Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Customer service automation startup Cognigy, whose AI agents can talk to tens of thousands of users at once, raised a $100M Series C and reports ~175 clients  —  Philipp Heltewig, who was CIO at marketing firm Sitecore before it was sold to private equity group EQT in 2016 …

Agam Shah / HPCwire: TechInsights: Nvidia shipped ~3.76M data center GPUs in 2023, up from 2.64M in 2022; the total data center GPU market was 3.85M in 2023, up from ~2.67M in 2022  —  Nvidia had an explosive 2023 in data-center GPU shipments, which totaled roughly 3.76 million units, according to a study conducted …

Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: Cyberhaven, which uses AI to help companies predict employee behavior and avoid insider threats, raised $88M led by Adams Street Partners at a $488M valuation  —  The injection comes at a time when others have struggled to attract cash.  —  AI data-security startup Cyberhaven Inc …

James Hunt / The Block: As the EU's MiCA crypto regulation takes effect on June 30, the industry remains uncertain about the ramifications; some stablecoin rules arrive in late 2024  —  - A key MiCA deadline in the European Union is approaching on June 30, impacting the regulation of the cryptocurrency and digital asset market across member states.

Josh Tyrangiel / Washington Post: Q&A with Tim Cook on how AI will help users “save time”, sticking to Apple's values, the Apple Intelligence name, hallucinations, OpenAI, journalism, and more  —  In an interview, Tim Cook explains how Apple's new AI will enhance your work and life, with guardrails.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple's AI features are quintessentially Apple and probably take the right approach, but many won't launch until 2025; new Siri is missing from the iOS 18 beta  —  Apple finally unveiled its AI effort this week, alongside minor upgrades to its operating systems.