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Adobe’s $20 billion bid to buy its competitor Figma has been officially terminated. Last year, Adobe Inc (NASDAQ: ADBE) revealed its plans to pay $20 billion in cash and stock to acquire Figma, a popular cloud-based design platform. This would have not only increased Adobe’s market share but also its market power, which causes concerns among regulators.  Now, Adobe and Figma have announced that they will be scrapping the deal due to the regulators’ concerns and demands. Adobe Exiting the...

In response to the overwhelming demand, Solana Mobile announced that the phone will be restricted to one device per household to ensure broader community participation in the Saga experience. The frenzy surrounding Solana‘s crypto phone has reached a fever pitch after struggling to catch investors’ attention since its debut on May 8, 2023. The move comes as memecoin enthusiasts scramble to capitalize on the meteoric rise of a fast-rising memecoin, Bonk (BONK), which has surged an...

With a history of backing successful ventures like Cosmos, Solana, and Polkadot, Cyber.Fund aims to foster the development of what it terms the “cybernetic economy”, where blockchain forms the foundation. Cyber.Fund, an investment firm renowned for its early support of Ethereum, has recently unveiled an impressive commitment of $100 million towards blockchain projects that merge artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). With a history of backing successful ventures...

Dubbed Gaudi3, Intel intends to attract generative AI companies like OpenAI away from Nvidia and bolster its stock market performance. Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) stock closed Thursday trading at $45.18, up 1.37 percent from the day’s opening price. Although Intel has been on a winning streak since the calendar flipped in January, the company is not satisfied with the performance as its rival Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ: NVDA) has more than tripled its valuation year-to-date. As a result, Intel has...

Unlike its competitors, Mistral AI chose to make its model available as a free download instead of providing access through APIs. This approach empowers developers to run the model on their own devices and servers. French Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup Mistral AI has reached a valuation of $2 billion following the conclusion of a successful funding round which raised €385 million ($415 million) to further develop its innovative technology and open-source software. Significance of...

SpaceX has become one of the most valuable companies in the United States, dominating the market for commercial space launch services, primarily due to the success of its Falcon rockets.  Elon Musk‘s aerospace company SpaceX is in discussions to sell insider shares via a new tender, potentially valuing the privately held firm at around $175 billion, as reported by Bloomberg on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. According to the report, the company plans to sell approximately...

At present, the training and operation of AI models is restricted to large tech companies. Crypto has the potential to help create multi-sided, global, permissionless markets where anyone can contribute data and be compensated for it. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has released its “big ideas” for 2024, with its crypto arm composing a list of trends to look forward to in crypto in 2024. The list contains trends that the firm’s crypto partners are looking forward to across...

xAI, the Nevada-based tech company, has so far raised $134 million in its bid to achieve $1 billion to further improve AI tools used by GROK. In a bid to grow its market share and infrastructure, Elon Musk-backed xAI Corp. has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise an extra $865.4 million through equity sales. The Nevada-based technology company notified the US SEC through Form D, which is yet to be revised, that it has already sold offerings worth...

With a valuation of $2 billion within its first year, Mistral’s rapid ascent reflects the tech industry’s unwavering optimism regarding the future potential and profitability of AI businesses. Mistral AI, a formidable competitor to OpenAI, is in the final stages of securing approximately €450 million ($487 million) in a funding round. Notable investors, including Nvidia Corp and Salesforce Inc, are backing the venture, valuing the artificial intelligence company at around $2 billion,...

Salus’s research extends beyond smart contracts, proposing that the Lightning Cat technology can be applied to identify weaknesses in other types of code throughout the entire blockchain stack. Salus, a leading Web3 security company, has accomplished a big milestone with the publication of its research in ‘Scientific Reports’, a sub-journal of the esteemed ‘Nature.’ The research paper “Deep learning-based solution for smart contract vulnerabilities detection” explores the potential of deep...