Tech Meme

Daniel Kuhn / The Block: Coinbase acquires Spindl, the on-chain advertising platform founded by Antonio Garcia-Martinez, an ex-Facebook employee and the author of the book Chaos Monkeys  —  – Coinbase has acquired Spindl, the onchain advertising platform founded by famous tech commentator Antonio Garcia-Martinez. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: Appfigures: DeepSeek has topped the list of the most downloaded mobile apps across 140 markets, with India contributing 15.6% of all downloads since its launch  —  – The chatbot is most-downloaded app across Android and iPhone  — Chinese startup has upended thinking about AI development Lees verder op Tech Meme

MK Manoylov / The Block: Domain infrastructure firm D3 Global raised a $25M Series A led by Paradigm to launch Doma Protocol, a network connecting web2 domain extensions with web3 ones  —  – D3 Global is building tools for domain-based lending, fractional ownership, digital identity and other financial use cases. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Boak / Associated Press: Donald Trump fires Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, one of the more important regulators and holdovers from the Biden administration  —  President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: In a Reddit AMA, Sam Altman admitted that DeepSeek has lessened OpenAI’s lead and said OpenAI has been “on the wrong side of history” in terms of open sourcing  —  To cap off a day of product releases, OpenAI researchers, engineers, and executives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Source: OpenAI told some shareholders that ChatGPT had 15.5M paid subscribers in 2024, up from 5.8M in 2023, and usage of OpenAI’s API increased seven-fold  —  Paid subscribers to ChatGPT nearly tripled to 15.5 million last year from 5.8 million a year earlier, OpenAI recently told some shareholders … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India announces a new $1.15B Fund of Funds for startups with an “expanded scope” compared to previous initiatives, and extends tax benefits for startups  —  India announced a new $1.15 billion Fund of Funds for startups on Saturday while unveiling sweeping regulatory reforms … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: In a Reddit AMA, Sam Altman admitted that DeepSeek has lessened OpenAI’s lead and said OpenAI has been “on the wrong side of history” concerning open sourcing  —  To cap off a day of product releases, OpenAI researchers, engineers, and executives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ayush Tiwari / Scroll.in: A look at the online scam industry in Southeast Asia and how Indians became its targets; 2,358 Indians were rescued from scam compounds between 2022 and 2024  —  Essential background on how the online scam industry sprung up and evolved – and how Indians became its targets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: DeepSeek is supercharging the debate over how much US companies should share about their AI breakthroughs, many of which have been detailed in scientific papers  —  DeepSeek is supercharging the debate over how much companies should share their AI knowledge Lees verder op Tech Meme