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UK looking to purchase £100M worth of GPUs, Meta to launch web-based version of Threads

Telegraph sources: the UK’s prime minister is in talks with Nvidia, Intel, and AMD to purchase up to £100M worth of GPUs for national AI research - Link

WSJ sources: Meta plans to launch a web-based version of Threads this week - Link

Viome, a microbiome startup that uses AI to provide customers with custom supplement plans and guidance, raised an $86.5M Series C co-led by Khosla Ventures and Bold Capital - Link

Adobe Co-Founder and former CEO John Warnock passed away at the age of 82 - Link

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Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman joins Jason to discuss DeepMind’s influence on AI (1:17), the hardware revolution (26:27), starting Inflection AI (49:45), and much more! - Link

Bloomberg sources: Arm is planning to sell ~10% of its shares in its IPO, and the company’s draft filing showed revenue dropped 1% y/y in its fiscal year ending on March 31 - Link

BeReal said its DAUs have held steady at ~20M and announced it would replace its Discovery feed with a “Friends of Friends” feed - Link

The Biden Administration announced ~$667M more in grants and loans to build out broadband infrastructure in the US - Link

The Information sources: In H1 2023, Instacart’s revenue grew ~30% y/y to $1.4B, despite delivery volume growing only 5%, due to its surging ad business - Link

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