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Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Source: OpenEvidence, which offers an AI chatbot for doctors, is raising $250M at a $12B valuation, up from $6B in Oct., and has $150M in annualized ad revenue  —  OpenEvidence, which operates a ChatGPT-like product for doctors to find health information from medical journals and other trusted sources … Source

Jay Peters / The Verge: Tim Sweeney: the Ninth Circuit’s decision on Epic v. Apple contempt ruling appeal “completely shuts down” App Store rules allowing Apple to collect “junk fees”  —  In an interview, Epic Games’ CEO says that an appeals court ruling in its case against Apple is ‘really awesome for all developers.’ Source

Peter Andringa / Financial Times: Documents and former US government officials detail ICE’s digital surveillance capabilities, amid a drive to deport 1M people in President Trump’s first year  —  The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year Source link

Adriana Lee / Skift: Duve, which offers AI-powered guest management tools for hotels, raised a $60M Series B led by Susquehanna Growth, bringing its total funding to $85M  —  SKIFT TAKE  —  Hotel tech investors are treating AI guest management as core infrastructure, not a side project. Source link

Wall Street Journal: Sources: CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI plans to end “code red” after releasing a model in January 2026 with improved image generation, speed, and personality  —  The CEO is prioritizing achieving mass popularity through ChatGPT versus moonshot projects like artificial general intelligence Source link

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