Parmy Olson / Bloomberg:
Big Tech acquihiring AI startups, like Meta's Scale AI deal, gives VCs only modest returns compared to traditional exits and may entrench Big Tech's dominance  —  Meta and Google's AI talent grab may lead to more sustainable tech companies.  —  If you're a venture capitalist …

Roblox is introducing a way to let trusted friends chat more freely among themselves, but it will require that they use a new age estimation tool to verify that they’re over 13. The platform is renaming Friends to Connections, and people can only use unfiltered text chat and the Party social feature with a more […]

Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
Sources: in a Trump meeting, Jensen Huang argued US chips should be the global standard and leveraged support from David Sacks, who disliked Biden's chip rules  —  With help from a longtime Silicon Valley investor turned White House insider, Mr. Huang got the administration to reverse course on restrictions.

When the topic is immigrants or Democratic cities, President Donald Trump loves to talk about crime. But when it comes to Wall Street bankers and C-suite executives, he tends to keep his mouth shut. Within the first 100 days of his second term, Trump pardoned a slew of financial fraudsters. And in February, he signed […]

Sanne Wass / Bloomberg:
The Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Danish government plan to invest €80M to acquire and run a Microsoft-powered quantum computer, set to operate in early 2027  —  The foundation behind Novo Nordisk A/S and the Danish government will invest €80 million ($93 million) …