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Plaid valued at $8B in employee share sale The new valuation is a 31% increase from $6.1 billion Plaid reached in April. 🔗 Читать полностью: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/plaid-valued-at-8b-in-employee-share-sale/

Netflix backs out of bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, giving studios, HBO, and CNN to Ellison-owned Paramount In a one-two punch of centibillion-dollar offers, the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery is over. David Ellison-owned Paramount will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Netflix has lost. 🔗 Читать полностью: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/netflix-warner-bros-discovery-paramount-wbd-bid-studios-hbo-cnn-ellison/

Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now, it seems, he may have been taking notes. 🔗 Читать полностью: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/jack-dorsey-block-layoffs-4000-halved-employees-your-company-is-next/

A VC and some big-name programmers are trying to solve open source’s funding problem, permanently A group of well-known open source programmers and a VC have launched the Open Source Endowment. They hope this new method will provide funding for good. 🔗 Читать полностью: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/a-vc-and-some-big-name-programmers-are-trying-to-solve-open-sources-funding-problem-permanently/

Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he "cannot in good conscience accede" to the Pentagon's demands to give the military unrestricted access to its AI systems. 🔗 Читать полностью: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/anthropic-ceo-stands-firm-as-pentagon-deadline-looms/

eBay to lay off 800 staff The latest round of layoffs marks eBay’s third workforce reduction in the past three years. 🔗 Читать полностью: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/ebay-to-lay-off-800-staff/

Sophia Space raises $10M seed to demo novel space computers The company's modular computer tiles offer a new vision for space data centers. 🔗 Читать полностью: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/sophia-space-raises-10m-seed-to-demo-novel-space-computers/

Google launches Nano Banana 2 model with faster image generation Google is making Nano Banana 2 a default model in Gemini app and in AI mode. 🔗 Читать полностью: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/google-launches-nano-banana-2-model-with-faster-image-generation/

Mistral AI inks a deal with global consulting giant Accenture Mistral AI lands a partnership with Accenture, the consultant that has also recently announced partnerships with rivals OpenAI and Anthropic. 🔗 Читать полностью: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/mistral-ai-inks-a-deal-with-global-consulting-giant-accenture/

Google paid startup Form Energy $1B for its massive 100-hour battery The deal paves the way for Form Energy to raise a new funding round before potentially going public next year. 🔗 Читать полностью: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/google-paid-startup-form-energy-1b-for-its-massive-100-hour-battery/