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Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: DoorDash plans to acquire NYC-based hospitality tech company SevenRooms for $1.2B in cash, set to close in H2 2025; SevenRooms works with 13K+ restaurant groups  —  DoorDash Inc. is buying hospitality tech company SevenRooms Inc. for $1.2 billion, hours after confirming its plans … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leo Sands / Washington Post: Microsoft shut down Skype on May 5, capping a remarkable 21-year run for software that for many embodied the open internet and had 300M+ users in its heyday  —  After 21 years, Microsoft is hanging up on Skype.  In its heyday, the calling service connected millions around the world. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: DoorDash agrees to acquire UK food delivery company Deliveroo for £2.9B in cash; Deliveroo has struggled since its London IPO at a £7.6B valuation in March 2021  —  Takeover comes after UK company has struggled since going public four years ago  —  DoorDash has agreed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Wonder, which runs Grubhub and Blue Apron, raised $600M led by NEA, a source says at a $7B+ valuation, and CEO Marc Lore says it has $2B+ in revenue  —  Marc Lore’s food hall startup is raising $600 million from investors including NEA, Accel and GV.  —  Wonder, the food hall company … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: Orca AI, which offers an autonomous shipping navigation service based on a dataset of 80M+ nautical miles, raised a $72.5M Series B, after raising $23M in 2024  —  The autonomous navigation market — where ships, guided by AI, steer themselves, resulting in fuel and time savings — is projected to sail past $11 billion by 2028. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Eudaily / CNBC: DoorDash reports Q1 revenue up 21% YoY to $3.03B, below $3.09B est., total orders up 18% YoY to 732M, and a $193M net income, up from a $23M loss in Q1 2024  —  – CNBC Councils  — CNBC on Peacock  — Join the CNBC Panel  — Supply Chain Values  — Select Shopping  — Ad Choices Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Analysis: 24 crypto wallets earned ~$99.6M by buying the $MELANIA memecoin in the two and a half minutes before Melania Trump unveiled the coin on January 19  —  Small group of digital wallets bought up coins in the minutes before it was announced, FT analysis shows  —  Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: US v. Google: the DOJ says in a May 5 filing that Google should sell its AdX business and DFP ad platform; Google says divestiture isn’t warranted or feasible  —  A federal judge ruled last month that the tech giant had created a monopoly in advertising  —  Google should sell … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Elon Musk’s attorney says OpenAI’s nonprofit reversal is “a transparent dodge that fails to address the core issues” and “the founding mission remains betrayed”  —  Elon Musk’s attorney said OpenAI’s decision to partly walk back its plan to restructure as a for-profit business … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: European drone startups Quantum Systems raised €160M, sources say at a €1B+ valuation, and Tekever hit a £1B+ valuation, as VCs pour money into European defense  —  Quantum Systems and Tekever each valued at more than €1bn in latest fundraisings, as new investors flock to ‘dual use’ tech companies Lees verder op Tech Meme