Sources: OpenAI is preparing for an IPO that could value it at ~$1T and has looked at raising $60B+, filing as soon as H2 2026 and listing in 2027 (Reuters) reuters.com/business/opena… techmeme.com/251029/p59#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

Samsung reports Q3 revenue up 8.85% YoY to ~$60.5B, vs. ~$60.4B est., and operating profit up 32.9% YoY to ~$8.57B, vs. ~$7.9B est., more than doubling from Q2 (Dylan Butts / CNBC) cnbc.com/2025/10/30/sam… techmeme.com/251029/p61#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

GitHub says TypeScript surpassed Python and JavaScript in August 2025 to become the most used language among its 180M+ developers; India added 5.2M devs in 2025 (The GitHub Blog) github.blog/news-insights/… techmeme.com/251030/p4#a251… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

LatAm e-commerce giant MercadoLibre reports Q3 revenue up 39% YoY to $7.4B, vs. $7.2B est., a $421M net income, vs. $489M est., and 77M unique buyers, up 26% (Maria Clara Cobo / Bloomberg) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… techmeme.com/251030/p6#a251… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

Walmart's PhonePe raised $600M from General Atlantic at a $14.5B valuation, as the Indian digital payments and financial services company prepares for an IPO (The Economic Times) economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/g… techmeme.com/251030/p8#a251… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

Google, Meta, and Microsoft collectively spent nearly $80B on AI infrastructure in Q3, dividing the market on whether they can translate huge capex into income (Financial Times) ft.com/content/86bb92… techmeme.com/251030/p15#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

The AI bubble’s here. Which startups are built to last, and which will vanish overnight? When valuations get this wild, someone’s portfolio is going to burn. Peter Walker from Carta explains. #venturecapital #startups #openai #anthropic

A tax move most VCs overlook; plus, enter our $1,500 cash giveaway. In this clip, Dave McClure shares a pro tip most VCs overlook: you can donate your positions in illiquid assets for tax benefits. Yes, the IRS counts. Watch on YouTube: asmbly.link/rsWJXPR

Sources: Meta has received record orders of about $125B for a corporate bond sale expected to be at least $25B in size (Bloomberg) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… techmeme.com/251030/p33#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

Canva launches a foundational design model that generates editable layered designs, expands Canva AI, makes Affinity free for all users, and more (@indianidle / TechCrunch) techcrunch.com/2025/10/30/can… techmeme.com/251030/p35#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

"I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration and I’m sure they would be interested in this matter. I would strongly suggest dropping this story." ProPublica obviously didn't drop it. propublica.org/article/paul-n…

Amazon reports Q3 revenue up 13% YoY to $180.2B, a $21.2B net income vs. $15.3B in Q3 2024, and operating income flat at $17.4B; AMZN jumps 10%+ after hours (Amazon) businesswire.com/news/home/2025… techmeme.com/251030/p39#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

Amazon reports Q3 AWS revenue up 20% YoY to $33B, vs. $32.42B est., and AWS operating income up 9.5% YoY to $11.4B (Annie Palmer / CNBC) cnbc.com/2025/10/30/ama… techmeme.com/251030/p40#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

Reddit reports Q3 revenue up 68% YoY to $585M, vs. $546M est., and daily active uniques up 19% to 116M, vs. 114M est.; RDDT jumps 5%+ after hours (@jonathanvanian / CNBC) cnbc.com/2025/10/30/red… techmeme.com/251030/p41#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

Apple reports Q4 revenue up 8% YoY to $102.47B, vs. $102.24B est., net income up 86% to $27.5B, and FY 2025 revenue up 6% to $416.16B (kif / CNBC) cnbc.com/2025/10/30/app… techmeme.com/251030/p44#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 24% YoY to $17.7B and subscription services revenue up 11% YoY to $12.6B (@lmanfredi7 / The Wrap) thewrap.com/amazon-earning… techmeme.com/251030/p45#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple Pay, Apple TV, Apple Music, and iCloud, up 15% YoY to $28.75B, vs. $28.17B est. (@loreeseitz / The Wrap) thewrap.com/apple-earnings… techmeme.com/251030/p48#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

Coinbase reports Q3 revenue up 55% YoY to $1.9B, vs. $1.8B est., net income up 473% to $433M, and trading volume up 59% to $295B (Olga Kharif / Bloomberg) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… techmeme.com/251030/p50#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

Apple expects Q1 revenue to grow 10% to 12% YoY, with iPhone sales up by double digits, and reports Q4 China revenue down 4% YoY to $14.5B, vs. $16.24B est. (@stephennellis / Reuters) reuters.com/business/apple… techmeme.com/251030/p52#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

AI valuations are at record highs. But did we actually learn anything from the last bubble? 👀 Dave McClure and Peter Walker (Carta) take a look at the current state of funding data with Seed stage valuations at a record high and what AI companies' price tag mean for the