Sources: OpenAI faces challenges in transitioning to for-profit status, including valuing Microsoft's stake; its charitable arm could be worth $30B (Financial Times)

By Mehmed Saleem 24 January 2025

Financial Times: Sources: OpenAI faces challenges in transitioning to for-profit status, including valuing Microsoft's stake;…

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Texas Instruments reports Q4 revenue down 1.7% YoY to $4.01B, net income down 12% YoY to $1.2B, and projects Q1, 2025 sales between $3.74B and $4.06B (Ian King/Bloomberg)

By Mehmed Saleem 24 January 2025

Ian King / Bloomberg: Texas Instruments reports Q4 revenue down 1.7% YoY to $4.01B, net…

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PE firm Everstone acquires Delhi-based Wingify, whose flagship product Visual Website Optimizer helps businesses improve online conversion rates, for $200M (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

By Mehmed Saleem 24 January 2025

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: PE firm Everstone acquires Delhi-based Wingify, whose flagship product Visual Website…

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DeepSeek's latest AI model R1 sticks to Chinese government restrictions on sensitive topics like Tiananmen Square, Taiwan, and the treatment of Uyghurs in China (Jon Keegan/Sherwood News)

By Mehmed Saleem 24 January 2025

Jon Keegan / Sherwood News: DeepSeek's latest AI model R1 sticks to Chinese government restrictions…

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Google rolls out the first public beta of Android 16 for Pixel devices, introducing Live Updates, a limited version of Apple's Live Activities, and more (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

By Mehmed Saleem 23 January 2025

Dominic Preston / The Verge: Google rolls out the first public beta of Android 16…

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Former Google VP raises $10M for new startup building AI agents for retail businesses

By Mehmed Saleem 23 January 2025

The Polana AI co-founders, from left: CEO Maria Zhang, Chief Scientist Steve Liu, and CTO…

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Banzai to buy Act-On Software for $53.2M in latest acquisition for Seattle marketing tech company

By Mehmed Saleem 23 January 2025

Banzai CEO Joe Davy. (Banzai Photo) Seattle-based marketing technology company Banzai International plans to acquire Act-On…

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Filing: Microsoft executive Chris Young resigns as business development and strategy leader

By Mehmed Saleem 22 January 2025

Chris Young, Microsoft executive vice president of business development, strategy, and ventures, at the GeekWire…

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Ro Health, provider of health services for special needs students, backed by L.A. private equity firm

By Mehmed Saleem 22 January 2025

Ro Health CEO Jeff Widmyer. (LinkedIn Photo) Seattle-based clinical staffing provider Ro Health landed investment…

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Fortive invests in Glue, a startup led by former Tektronix exec that automates hardware testing

By Mehmed Saleem 22 January 2025

David Sulpy. (Photo via bitform.at) Glue announced a $2 million pre-seed round led by industrial…

Sources: OpenAI faces challenges in transitioning to for-profit status, including valuing Microsoft's stake; its charitable arm could be worth $30B (Financial Times)

Texas Instruments reports Q4 revenue down 1.7% YoY to $4.01B, net income down 12% YoY to $1.2B, and projects Q1, 2025 sales between $3.74B and $4.06B (Ian King/Bloomberg)

PE firm Everstone acquires Delhi-based Wingify, whose flagship product Visual Website Optimizer helps businesses improve online conversion rates, for $200M (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

DeepSeek's latest AI model R1 sticks to Chinese government restrictions on sensitive topics like Tiananmen Square, Taiwan, and the treatment of Uyghurs in China (Jon Keegan/Sherwood News)

Google rolls out the first public beta of Android 16 for Pixel devices, introducing Live Updates, a limited version of Apple's Live Activities, and more (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

Former Google VP raises $10M for new startup building AI agents for retail businesses

Banzai to buy Act-On Software for $53.2M in latest acquisition for Seattle marketing tech company

Filing: Microsoft executive Chris Young resigns as business development and strategy leader

Ro Health, provider of health services for special needs students, backed by L.A. private equity firm

Fortive invests in Glue, a startup led by former Tektronix exec that automates hardware testing

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