Tim Cook reportedly tells employees Apple ‘must’ win in AI
Apple CEO Tim Cook held an hourlong all-hands meeting in which he told employees that the company needs to win in AI: "Apple must do this. Apple will do this."
Read moreLina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny
A surprising figure is celebrating Figma’s successful IPO: Lina Khan, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, who said the offering demonstrates the value of "letting startups grow into independently successful businesses."
Read moreAnthropic cuts off OpenAI’s access to its Claude models
Anthropic has cut off one of its biggest competitors, revoking OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models.
Read moreWhat founders should think about if looking to raise a Series C
And it starts with a reality check, according to Sapphire Ventures partner Cathy Gao.
Read morePallas, Vesta, and Zcash
Yesterday’s post mentioned Tweedledum and Tweedledee, a pair of elliptic curves named after characters in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. Zcash uses a very similar pair of elliptic curves for zero-knowledge proofs: Pallas and Vesta. One named after a Greek goddess associated with war, and one named after a
Read moreVenture firm CRV raises $750M, downsizing after returning capital to investors
The 55-year-old VC firm announced its twentieth fund.
Read moreKleiner Perkins is having a very good week
With two IPOs this week alone, Kleiner Perkins partner Mamoon Hamid has reason to celebrate.
Read moreA backlog at the Commerce Department is reportedly stalling Nvidia’s H20 chip licenses
News of a backlog at the U.S. federal department comes less than a week after national security experts urged the Trump administration to reverse its decision that allows Nvidia to export H20 chips to China.
Read moreTesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $329M in damages
The jury verdict is one of the first major legal decisions about driver assistance technology that has gone against Tesla. Both Elon Musk and Tesla have spent years making claims about Autopilot's capabilities.
Read moreLewis Carroll and Zero Knowledge Proofs
Elliptic curves are often used in cryptography, and in particular they are used in zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP). Cryptocurrencies such as Zcash use ZKP to protect the privacy of users. Several of the elliptic curves used in ZKP, and in particular in Zcash, have whimsical names taken from characters by Lewis
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