17:00 2025-03-18
AI code review platform Graphite completes $52 million Series B financingGraphite, an AI code review platform backed by Anthropic, announced the completion of a $52 million Series B financing round led by Accel, with participation from Anthropic's Anthology Fund, Menlo Ventures, Shopify Ventures, Figma Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and The General Partnership.
Founded in 2020 by Tomas Reimers, Greg Foster, and Merrill Lutsky, Graphite initially focused on mobile power builders before moving to AI-driven code reviews.
17:00 2025-03-18
Zuckerberg: Meta Llama model downloads break through 1 billion, multiple new models are expected to be launched this yearMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Threads that the total number of downloads of the Llama series of AI models has exceeded 1 billion, an increase of about 53% from the 650 million in December 2024. In addition, Meta is accelerating the development of Llama and plans to invest up to $80 billion in AI projects in 2025. Meta expects to launch several new Llama models in the coming months, including "inference" models like the OpenAI o3-mini and AI with native multimodal capabilities. The first ...
17:00 2025-03-18
Coinbase Launches Verified Pools, Built on Uniswap v4Coinbase has announced the launch of Verified Pools as a way to conduct on-chain transactions and redemptions. Verified Pools is built on top of the Uniswap v4 protocol, designed for retail and institutional participants in eligible locations, and integrates its KYC verification system, Coinbase Verifications. Verified Pools reduce counterparty risk by integrating authentication with smart contract transparency, while maintaining the openness and efficiency of the on-chain market. Its verificati...
17:00 2025-03-18
Solana Mobile's second phone, the Solana Seeker, is expected to start shipping in summer 2025The second phone developed by Solana Mobile, the Solana Seeker, is being tested and is expected to start shipping in summer 2025.
The Solana Seeker is the next-generation Web3 smartphone after its first phone, the Solana Saga, priced at $500. Compared to the previous Saga, Seeker has significant hardware improvements, including a slimmer design, brighter display, enhanced camera performance, and longer battery life. Seeker has built-in Seed Vault, a self-hosted crypto wallet deeply integrated wi...
17:00 2025-03-18
The call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump has endedOn March 18 local time, Russian media quoted the Kremlin as saying that the call between the Russian and American leaders ended. Earlier in the day, the White House said that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had been on the phone since 10 am EST. Russia Today TV quoted the White House as saying that the two sides had good communication. US presidential aide Skavino posted on social media that "the dialogue is going well".
17:00 2025-03-18
Enterprise Blockchain Crossmint Completes $23.60 million FundingEnterprise blockchain firm Crossmint raised $23.60 million in a funding round led by venture capital firm Ribbit Capital. Other investors include Franklin Templeton, Nyca, First Round, Lightspeed Faction, HF0, and others. Crossmint plans to use the new funding to continue developing AI agent infrastructure and enterprise blockchain tools.
17:00 2025-03-18
Miles Jennings to succeed Brian Quintenz as head of crypto policy at a16zChris Dixon, managing partner of a16z crypto, announced on the X platform that Miles Jennings, the agency's former general counsel, will replace Brian Quintenz as head of a16z crypto policy.
Previously, it was reported that Trump plans to appoint Brian Quintenz as chairperson of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
17:00 2025-03-18
Crypto Prediction Platform Yeet Completes $7.75 million FundingCrypto prediction platform Yeet completed a $7.75 million financing, led by Dragonfly, and angel investors such as Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz and LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino participated.
Yeet, co-founded by Michael Anderson (pseudonym Mando), anonymous trader Keyboard Monkey and professional poker player Ben Lamb, focuses on "prediction markets for crypto users" and targets users who are crypto-native groups with high risk appetite.