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Sequoia shutters Washington, D.C., office, lets go of policy team
Sequoia will shutter its Washington, D.C., office and part ways with the policy team there at the end of March,
Michael Seibel is leaving Y Combinator
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SoftBank to acquire semiconductor designer Ampere in $6.5B all-cash deal
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Analytics company Dataminr secures $85M to fund growth
Dataminr, a data analytics company that counts NATO and OpenAI among its customers, has raised $85 million in a combination
In another good sign for fintech, Ribbit Capital is raising a new $500M fund
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Elon Musk’s X reportedly bounces back to $44B valuation
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OpenAI research lead Noam Brown thinks certain AI ‘reasoning’ models could’ve arrived decades ago
Noam Brown, who leads AI reasoning research at OpenAI, says certain forms of “reasoning” AI models could’ve arrived 20 years
Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps
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