Waymo and Cruise allowed to operate robotaxi fleets 24/7, ByteDance revenue growth slows in China

The California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow Waymo and Cruise to operate their robotaxi services 24/7 in SF after a contentious six-hour hearing - Link

The Information sources: ByteDance’s revenue growth in China is slowing down, growing 25% in 2022 to $69B after increasing 68% in 2021 - Link

Skydio, a drone startup, has shut down its consumer business and will expand its B2B offerings; the company was last valued at $2.2B in a $230M Series E in Feb 2023 - Link

NYSE and Nasdaq have been competing to win new stock listings, signaling an opening IPO window; Nasdaq has won Instacart and Arm, while the NYSE has won Klaviyo and Birkenstock - Link 

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Rich Barton joins Jason to give a masterclass on his thought process behind creating evocative top-tier brands like Zillow, Expedia, and Glassdoor. (22:02) Rich also discusses the lessons he learned from Bill Gates during his time at Microsoft (49:22), how tech management has evolved (57:04), and more! - Link

OpenAI made ChatGPT custom instructions, a feature that allows users to customize character counts and the tone of ChatGPT answers, available to all users - Link

The Information: Meta is planning on building 1K units of its first-gen AR glasses due to having to assemble the headsets in the US because of silicon carbide usage - Link

Check Point, a cybersecurity firm, has acquired security startup Perimeter 81 for ~$490M, less than half its most recent valuation of $1B from June 2022 - Link

Bloomberg sources: Biden’s Cyber Safety Review Board will investigate Microsoft’s role in a recent breach of government officials’ email accounts - Link

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