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Despite a setback in the DOJ's Google case, the Trump administration continues to pursue Big Tech antitrust cases while defending US tech companies abroad (Financial Times)

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CEOs of Apple, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and others are expected to attend an AI event hosted by Melania Trump and dinner at the White House Rose Garden on Thursday (The Hill)

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Orchard Robotics, which uses cameras and AI to help fruit growers manage crops more precisely, raised a $22M Series A led by Quiet Capital and Shine Capital (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

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Switzerland launches Apertus, an open-source AI model trained only on publicly available data across more than 1,000 languages, in 8B and 70B parameter sizes (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

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Bengaluru-based FirstClub, a grocery delivery startup prioritizing quality over speed, raised a $23M Series A led by Accel and RTP Global at a $120M valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

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Sources: Lambda, a cloud provider that rents out Nvidia chips, hires banks to prepare for a US IPO as soon as H1 2026; Lambda was valued at $2.5B in February (The Information)

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Anthropic named the Qatar Investment Authority as a "significant" investor in its $13B round; QIA expects to do up to 25 tech deals through 2026 (Bloomberg)

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American Bitcoin closed up 16.5% in its Nasdaq debut on September 3, valuing Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.'s stake in the bitcoin mining company at $1.5B (Reuters)

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A US jury orders Google to pay $425M+ to plaintiffs in a 2020 class action lawsuit for collecting data even after they turned off Web & App Activity tracking (Margaret Attridge/Courthouse News Service)

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OpenAI makes ChatGPT Projects available to all free users, and allows more files to be added to projects; Projects was previously exclusive to paid subscribers (Ian Carlos Campbell/Engadget)

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France's CNIL fines Google €325M for placing tracking cookies and ads in Gmail without users' consent; Google says it is reviewing the decision (France 24)

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Roblox will expand age checks to all users of its communication tools by the end of 2025 using facial age estimation tech, ID verification, and parental consent (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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C3 AI reports Q1 revenue down 19% YoY to $70.3M, and names long-time tech exec Stephen Ehikian as CEO, replacing Thomas Siebel; its stock falls 10%+ after hours (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

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Polymarket CEO says the company "has been given the green light to go live" in the US after the CFTC issued a no-action letter regarding event contracts (Lydia Beyoud/Bloomberg)

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Figma reports Q2 revenue up 41% YoY to $249.6M, vs. $248.8M est., $28.2M net income, and forecasts Q3 and FY 2025 revenue above est.; FIG drops 14%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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HPE reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $9.14B, vs. $8.65B est., Server revenue up 16% YoY to $4.9B, and Q4 revenue and profit guidance below estimates (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

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Salesforce reports Q2 revenue up 10% YoY to $10.2B, net income up 32% YoY to $1.9B, and forecasts Q3 revenue below estimates; CRM drops 4%+ after hours (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

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Sources: Apple plans an AI search tool, World Knowledge Answers, for a spring 2026 Siri revamp; Apple and Google have agreed to test a Google AI model for Siri (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

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Sources: Mistral AI is finalizing a €2B investment that values the startup at €12B, its first fundraise since June 2024, when it was valued at €5.8B (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)

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Source: OpenAI is increasing the size of its secondary share sale from $6B to ~$10.3B, at a $500B valuation, in line with expectations, set to close in October (CNBC)

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