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Fleetio, which develops vehicle fleet management software, raised a $450M+ Series D and acquired Auto Integrate in a deal valuing the combined entity at $1.5B+ (PYMNTS.com)
2025-03-30 04:31 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Chinese chip equipment manufacturer SiCarrier debuted ~30 "domestically controllable" products at the Semicon China show, as China pushes for chip self-reliance (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
2025-03-30 05:31 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Berlin-based Amboss, which makes study guide apps for medical students and online databases for clinicians, raised €240M, sources say at an €800M+ valuation (Bloomberg)
2025-03-30 04:31 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A look at the new, open-source Model Context Protocol for connecting LLMs to data sources and why its success depends on overcoming middleware challenges (Steven Sinofsky/Hardcore Software)
2025-03-30 02:31 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How AI tools are causing problems and sowing distrust in both job hunting and hiring; a Polish cybersecurity startup says it almost hired a deepfake candidate (Taylor Telford/Washington Post)
2025-03-30 00:31 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Uber and DoorDash are pressing GOP lawmakers to include independent contractors who drive rideshare vehicles and deliver food in Trump's no-tax-on-tips proposal (Richard Rubin/Wall Street Journal)
2025-03-29 22:30 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A look at drone delivery startup Zipline, which has raised $500M+, made 1.4M+ deliveries in seven countries, and delivers packages for Walmart in two US cities (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)
2025-03-29 20:30 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Kalshi sues Nevada's gaming regulators to keep offering event contracts to bet on sports and politics, citing federal regulation by the US CFTC (Robert Burnson/Bloomberg)
2025-03-29 19:29 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A look at AI-generated fake movie trailers on YouTube; WBD, Paramount, and Sony have earned ad revenue from some videos instead of defending their copyright (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
2025-03-29 18:29 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Replit CEO Amjad Masad says learning to code is a waste of time, citing Dario Amodei's prediction that AI may generate essentially all code by next year (Arfa Javaid/Financial Express)
2025-03-29 15:29 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: TSMC, Intel, and other chipmakers have slowed their expansions in Japan and Malaysia due to lackluster demand for older chips and tariff uncertainties (Nikkei Asia)
2025-03-29 14:29 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Hamish McKenzie says Substack is partnering with FIRE to support "writers residing lawfully" in the US targeted by the government for their writing (Hamish McKenzie/@hamishmckenzie)
2025-03-29 17:29 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A book excerpt details how the OpenAI board ousted Sam Altman with help from Mira Murati, who provided examples of his alleged lies and other toxic behavior (Keach Hagey/Wall Street Journal)
2025-03-29 16:29 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
World History Encyclopedia, the second most visited history site, says its traffic fell 25% in Nov. 2024 after AI search tools began presenting its information (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)
2025-03-29 10:28 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
India's e-commerce market grew 10%-12% YoY to ~$60B in GMV in 2024, versus historical rates of over 20%, with 270M+ people shopping online, second only to China (Bain)
2025-03-29 07:28 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
US tech companies are racing to establish more and bigger offshore campuses in India, fully staffed with highly skilled professionals in cities like Bengaluru (New York Times)
2025-03-29 13:28 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
NYC-based Rain, which issues credit cards that let customers settle payments in stablecoins, raised $24.5M led by Norwest, taking its total funding to $30.5M (Catherine McGrath/Fortune)
2025-03-29 06:27 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Bain and Flipkart report: quick commerce made up over two-thirds of India's e-grocery orders in 2024, with GMV rising nearly five times to $6B-$7B from 2022 (Ashwin Manikandan/Reuters)
2025-03-29 07:28 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Brooklyn-based Underdog, a fantasy sports and sports betting app, raised $70M in a first Series C tranche at a $1.23B valuation from Spark Capital (Dan Primack/Axios)
2025-03-29 05:27 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Gensol's financial woes have cast doubt on the future of BluSmart, an Indian EV ride-hailing startup founded by Gensol's promoters, Anmol Jaggi and Puneet Jaggi (Debarghya Sil/Inc42 Media)
2025-03-29 04:27 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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