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Snapshot: 2026-09-18
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- 1.Mind, whose AI agents autonomously handle data loss prevention tasks, raised a $72M Series B, sources say at a $300M valuation, taking its total raised to $112M (Sophie Shulman/CTech)Sophie Shulman / CTech : Mind, whose AI agents autonomously handle data loss prevention tasks, raised a $72M Series B, sources say at a $300M valuation, taking its total raised to $112M — MIND has rai
- 2.Source: Beijing-based Naive AI, which plans to release its first AI model as early as this month, is now valued at $1.4B after raising $400M in three rounds (Juro Osawa/The Information)Juro Osawa / The Information : Source: Beijing-based Naive AI, which plans to release its first AI model as early as this month, is now valued at $1.4B after raising $400M in three rounds — A secretiv
- 3.A German court rules that Meta is liable for fake ads posted by third parties on Instagram and Facebook and orders it to remove such content and pay damages (Linda Pasquini/Reuters)Linda Pasquini / Reuters : A German court rules that Meta is liable for fake ads posted by third parties on Instagram and Facebook and orders it to remove such content and pay damages — A German court
- 4.SK Hynix launches SK Hynix Ventures in Silicon Valley, expanding its corporate investment scope into AI computing, data centers, and optical interconnect tech (Jie Ye-eun/The Korea Herald)Jie Ye-eun / The Korea Herald : SK Hynix launches SK Hynix Ventures in Silicon Valley, expanding its corporate investment scope into AI computing, data centers, and optical interconnect tech — Since 2
- 5.Sources: SK Hynix subsidiary Solidigm weighs building a NAND flash memory factory in the US; SK Hynix is also in talks with Intel to make memory chips in Ohio (Reuters)Reuters : Sources: SK Hynix subsidiary Solidigm weighs building a NAND flash memory factory in the US; SK Hynix is also in talks with Intel to make memory chips in Ohio — Chipmaker SK Hynix's (000660.
- 6.The US Treasury sanctions Iranian crypto exchange BitBank, saying it sent hundreds of millions to the IRGC and helped Iran operate a Strait of Hormuz toll booth (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk : The US Treasury sanctions Iranian crypto exchange BitBank, saying it sent hundreds of millions to the IRGC and helped Iran operate a Strait of Hormuz toll booth — Iran has s
- 7.Sources: ECB President Christine Lagarde personally asked Greece to block Binance's MiCA license in June, aiming to protect the bank's "digital euro" project (Angus Berwick/Wall Street Journal)Angus Berwick / Wall Street Journal : Sources: ECB President Christine Lagarde personally asked Greece to block Binance's MiCA license in June, aiming to protect the bank's “digital euro” project — EC
- 8.Anthropic Life Sciences Head Eric Kauderer-Abrams says the AI startup set up a Bay Area wet lab for physical biology work, as it pushes into disease treatment (Reuters)Reuters : Anthropic Life Sciences Head Eric Kauderer-Abrams says the AI startup set up a Bay Area wet lab for physical biology work, as it pushes into disease treatment — Anthropic has quietly set up
- 9.Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky says the fintech is exploring a dual stock market listing in New York and London, after previously dismissing listing in the UK (Financial Times)Financial Times : Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky says the fintech is exploring a dual stock market listing in New York and London, after previously dismissing listing in the UK — Fintech's chief executive
- 10.Paris prosecutors open at least one criminal probe into suspected sexual harassment involving using smart glasses to film women in public without their consent (Reuters)Reuters : Paris prosecutors open at least one criminal probe into suspected sexual harassment involving using smart glasses to film women in public without their consent — Paris prosecutors have opene
- 11.Sources: Chinese DRAM leader CXMT is preparing to expand into NAND flash memory, competing with Samsung, SK Hynix, and domestic rival YMTC amid memory shortages (Reuters)Reuters : Sources: Chinese DRAM leader CXMT is preparing to expand into NAND flash memory, competing with Samsung, SK Hynix, and domestic rival YMTC amid memory shortages — Chinese chipmaker CXMT (688
- 12.The US CFTC exempts "passive software" providers from broker registration if they never hold user assets, expanding crypto and prediction market online trading (Lydia Beyoud/Bloomberg)Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg : The US CFTC exempts “passive software” providers from broker registration if they never hold user assets, expanding crypto and prediction market online trading — The Commodi
- 13.World rolls out World Money, a self-custodial financial "super app" in 150+ countries that combines stablecoin payments, trading, earning, and virtual accounts (Jason Shubnell/The Block)Jason Shubnell / The Block : World rolls out World Money, a self-custodial financial “super app” in 150+ countries that combines stablecoin payments, trading, earning, and virtual accounts — - World i
- 14.Sources: Apple plans to launch Apple Pay in India next month with Axis Bank's credit cards; Axis Bank is the fourth-largest credit card issuer in India (Reuters)Reuters : Sources: Apple plans to launch Apple Pay in India next month with Axis Bank's credit cards; Axis Bank is the fourth-largest credit card issuer in India — Apple (AAPL.O) is poised to launch A
- 15.Meta launches a Mac app for Muse after releasing the AI agent on iOS, Android, and the web earlier this month, allowing it to manage files, pull from apps, more (Jay Peters/The Verge)Jay Peters / The Verge : Meta launches a Mac app for Muse after releasing the AI agent on iOS, Android, and the web earlier this month, allowing it to manage files, pull from apps, more — Follow topic