Venture Dispatch

Latest news

  1. Apple’s Watch shake-up is a subtraction. There is no cheap one this year.

    Apple’s Watch shake-up is a subtraction. There is no cheap one this year.

    Deep Tech
  2. Amazon’s new Texas data centre could become America’s biggest single polluter. It will not touch the grid.

    Amazon’s new Texas data centre could become America’s biggest single polluter. It will not touch the grid.

    Ecosystems
  3. Myspace wants to sell you a feed without an algorithm. Brussels is about to make that mandatory anyway.

    Myspace wants to sell you a feed without an algorithm. Brussels is about to make that mandatory anyway.

    Ecosystems
  4. Three labs, three breaches, one vendor. The AI hacking story was never about the models.

    Three labs, three breaches, one vendor. The AI hacking story was never about the models.

    Deep Tech
  5. OpenAI just bought a slide deck startup. It is assembling an office suite one acqui-hire at a time.

    OpenAI just bought a slide deck startup. It is assembling an office suite one acqui-hire at a time.

    Deep Tech
  6. Europe’s defense industry may be facing a Kodak moment

    Europe’s defense industry may be facing a Kodak moment

    Ecosystems
  7. Moore Threads plans a Hong Kong listing after its shares surged 420% since its Shanghai debut

    Moore Threads plans a Hong Kong listing after its shares surged 420% since its Shanghai debut

    Deep Tech
  8. Flock pitched turning 350,000 Uber and Lyft drivers into a roaming surveillance network

    Flock pitched turning 350,000 Uber and Lyft drivers into a roaming surveillance network

    Data and Security
  9. Armenia just opened the region’s biggest AI factory. It exists because Washington signed a licence.

    Armenia just opened the region’s biggest AI factory. It exists because Washington signed a licence.

    Deep Tech
  10. Recruiters are using AI avatars to run interviews. Now candidates are sending avatars to attend them.

    Recruiters are using AI avatars to run interviews. Now candidates are sending avatars to attend them.

    Deep Tech
  11. China just closed a gap in chipmaking that nobody talks about. The wafer size tells you how far it has to go.

    China just closed a gap in chipmaking that nobody talks about. The wafer size tells you how far it has to go.

    Future of Work
  12. China’s new AI bottleneck isn’t chips. It’s running out of Chinese-language training data.

    China’s new AI bottleneck isn’t chips. It’s running out of Chinese-language training data.

    Deep Tech

Deep Tech

  1. Deep Tech

    Three labs, three breaches, one vendor. The AI hacking story was never about the models.

  2. Deep Tech

    OpenAI just bought a slide deck startup. It is assembling an office suite one acqui-hire at a time.

  3. Deep Tech

    Moore Threads plans a Hong Kong listing after its shares surged 420% since its Shanghai debut

  4. Data and Security

    Flock pitched turning 350,000 Uber and Lyft drivers into a roaming surveillance network

Sustainability

  1. Deep Tech

    Building AI Infrastructure Responsibly: ER Steel on the Evolving Demands of Data Center Expansion

  2. Deep Tech

    Kazakhstan signs a $10bn AI deal with Nvidia-backed Firebird to build ‘Data Center Valley’

  3. Deep Tech

    Meta signs its first India data-centre deal, leasing a 168MW AI facility from Reliance

  4. Ecosystems

    Arkadia Space raises €14.5M for green propulsion system

Ecosystems

  1. Ecosystems

    Myspace wants to sell you a feed without an algorithm. Brussels is about to make that mandatory anyway.

  2. Deep Tech

    Three labs, three breaches, one vendor. The AI hacking story was never about the models.

  3. Deep Tech

    OpenAI just bought a slide deck startup. It is assembling an office suite one acqui-hire at a time.

  4. Ecosystems

    Europe’s defense industry may be facing a Kodak moment

Data and Security

  1. Data and Security

    Flock pitched turning 350,000 Uber and Lyft drivers into a roaming surveillance network

  2. Deep Tech

    Armenia just opened the region’s biggest AI factory. It exists because Washington signed a licence.

  3. Deep Tech

    China’s new AI bottleneck isn’t chips. It’s running out of Chinese-language training data.

  4. Deep Tech

    NavVis raised €73.7M to build the spatial data layer that factories need before they can deploy AI

Fintech and Ecommerce

  1. Deep Tech

    Stripe wants to own the toll booth between AI models, for ~$10bn

  2. Deep Tech

    Nvidia commits $1.5B to Amkor to expand US chip packaging

  3. Deep Tech

    Prysmian signs €5.5bn fibre deal with Molex to wire AI data centres

  4. Fintech and Ecommerce

    India’s Udaan secures $160 million in new funding as it races to fix its balance sheet before an IPO

Future of Work

  1. Future of Work

    China just closed a gap in chipmaking that nobody talks about. The wafer size tells you how far it has to go.

  2. Ecosystems

    Bill Ackman agrees with Jeff Bezos: the best way to help the world is to build something that works

  3. Future of Work

    The productivity crisis hiding inside America’s digital transformation

  4. Future of Work

    Salesforce is cutting 133 more jobs. The filings don’t mention AI