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Tom Giles

@tomgiles.bsky.social

I oversee global tech coverage for Bloomberg and teach business journalism at Cal. I'm also a board member at American Leadership Forum, Silicon Valley. Opinions mine.

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Mark Gurman@markgurman.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEW: Apple is preparing to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac aimed at luring away customers from Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs. Details on the plan here. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Apple Readies a Low-Cost Laptop to Rival Chromebooks and Windows PCs

Apple Inc. is preparing to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac aimed at luring away customers from Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs.

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Tom Giles@tomgiles.bsky.social · last yr.

Anthropic raising as much as $5 billion at a $170 billion valuation, with Iconiq leading the round. Scoop with new details by @shiringhaffary.bsky.social and @kateclark.bsky.social; more news to come: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Anthropic Nears Deal to Raise Funding at $170 Billion Valuation

Anthropic is nearing a deal to raise as much as $5 billion in a new round of funding that would value the artificial intelligence startup at $170 billion, according to a person familiar with the matte...

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Tom Giles@tomgiles.bsky.social · last yr.

Perplexity, challenging Google with a tool that summarizes search results and helps users refine queries to get the best responses, has been in the crosshairs of Meta and Apple. Busy day for Bloomberg Tech. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Apple Executives Have Held Internal Talks About Buying AI Startup Perplexity

Apple Inc. executives have held internal discussions about potentially bidding for artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI, seeking to address the need for more AI talent and technology.

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Tom Giles@tomgiles.bsky.social · last yr.

Spotter was a vital source of funding to content creators. But, CEO Aaron DeBevoise says, "The world has changed." Last year, Spotter missed financial goals and cut 40% of staff. @aishacounts.bsky.social explains how it went down: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

SoftBank-Backed Startup Misses Financial Goals, Slashes Staff

Just a couple years ago, Spotter Inc. was one of the most valuable startups in the booming business of YouTube celebrity. The company, which boasted a new way for social media stars to fund their oper...

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Tom Giles@tomgiles.bsky.social · last yr.

OpenAI CEO @samasama.bsky.social said Meta offered his staffers $100 million signing bonuses. "So far none of our best people have decided to take them up on that," Altman said on a podcast with his brother @jaltma.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Altman Says Meta Offered OpenAI Staffers $100 Million Bonuses

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said Meta Platforms Inc. has offered his employees signing bonuses as high as $100 million, with even larger annual compensation packages, as it seeks to buil...

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Tom Giles@tomgiles.bsky.social · last yr.

Scale AI's Alexandr Wang is so good at networking that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman — once publicly busted his chops over it. @ellenhuet.bsky.social digs into his `high beta' background. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Scale AI’s Wang Brings to Meta Knowledge of What Everyone Else is Doing

Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang is such an enthusiastic networker that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman — once jokingly told him to tone it down a bit.

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Tom Giles@tomgiles.bsky.social · last yr.

Zuck's plans for a `superintelligence' unit, first reported by Bloomberg, stem from internal frustration and disappointment with the latest Llama release. Scoop by @kurtwagner.bsky.social and @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Zuckerberg Is Personally Recruiting New ‘Superintelligence’ AI Team at Meta

Mark Zuckerberg, frustrated with Meta Platforms Inc.’s shortfalls in AI, is assembling a team of experts to achieve artificial general intelligence, recruiting from a brain trust of AI researchers and...

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Tom Giles@tomgiles.bsky.social · last yr.

My colleagues @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social and @kurtwagner.bsky.social spoke to more than 50 people for this in-depth look at efforts by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to woo Trump.

Kurt Wagner@kurtwagner.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 New Businessweek Feature 🚨 What is behind Mark Zuckerberg's rightward swing toward President Trump? I'd wager it's less about personal politics, and more about a finely tuned sense of self-preservation... w/ @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Tom Giles@tomgiles.bsky.social · last yr.

Amazon shares are lower in after-hours trading. The ecommerce giant just issued a forecast for operating income that fell short of estimates. Amazon said its predictions are "subject to substantial uncertainty." ... Mentioned factors such as tariff and trade policies, inflation, interest rates.

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Tom Giles@tomgiles.bsky.social · last yr.

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Elon Musk’s ‘What Did You Do Last Week?’ Email Clogs Government Inbox

Elon Musk’s demand for federal workers to submit five bullet points detailing their week’s work has hit a new snag: the inbox is full.

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Mark Cuban@mcuban.bsky.social · last yr.

Whatever happened to the "5 things " DoGe emails ? Talked to someone really smart who just left gov, who said all the emails bounced back as inbox full. Already forgotten Typical Ready Fire Aim

Mark Anderson@markc-anderson.bsky.social · last yr.

Chinese startup Manus claims to have vaulted ahead of leading artificial intelligence developers in the US. It launched a preview version of what it called a general AI agent that it claims performs better on some fronts than OpenAI’s Deep Research. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China’s Manus Follows DeepSeek in Posing Challenge to US AI Lead

Some early users were enthusiastic about the product’s capabilities; others complained it took too long and crashed.

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