Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
Sources: Katie Haun is raising $1B across two new crypto-focused funds as her Haun Ventures is close to deploying most of the $1.5B raised in 2022 — Katie Haun is back on the fundraising circuit. The former federal prosecutor, who raked in $1.5 billion for her record-breaking debut venture funds in 2022 …
Gael Cooper / CNET:
DoorDash partners with Klarna to offer payment plans, including credit options for purchases of $35 or more; Grubhub also uses Klarna as a payment option — Don’t expect to pay for a taco in installments — a Klarna rep says the credit options can only be used on purchases of $35 and up.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Meta is testing a “Write with Meta AI” prompt on Instagram that gives users AI-generated suggestions to help write comments under other users’ posts — In recent years, Meta has introduced many AI features and capabilities to its apps, even going so far as experimenting …
Dan Primack / Axios:
StubHub files for an IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE, and reports a $2.8M loss on $1.77B in revenue in 2024, vs. a $405M profit on $1.37B in revenue in 2023 — Ticket resale marketplace StubHub on Friday filed for an IPO, saying that it plans to list shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
Kylie Robison / The Verge:
Perplexity proposes to buy TikTok, says it wants to open source the algorithm and that it is “singularly positioned to rebuild” it “without creating a monopoly” — The AI search startup laid out its bid for buying, and rebuilding, TikTok.
Bloomberg:
Sources: the UK weighs reducing or abolishing its 2% digital services tax on UK revenue of Big Tech companies by April 2 in an effort to avoid some US tariffs — The UK government is weighing plans to reduce or even abolish its digital services tax before April 2 in an effort to avoid …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Coinbase is in advanced talks to buy Deribit, the largest bitcoin and ether options trading platform, which was reportedly valued at $4B-$5B in January — The companies have notified regulators in Dubai about the discussions as Deribit holds a license there, which would be taken over by any acquirer, some of the people said.
Bruna Horvath / NBC News:
Lyft says it plans to roll out robotaxis in partnership with May Mobility in Atlanta, starting summer 2025 — Robotaxis using self-driving technology can already be found on the streets of at least four U.S. cities and even more abroad. — Lyft is about to enter the increasingly competitive world of robotaxis.
Financial Times:
Sources: KKR, Coatue, and other ByteDance investors are exploring buying out Chinese investors from TikTok US to assure Trump that it is free of Chinese control — General Atlantic, Susquehanna, KKR and Coatue discuss acquiring more stakes in viral app’s US operations alongside Oracle
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
The FCC is investigating Huawei, Hikvision, ZTE, China Telecom, and other Chinese companies over concerns they are ignoring restrictions on US operations — Huawei, ZTE and China Telecom among companies targeted by new FCC investigation — The Federal Communications Commission …
