Tech Meme

Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: OP3N, which aims to be the “Web3 version of WhatsApp meets Amazon” and develops the blockchain chat app Superapp, raised a $28M Series A at a $100M valuation  —  OP3N, a web3 AI-powered platform, raised a $28 million Series A round that values the company at $100 million, the startup shared exclusively with TechCrunch. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Reykjavik-based Pearl Abyss’ CCP Games raised $40M in financing led by a16z to launch a triple-A blockchain game set in the Eve Online universe  —  CCP Games has raised $40 million in funding to make a new triple-A blockchain game set in the Eve Online universe. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Ahead of a US House hearing on 3/23, TikTok posts a video, with 2M+ views, of its CEO rallying users to defend the app against a US ban, saying it may harm SMBs  —  TikTok is rolling out a charm offensive ahead of Thursday’s congressional hearing, putting CEO Shou Zi Chew in users’ feeds to warn them about a looming ban. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aaron Holmes / The Information: An internal Microsoft document instructs Azure salespeople to say that OpenAI’s licenses have “limited enterprise-grade capabilities” and fewer privacy features  —  OpenAI’s ChatGPT has enraptured the business world since its November release and OpenAI is signing up customers eager … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Schmidt / Bloomberg: Grammarly appoints Global Head of Product Rahul Roy-Chowdhury as its CEO, starting on May 1, replacing Brad Hoover, who will stay on as a board member  —  Grammarly, the creator of a popular writing assistant, is replacing its chief executive officer and launching a new artificial intelligence tool … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes: An internal tool at TikTok, seen by Forbes, can access personal data of Indian citizens who used the app before India’s 2020 ban; an employee calls it NSA-To-Go  —  India’s 150 million users were forced to stop using the Chinese-owned app in 2020.  But an internal tool reviewed by Forbes showed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aaron Holmes / The Information: An internal Microsoft document tells Azure salespeople to say that OpenAI’s licenses offer “limited enterprise-grade capabilities” and weaker privacy features  —  OpenAI’s ChatGPT has enraptured the business world since its November release and OpenAI is signing up customers eager … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Schmidt / Bloomberg: Grammarly appoints Rahul Roy-Chowdhury as CEO, starting May 1, replacing Brad Hoover; Roy-Chowdhury was previously Grammarly’s global head of product  —  Grammarly, the creator of a popular writing assistant, is replacing its chief executive officer and launching a new artificial intelligence tool … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: NVIDIA unveils a cuLitho software library for computational lithography, or creating patterns for silicon wafers, and says TSMC, ASML, and others signed on  —  Faster masks, less power.  —  Nvidia announced its new cuLitho software library for speeding up a critical process in the semiconductor manufacturing workflow. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: Nvidia announces DGX Cloud, aiming to offer a flexible way for companies to scale up their AI needs, starting at $36,999 per month for a single node  —  When NVIDIA’s founder and CEO Jensen Huang waxed poetic about artificial intelligence in the past, it mostly felt like marketing bluster … Lees verder op Tech Meme