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Internal memo: Google is naming Amin Vahdat, who leads the company's AI and infrastructure team, to the new role of chief technologist for AI infrastructure (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/10/2025/google-names-n…

Exclusive: Google names new chief of AI infrastructure buildout
Amin Vahdat, a veteran leader at Google, will become chief technologist for AI infrastructure, according to the memo reviewed by Semafor, and report directly to CEO Sundar Pichai.

Sources: some WBD investors warm to David Ellison and his top team, after they were reassured that Paramount's Middle Eastern financing is secure (Rohan Goswami/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/09/2025/investors-warm-to-paramount…

Exclusive: Investors warm to Paramount’s bid for Warner Bros.
David Ellison and his team impressed Warner Bros. investors with their pitch — and their price tag.

From the comments: up_versus_down Marine Corps sniper here: In a sniper-spotter team, the communication is highly coordinated and silent. While there is no single, universally recognized hand signal for the precise moment of a sniper shot, a series of signals are used leading up to and confirming the engagement. The specific signals can vary by military branch or operational context, but they generally involve the following.

Senate GOP mulls offering vote to Democrats in shutdown standoff (Burgess Everett/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/09/2025/senate-republicans-mull-making-democrats-an-offer-in-shutdown-standoff
http://www.memeorandum.com/251010/p28#a251010p28

@… any idea who these people are? The no potrero yard thing is weird, also they just seem to be clueless on ops https://www.sanfranciscopeoplestransit.org/

60 years ago tonight, the #GratefulDead (& bill graham's) 1st fillmore auditorium gig, at the #sanfrancisco mime troupe’s appeal II, maybe the 1st actual time the dead name was used. not in ads (“formerly the warlocks” was january), no tape.

Democrats warn that their party, when it returns to power, may attempt to block or unravel any Paramount acquisition of WBD due to national security concerns (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/10/2025

Democrats warn their party may try to unravel any Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal
A new letter from Reps. Sam Liccardo (D-Calif.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) also raised concerns about foreign investors’ involvement.

Snappr, a visual content platform and a marketplace for professional photographers, raised a $28M Series B led by Foundry and expands to Europe (Kerry Flynn/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/08/snappr-photographer-book-europe-launch

Exclusive: Photography service Snappr launches in Europe after raising $28M
The platform can also generate AI-enhanced images.

Sources: Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner is looking for big acquisitions, including talking to Bari Weiss earlier this year about acquiring The Free Press (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/09/2025/axel-springers-ce…

Exclusive: Axel Springer’s CEO — and biggest star — is chasing his next deal
Mathias Döpfner is emerging as a new-school mogul: ubiquitously public, sitting on a pile of cash, and on the hunt for more deals.

Source: the US Department of Commerce plans to allow the export of Nvidia's old H200 chips to China, seeking a compromise over controlling exports to China (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/08/2025/commerce-t…

Exclusive: Commerce to open up exports of Nvidia H200 chips to China
The move, which has the support of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, could bolster Nvidia’s revenue by opening up a huge market for its chips while ensuring US technology remains the standard worldwide.