Due to election-related news overshadowing funding announcements, only a few sizable U.S. rounds occurred this week, led by Physical Intelligence’s impressive $400M round for AI-driven robotics. Other notable deals included Precision Neuroscience’s $93M Series C and AmplifyBio’s $50M biotech investment.
Due to election-related news overshadowing funding announcements, only a few sizable U.S. rounds occurred this week, led by Physical Intelligence’s impressive $400M round for AI-driven robotics. Other notable deals included Precision Neuroscience’s $93M Series C and AmplifyBio’s $50M biotech investment.
He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information. Multiple pro-Kremlin media figures circulated the post's false claims, including prominent Russian journalist Vladimir Soloviev and the state-controlled Russian outlet RT, according to the DFR Lab's report. Crude oil prices edged higher after tumbling on Thursday, when U.S. West Texas intermediate slid back below $110 per barrel after topping as much as $130 a barrel in recent sessions. Still, gas prices at the pump rose to fresh highs. On December 23rd, 2020, Pavel Durov posted to his channel that the company would need to start generating revenue. In early 2021, he added that any advertising on the platform would not use user data for targeting, and that it would be focused on “large one-to-many channels.” He pledged that ads would be “non-intrusive” and that most users would simply not notice any change. The account, "War on Fakes," was created on February 24, the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" and troops began invading Ukraine. The page is rife with disinformation, according to The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, which studies digital extremism and published a report examining the channel.
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