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In an alleged drafted proposal, the U.S. government would play a role in every chip export sale regardless of which country it's coming from. Source

Hackers allegedly broke into the FBI’s networks, according to a report by CNN. Source

On this episode of Build Mode, David Park joins Isabelle Johannessen to discuss how he and his team are intentionally iterating, fundraising, and scaling Narada. Source

A source close to the company says the round assigns Science a post-money valuation of $1.25 billion. Source

Meta will allow rival AI chatbot providers to offer their services on WhatsApp for a fee, which ranges from €0.0490 to €0.1323 per "non-template message," depending on the country. Source

The startup, co-founded by Tesla and Apple alumni, has sold nearly 1,000 of its motorbikes so far. Source

Match Group eliminates the COO role as CEO Spencer Rascoff has been managing operations. Source

If Rivian reaches its R2 sales target in 2026, it will be one of the fastest ramp-ups ever of a new EV in the United States. Source

AI procurement startup Lio announced a $30 million Series A in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Source

Anthropic gave up its contract with the Pentagon over AI safety disagreements -- then, OpenAI swooped in. Source