New York Times:
Since Elon Musk’s takeover, sources say Twitter has in some cases chosen not to pay vendors, as it reviews and renegotiates deals to cut expenses — Mr. Musk and his advisers are examining all types of expenses at Twitter. Some of the social media company’s vendors have gotten stiffed.
New York Times:
Sources: Elon Musk and his advisers have discussed adding paid DMs to Twitter, which would let users send private messages to “Very Important Tweeters” — The billionaire and his advisers have discussed adding paid direct messages, fees to watch videos and other features to the service.
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
PhotoRoom, which is bringing generative AI to its photo editing app for e-commerce vendors and SMBs, raised a $19M Series A; the app has 7M MAUs, 40M+ downloads — French startup PhotoRoom has raised a $19 million Series A funding round. The company develops a popular photo editing app for e-commerce vendors and small businesses.
Bloomberg:
Sources: the Biden administration is considering subjecting some of Elon Musk’s ventures, including the Twitter deal and Starlink, to national security reviews — Biden administration officials are discussing whether the US should subject some of Elon Musk’s ventures to national security reviews …
Financial Times:
Sources detail the twists and turns in Elon Musk’s $44B Twitter takeover, starting in March, falling apart, and then closing late on October 27 — Even as his $44bn buyout came down to the wire, Elon Musk kept Twitter guessing. — Normally, lawyers and advisers on each side …
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
Nvidia says its H100 Tensor Core GPU, using the Hopper architecture, is in full production and will begin shipping in October in products from eight vendors — Nvidia’s H100 “Hopper” GPU is in full production, eight major vendors shipping products soon. — At today’s GTC conference keynote …
Meir Orbach / CTech:
Israeli startup Mesh Payments, which helps companies track and manage employee expenses, raised a $60M Series C led by Alpha Wave, bringing its funding to $127M — The Israeli startup’s solution gives finance teams more visibility into each payment, from SaaS subscriptions to employee expenses …
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