a video format for 360-degree replays …
The Connectivity Standards Alliance releases Matter 1.3, adding support for more appliances, energy and water management, and new casting protocol features (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
The Connectivity Standards Alliance releases Matter 1.3, adding support for more appliances, energy and water management, and new casting protocol features — The latest Matter spec brings a number of improvements to the smart home standard founded by Apple, Google, Amazon, and Samsung.
Intel expects Q2 revenue to be “below the midpoint” of the previously guided $12.5B to $13.5B range after a new US ban on Huawei chip exports (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)
Lynn Doan / Bloomberg:
Intel expects Q2 revenue to be “below the midpoint” of the previously guided $12.5B to $13.5B range after a new US ban on Huawei chip exports — Intel Corp. expects second-quarter revenue to fall below the midpoint of previously issued projections because of a new US ban on chip exports to Huawei Technologies Co.
Sources: US prosecutors are examining if Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (Reuters)
Reuters:
Sources: US prosecutors are examining if Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about Autopilot and Full Self-Driving — U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla (TSLA.O) committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers …
Uber reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to $10.1B, Gross Bookings up 20% YoY to $37.7B, below $38B est., and adjusted EBITDA up 82% YoY to $1.4B; UBER falls 10%+ (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Uber reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to $10.1B, Gross Bookings up 20% YoY to $37.7B, below $38B est., and adjusted EBITDA up 82% YoY to $1.4B; UBER falls 10%+ — – Bookings growth still tops 20% on rides, order frequency gains — Operating profit falls on anticipated legal fees, settlements
Chinese government data: foreign-branded smartphones shipments, most of which are iPhones, grew 12% YoY to 3.75M in March, reversing a 37% drop in early 2024 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Chinese government data: foreign-branded smartphones shipments, most of which are iPhones, grew 12% YoY to 3.75M in March, reversing a 37% drop in early 2024 — – The performance marks an improvement from the start of 2024 — The bounce emerged after Apple and its resellers cut prices
Data collaboration software maker Atlan raised a $105M Series C led by Singapore’s GIC and Meritech at a $750M valuation, taking its total funding to $206M (Manya Saini/Reuters)
Manya Saini / Reuters:
Data collaboration software maker Atlan raised a $105M Series C led by Singapore’s GIC and Meritech at a $750M valuation, taking its total funding to $206M — Atlan said on Wednesday it had raised $105 million in a funding round led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC …
Shopify reports Q1 revenue up 23% YoY to $1.9B, GMV up 23% YoY to $60.9B, and expects gross margins to drop by ~50 basis points YoY in Q2; SHOP plummets 18%+ (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:
Shopify reports Q1 revenue up 23% YoY to $1.9B, GMV up 23% YoY to $60.9B, and expects gross margins to drop by ~50 basis points YoY in Q2; SHOP plummets 18%+ — The company posted a loss of $273 million, after a profit of $68 million a year earlier. The loss per share was 21 cents on revenue …
