Kate Rooney

Bret Taylor's Sierra, which sells AI customer service agents, raised a $950M Series E led by Tiger and GV at a $15.8B post-money valuation, up from $10B in 2025 (@kr00ney / CNBC) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

NEW: Bret Taylor's AI startup Sierra raised a $950M funding round at a $15.8 billion valuation. Sierra topped $150 million in ARR in eight quarters. More on @CNBC this AM, and catch @btaylor interview airing 11:35 ET: cnbc.com/2026/05/04/bre…

Anthropic eyes $900 billion valuation: Here's what you need to know, with @kr00ney cnbc.com/video/2026/04/…

NEWS ALERT: OpenAI amends deal with Microsoft: Here's what you need to know, @kr00ney reports cnbc.com/video/2026/04/…

Story by @Kr00ney and I on the growing number of software execs with go-to market experience jumping ship to #OpenAI. Read our story here: cnbc.com/2026/04/25/ai-… #ai #software

SpaceX wasn’t the only one interested in buying Cursor👀 Microsoft also looked at buying the AI coding startup, according sources. Scoop with @jordannovet @CNBC cnbc.com/2026/04/22/mic…

#NewsAlert: Amazon and Anthropic announce new deal to provide up to 5 gigawatts of computer to Claude AI models @Kr00ney reports: cnbc.com/video/2026/04/…

NEW: Anthropic's co-founder says the company is in the process of broadening access to its Mythos AI model. @Kr00ney has the details. cnbc.com/video/2026/04/…

Scoop w/ @Kr00ney: OpenAI CRO Denise Dresser sent a memo to staffers touting the company’s alliance with Amazon as a key growth driver for its enterprise business, while noting the constraints of its long-standing tie-up with Microsoft. More here: cnbc.com/2026/04/13/ope…

Amazon's letter to shareholders: Here's what you need to know, with ⁦@Kr00ney⁩ $AMZN cnbc.com/video/2026/04/…

Amazon CEO @ajassy annual shareholder letter dropped this morning Life and corporate wisdom featuring New Zealand band @THEBETHS and @NYRangers 🏒

BREAKING: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the government “is supposed to be more powerful than private companies,” @kr00ney reports cnbc.com/video/2026/03/…

BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth officially designates Anthropic a supply-chain risk to national security. @Kr00ney reports: cnbc.com/video/2026/02/…

by tun in I mean tune*

BREAKING: OpenAI closes $110 billion funding round with backing from Amazon, Nvidia, Softbank cnbc.com/2026/02/27/ope… Reporting with @ashleycapoot ^ Tun into Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and @sama live on @SquawkCNBC 📺

New w/ @Kr00ney: Anthropic faces Friday deadline in Defense AI clash with Hegseth cnbc.com/2026/02/24/ant…

What a tribute ❤️

Congratulations to former @BCEagles Matt Boldy, Noah Hanifin & @TeamUSA for the OT win over Canada to take 🥇! Boldy scored the 1st goal of the game. 🏒 The team raised Johnny Gaudreau's No. 13 jersey on the ice & brought his children on the ice. ❤️🦅 📷: on.bc.edu/MHOlympicGold_…

Scoop w/ @Kr00ney: - OpenAI targeting ~$600 billion in total compute spend by 2030 - Projected revenue in 2030 is more than $280 billion - ChatGPT has more than 900 million weekly active users - First phase of $100B funding round coming early next week cnbc.com/2026/02/20/ope…

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