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A profile of Techmeme, which turns 20 this week yet oddly works and looks as it did in 2005, as its executive-heavy readership expands amid the AI boom (Fred Vogelstein/Crazy Stupid Tech)
https://crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/08/at-20-techmeme-has-never-been-hotter…

Gabe Rivera's 20-year-old headline site, Techmeme, has never been hotter.
Journalism is getting battered now. But thanks to the AI boom, Gabe Rivera's 20-year-old headline site Techmeme has never been hotter. Media companies should take notes.

A profile of Techmeme, which turns 20 this week yet oddly works and looks as it did in 2005, as its executive-heavy readership expands amid the AI boom (Fred Vogelstein/Crazy Stupid Tech)
https://crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/08/at-20-techmeme-has-never-been-hotter…

Gabe Rivera's 20-year-old headline site, Techmeme, has never been hotter.
Journalism is getting battered now. But thanks to the AI boom, Gabe Rivera's 20-year-old headline site Techmeme has never been hotter. Media companies should take notes.

Yeah, you'll easily get a $4T market cap when you sell your latest consumer graphics card for more money than sense!
https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/114823643634356944

Doomer predictions of a rapid, monopolistic AGI were wrong, as recent AI model releases resemble a Goldilocks scenario with competitive, specialized models (David Sacks/@davidsacks)
https://x.com/davidsacks/status/1954244614304739360

David Sacks (@DavidSacks) on X
A BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR AI? The Doomer narratives were wrong. Predicated on a “rapid take-off” to AGI, they predicted that the leading AI model would use its intelligence to self-improve, leaving others in the dust, and quickly achieving a godlike superintelligence. Instead, we

Koi, which is developing a centralized protection layer for enterprise endpoints, raised a $38M Series A, taking its total funding to $48M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/syoe1xjslx

Cyber startup Koi raises $38M Series A to build a central checkpoint for enterprise software
The startup, founded by Unit 8200 veterans, was born from a VSCode hack and aims to give enterprises control over every application installed on their endpoints.

A long-running cyberattack campaign between Israel and Iran has continued since the June ceasefire, with Israel landing the most telling blows (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/37f21221-a2c3-47c5-b337-7cd168becaf4

Israeli chip monitoring startup ProteanTecs raised a $51M Series D led by IAG, with participation from Arm, Samsung, and more, taking its total funding to $250M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjbpoqaqgg

Chip monitoring startup proteanTecs raises $51M with backing from Arm, Samsung, and Siemens
The Israeli company has now raised more than $250M, expanding global footprint across automotive, cloud, and telecom.

Atlantic Council: the number of US-based investors in spyware nearly tripled in 2024 to 31 firms, compared to just 11 in 2023, topping Israel's 26 investors (Vas Panagiotopoulos/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/us-spyware-investment/

US Investment in Spyware Is Skyrocketing
A new report warns that the number of US investors in powerful commercial spyware rose sharply in 2024 and names new countries linked to the dangerous technology.

Airalo, which offers affordable eSIM roaming packages for travelers, raised $220M at a $1B valuation (Kelsey Warner/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/07/11/2025/singapore-esim-startup-raises-220-million

Singapore eSIM startup raises $220 million
Airalo, led by a Dubai-based founder, was valued at more than $1 billion in its latest funding round, led by private equity giant CVC.