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Upwind, an AI-driven cloud security startup, raised $400 million at a $3.8 billion valuation after turning down a Datadog acquisition offer that matched this valuation. The company continues to grow rapidly amid rising cybersecurity demand.

The rapid increase in energy demand from AI data centers is accelerating efforts to modernize the US electric grid, with companies developing advanced load management software and superconductive power lines to improve efficiency and capacity.

Paulina Borsook’s 2000 book 'Cyberselfish,' which critiques Silicon Valley’s techno-libertarian culture, is reissued by Tin House amid renewed interest in its analysis of the tech industry’s anti-regulation stance and evolving business ethics.

Andreessen Horowitz has rebranded its crypto investment arm from a16z Crypto to a16z Frontier, shifting its focus to include emerging technologies like AI and robotics while maintaining an interest in blockchain.