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Figma acquires AI design startup Weavy for reported $200M+
Figma Inc. has bought Weavy Inc., a startup with an artificial intelligence platform for creating images and videos. Figma announced the acquisition today without disclosing its financial terms. Calcalist reported that the transaction values Tel Aviv-based Weavy at more than $200 million. That’s about 50 times the amount of funding the startup raised prior to ...
China to ease rare earth element restrictions, greenlight TikTok deal following Trump-Xi meeting
China will reportedly ease its restrictions on the export of certain rare earth elements following a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The summit, which took place today in South Korea, also covered other areas. U.S. officials told reporters that Trump discussed TikTok and the sale of Nvidia Corp.’s graphics ...
Azure outage takes multiple Microsoft services, customer websites offline
A technical issue in Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud platform today disrupted several online services operated by the tech giant and its customers. Starbucks Corp., Costco Wholescale Corp. and Capital One Financial Corp. were among the affected Microsoft customers. The tech giant, for its part, saw several of its consumer services go offline. The outage also ...
AWS opens $11B Project Rainier data center campus built for Anthropic
Amazon Web Services Inc. has opened a $11 billion data center campus in Indiana that will run artificial intelligence models for Anthropic PBC. CNBC reported the milestone today. The campus, which is located near Lake Michigan, was built as part of an initiative called Project Rainier that AWS announced last year. It will host both ...
Extreme Networks shares drop 15%+ despite solid earnings report as profit margin falls
Shares of Extreme Networks Inc. plummeted 15% today after the network equipment and software provider released its latest quarterly report. The company’s sales in the three months through Sept. 30 topped expectations, while its adjusted earnings per share were in line with the consensus estimate. The reason the company’s earnings didn’t surpass analysts’ projections is ...
Nvidia invests $1B in Nokia as part of new wireless networking partnership
Shares of Nokia Corp. closed 21% higher today after Nvidia Corp. announced plans to take a $1 billion stake in the telecommunications equipment maker. The investment is part of a partnership that will see the companies collaborate on new radio access network, or RAN, products. RAN is a telecommunications industry term that covers 5G base ...
Cybersecurity funding surge continues with Sublime, ConductorOne and CyberRidge rounds
Three more cybersecurity startups announced funding rounds today, continuing an investment streak that sent the sector’s deal volume to a three-year high during the first half of 2025. Sublime Security Inc. and ConductorOne Inc. focus on protecting employee inboxes and user accounts, respectively. CyberRidge Ltd., the third startup that has raised funding, offers what it ...
Newly completed OpenAI restructuring gives Microsoft $135B stake
OpenAI today disclosed that it has completed its more than yearlong effort to change its organizational structure. The announcement doesn’t come as a complete surprise. A few days ago, SoftBank Group Corp. reportedly approved a $22.5 billion funding round for OpenAI it had originally announced in March. The approval was contingent on the completion of ...
CoreStory raises $32M to help companies modernize legacy code with AI
Artificial intelligence startup CoreStory Inc. today announced that it has closed a $32 million funding early-stage round led by Tribeca Venture Partners, NEA and SineWave Ventures. The Series A deal also drew contributions from several other backers. The group included Samsung Next, the venture capital arm of Singaporean internet provider Singtel, Harrison Metal, Nimble Partners ...
Site reliability engineering startup Wild Moose launches with $7M in funding
Wild Moose Inc., a startup that helps developers fix issues in production applications, launched today with $7 million from investors. The seed round was led by iAngels with contributions from Y Combinator, F2 Venture Capital and Maverick Ventures. Wild Moose says the venture capital firms were joined by a group of angel investors. The participants ...