Last year, Temu started requiring suppliers to certify their cotton wasn't sourced from Xinjiang, which is illegal to import into the US. But suppliers say Temu soon scrapped the requirement + assured them their risk was low.

Incredible Jing Yang scoop:
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New: OpenAI has invited former employees to participate in its $86 billion tender offer.

The move reflects continued demand in the ChatGPT-maker, even while some VCs sit out the share sale due to the startup's high price.

W/ Jon Victor:

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Tried this 'fluffy yogurt' food trend, highly recommend

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TikTok owner ByteDance misled the Central Bank of Ireland after HSBC shut down the Chinese company's bank accounts after a money laundering probe
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And here's a great write up from Stephanie Palazzolo on the AI that came up during our capital conference

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Shout out to my colleagues who did an amazing job at today’s #PrivateCapConf
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I asked Cristóbal Valenzuela about OpenAI’s rival product, if he’s strategic’d out, and growth these days in the talent (and revenue) context!

And we’re off. Welcome to The Information’s debut Private Capital Conference, spearheaded by Kate Clark & Cory Weinberg

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Already ordered, as an angsty romantic & daughter of immigrants 🔥🔥

I’m SO excited to share that after quitting TechCrunch as a senior crypto reporter…

I’m launching Token Relations 📊 with Pomp 🌪 to help blockchains create better, more direct relationships with their communities, devs, holders and more.

Here’s why 👇

The teams behind…

Big Scoops about Big Tech today from Kaya Yurieff & Sylvia Varnham O’Regan

This is always such helpful inbound!

Source: Jony Ive and Sam Altman's AI device startup is in funding talks with Emerson Collective and Thrive Capital; Ive wants to raise up to $1B in funding (The Information)

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Remember the mysterious AI device Sam Altman and Jony Ive were working on?

Well now it's in talks to raise up to $1Bn in funding.

More from Jessica Lessin Kate Clark Cory Weinberg:

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