London-based Lawhive, whose lawyers and AI tools help individuals and SMBs automate legal tasks, raised a $60M Series B, after a $40M Series A in December 2024
Lawhive cofounders Flinn Dolman (left), Pierre Proner (center), and Jaime Van Oers.PHOTO COURTESY OF LAWHIVE
Filings: Michael Saylor's Strategy has bought $3B+ in bitcoin since January 5, its biggest two-week purchase since December 2024; Strategy holds ~$65B in crypto
Michael Saylor's Strategy Inc. acquired almost $2.13 billion in Bitcoin over the previous eight days, marking the digital asset treasury …
Japanese NAND flash memory maker Kioxia is up 500%+ in 2025 so far, outperforming all other MSCI World Index members, after its Tokyo IPO debut in December 2024
Artificial intelligence's insatiable appetite for data storage has delivered Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp …
Starlink says it hit 9M “active customers” across 155 countries, territories, and other markets, up from 8M in November, 7M in August, and 4.6M in December 2024
Fans Celebrate the Milestone Badar Shaikh / Benzinga : Elon Musk Celebrates Starlink's 9 Million Users: ‘Rebuilding The Whole Internet In Space Is Not Easy’ X: Spencer Peterson / @spencermpeter : many...
Databricks is raising a $4B Series L at a $134B valuation, up from $100B in September and $62B in December 2024, and had a $4.8B annual revenue rate in October
The data-analytics and AI software company is raising over $4 billion and crossed $4.8 billion in annual revenue rate
Uber starts deploying fully driverless WeRide robotaxis in Abu Dhabi, after launching its robotaxi service with safety drivers in the UAE in December 2024
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Docs: Meta projected in December 2024 that 10.1% of its 2024 revenue, or $16B, came from ads for scams and banned goods, including ~$7B from “higher risk” ads
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show.
Grammarly rebrands as Superhuman after its acquisitions of Superhuman Mail in June and Coda in December 2024; the standalone writing tool Grammarly still exists
ChatGPT changed the game on Grammarly, but now it's adding more AI to pull users back into its sidebar.
Mexico-based fintech Plata, approved for a banking license in December 2024, raised $250M at a $3.1B valuation, as it seeks to transition to a full-fledged bank
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Databricks is finalizing a Series K at a $100B valuation, up 61% from its December 2024 round; sources say it is co-led by Thrive and a16z plans to participate
The data analytics company, fueled by the AI boom, was valued at $62 billion less than a year ago