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Techmeme - 2026-03-02T23:55:45-05:00

A look at the US DOJ's December lawsuit alleging a smuggling ring illegally exported or tried to export at least $160M in advanced Nvidia AI chips to China (Eliot Chen/The Wire China) - 2026-03-02T23:55:02-05:00

Sam Altman says "the democratic process must stay in control, and we must democratize AI" and no private company should decide the fate of the world (Sam Altman/@sama) - 2026-03-02T23:30:01-05:00

Sam Altman says OpenAI is amending its DOD contract to ensure AI isn't used for domestic surveillance of US persons, the NSA is excluded from the deal for now (George Hammond/Financial Times) - 2026-03-02T23:25:01-05:00

Sam Altman says rushing the DOD deal was wrong as "the issues are super complex, and demand clear communication" but we were "trying to de-escalate things" (Katherine Li/Business Insider) - 2026-03-02T23:10:01-05:00

Ayar Labs, which is replacing the copper wiring in semiconductors with fiber optics, raised a $500M Series E led by Neuberger Berman at a $3.8B valuation (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal) - 2026-03-02T21:50:01-05:00

Meta is testing a shopping research feature in its Meta AI web browser for select US users, positioning it against e-commerce tools in ChatGPT and Gemini (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg) - 2026-03-02T21:35:00-05:00

AWS says its facilities in the Middle East are facing power and connectivity issues after drone strikes impacted its infrastructure in the UAE and Bahrain (Annie Palmer/CNBC) - 2026-03-02T21:20:02-05:00

Bengaluru-based Pronto, which offers on-demand home-help services like cooking and cleaning, raised a $25M Series B led by Epiq Capital at a $100M valuation (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg) - 2026-03-02T21:10:02-05:00

OpenAI and the DOD have agreed to add more surveillance protections to a recent AI deal; sources: Sam Altman approached DOD's Emil Michael to rework the deal (Maria Curi/Axios) - 2026-03-02T20:15:00-05:00

Anthropic brings Claude's memory feature to free users, after launching it for paid users in 2025 (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget) - 2026-03-02T19:55:00-05:00

Sources: X and xAI are set to repay ~$17.5B of debt in full; X took on ~$12.5B of debt during Musk's purchase, and xAI borrowed $5B via bonds and loans in June (Bloomberg) - 2026-03-02T19:00:48-05:00

MongoDB reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $695.1M, vs. $670M est., and forecasts Q1 adjusted earnings per share below estimates; MDB drops 22%+ after hours (Angela Palumbo/Barron's Online) - 2026-03-02T18:30:01-05:00

Sources: amid negotiations with the DOD, Anthropic submitted a bid to compete in a $100M DOD contest to develop voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming tech (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg) - 2026-03-02T18:25:04-05:00

Filing: PayPay is seeking to raise up to $1.1B at a valuation of up to $13.4B in its US IPO, selling nearly 55M shares priced between $17 and $20 apiece (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters) - 2026-03-02T18:05:03-05:00

Source: Cursor's annualized revenue topped $2B in February, doubling from three months earlier, and about 60% of the revenue is coming from corporate customers (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) - 2026-03-02T17:55:07-05:00