Sources: European regulators rebuked Wise in 2022 after finding it lacked proof of address for hundreds of thousands of customers, forcing it into remediation (Akila Quinio/Financial Times)
Akila Quinio / Financial Times: Sources: European regulators rebuked Wise in 2022 after finding it lacked proof of address for hundreds of thousands of customers,
/dev/agents, which plans to build a cloud-based OS for AI agents that can work across phones, laptops, and cars, raised $56M, a source says at a $500M valuation (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: /dev/agents, which plans to build a cloud-based OS for AI agents that can work across phones, laptops, and cars, raised $56M,
Strava's new API rules for third parties will make it harder for users across dozens of fitness apps and wearables to integrate their fitness data in one place (Victoria Song/The Verge)
Victoria Song / The Verge: Strava’s new API rules for third parties will make it harder for users across dozens of fitness apps and wearables
Vista sells a minority stake in IT infrastructure monitoring company LogicMonitor to investors in a deal valuing it at ~$2.4B; LogicMonitor also raised $800M (Ryan Gould/Bloomberg)
Ryan Gould / Bloomberg: Vista sells a minority stake in IT infrastructure monitoring company LogicMonitor to investors in a deal valuing it at ~$2.4B; LogicMonitor
How Tim Cook may navigate Trump's presidency, a closer look at Apple's upcoming smart home command center, sources detail a new AirTag coming in 2025, and more (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: How Tim Cook may navigate Trump’s presidency, a closer look at Apple’s upcoming smart home command center, sources detail a new
Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal federal supervision, an extraordinary move that may lead to regular inspections; Google fiercely resisted (Tony Romm/Washington Post)
Tony Romm / Washington Post: Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal federal supervision, an extraordinary move that may lead to regular inspections;
11x, which makes AI bots that help salespeople with common tasks, raised $50M led by a16z at a $320M valuation, after raising a $24M Series A in September 2024 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: 11x, which makes AI bots that help salespeople with common tasks, raised $50M led by a16z at a $320M valuation, after raising a $24M
With Elon Musk's ascension in Trump's orbit, tech leaders on the right hope to steer the second Trump administration, bringing a startup ethos to the government (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: With Elon Musk’s ascension in Trump’s orbit, tech leaders on the right hope to steer the second Trump administration, bringing
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing "dangerous" (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called
US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP "probably will" try to repeal the CHIPS Act, but then walks it back, saying the GOP may "further streamline" the bill (Stephen Groves/Associated Press)
Stephen Groves / Associated Press: US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP “probably will” try to repeal the CHIPS Act, but then walks it
