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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Alum Yu Seeks $500 Million for Fund Tied to Alphabet’s X  Bloomberg Source link

November 11, 2021 Columbus State alumnus and Army veteran Steve Tette’s work is being seen by hundreds of millions of Google users on Thursday, Nov. 11. The American realist artist was chosen to design the “Google Doodle” for Veterans Day. The doodles are a Google program to alter the search engine’s logo in celebration of holidays, anniversaries and the lives of influential… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Glance, a mobile content platform from the founder of India’s earliest unicorn, has reached a valuation of over $1 billion after completing a funding round that was led by Google, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The Alphabet Inc. unit and billionaire Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital invested $145 million in the 18-month-old startup, whose app uses artificial intelligence to curate a personalized feed of entertainment, news, sports scores and video game… Source link