Global AI & Tech Turbulence: Deals, Taxes, Layoffs
If you missed the latest newsletter edition — 📰 • @Meta 's @ManusAI deal • @SoftBank : $100B robotics IPO • Australia: Big Tech news tax • @efishery_ai founder: 9 years in prison • @GoldmanSachs : blocked @AnthropicAI • @claudeai in HK • @Hyundai_Global : AI that owns your attention on the road • Japan’s Haneda Airport: humanoid robots • China's Big Tech: laying off thousands. Quietly. Full brief ➡️ link in replies.
PayPay IPO Priced Below Target, Signaling Market Caution
🇯🇵📍🇺🇸 Update: PayPay’s US IPO • Priced at $16/share • Below the $17–$20 target range • Raised $880M • Valuation: $10.7B The softer pricing highlights continued caution in the IPO market. via Reuters https://t.co/N76UYrg8Dt
Anthropic AI Opens Sydney Office, Expands APAC Presence
🗞️@AnthropicAI is expanding to Australia 🇦🇺and New Zealand🇳🇿, opening a Sydney office in the coming weeks—its fourth APAC office alongside Tokyo🇯🇵, Bengaluru🇮🇳, and Seoul🇰🇷—to support growing demand and better serve the region’s AI ecosystem. https://t.co/DGe5jbueVm