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New from me and Juro Osawa on lead up to SCOTUS decision: -TikTok CEO never explained clear backup plan if legal fight failed. At times, said he hadn't thought about it -TikTok operated biz as usual -Staff are finishing 2024 performance reviews this week theinformation.com/articles/tikto…

Cool journalism job opening: Come work with me The Information to write about the giant pools of cash moving across the globe to fund the growth of artificial intelligence.

How much is TikTok's U.S. business worth to ByteDance? Some investors estimated that TikTok in the U.S. made ~$9B last year...but that's just 6% of ByteDance’s estimated revenue of $150 billion for last year. w/ Juro Osawa for The Information: theinformation.com/articles/why-b…

Scoop w/ Juro Osawa: At ByteDance's internal all-hands last night, TikTok's CEO said they were working with a "key person" in the Trump administration to find a solution to the ban law. He also talked about removing "unnecessary layers" in the company. theinformation.com/articles/tikto…

For DeepSeek, its sudden rise to stardom has created a dilemma: whether to raise money. Our deep dive into DeepSeek shows how its global success comes with new challenges and difficult choices. w/ Qianer Liu theinformation.com/articles/deeps…

SoftBank is now discussing a new $16 billion loan, as Masayoshi Son goes on a borrowing binge to fund huge AI investments. Story w/ Cory Weinberg. theinformation.com/articles/softb…

Exclusive: How China’s Tech Titans Swallowed Their Pride and Embraced DeepSeek As several of China’s biggest tech giants have embraced DeepSeek’s upstart AI technology, ByteDance is internally debating whether to follow suit. Read more from Juro Osawa, Qianer Liu and

thrilled to have won a SABEW Best in Business award in the Technology division with Juro Osawa, Jing Yang and Sri Muppidi! read our story here theinformation.com/articles/how-t…

The Information's Asia bureau maybe small, but we always aim high. Extremely proud of our team for bagging two wins+two honorable mentions in the SABEW Best in Business awards, in collaboration w/ our inimitable colleagues in the U.S. Here's the deets: sabew.org/2025/03/2024-b…

Scoop: Oracle is lead contender in the long line of #TikTok suitors. ByteDance wants to remain hands-on and hope #Trump will approve a deal based on the contours of Project Texas via The Information w/ Juro Osawa Anissa Gardizy Sri Muppidi theinformation.com/articles/oracl…

When #DeepSeek became a national treasure in #China like pandas 🐼, it also means fences are installed around the startup. Another reporting tour de force by Juro Osawa & Qianer Liu theinformation.com/articles/deeps… via The Information

Fantastic reporting on how 🇨🇳 gov is getting more hands-on w/ DeepSeek by Juro Osawa & Qianer Liu -employees told not to travel, handing in passports -investors must be screened by provincial government -gov telling headhunters not to approach employees theinformation.com/articles/deeps…

NEW: DeepSeek has restricted some employees involved in research and development of AI models from traveling abroad freely. Those employees were asked to hand in their passports. Story w/ Qianer Liu. theinformation.com/articles/deeps…

I'm hosting an afternoon of conversations focused on the money going into AI. Its at the New York Stock Exchange on April 28. Come debate, come network!

SCOOP: The Chinese startup behind Manus AI has been meeting investors across Silicon Valley, seeking capital at a valuation of $500 million. W/ Juro Osawa & Jing Yang theinformation.com/articles/chine…

Exclusive: TikTok owner ByteDance is working on AI smart glasses TikTok owner ByteDance is planning its own version of artificial intelligence–powered smart glasses, as tech firms develop gadgets for AI services. Read more from Juro Osawa👇

Physical AI is the latest front in the US-China tech war. Front and center—humanoid robots. We look at Apptronik, its partnership with Google DeepMind on the Apollo robot, and its formidable rivals in China. With Jing Yang and Juro Osawa. theinformation.com/articles/human…

There's not a humanoid robot looking over my shoulder as I write this— But quite, quite soon that might change. Weekend's latest Big Read on what may be one of the important parts of the AI era. theinformation.com/articles/human…

Fantastic The Information feature by Jing Yang, Steve LeVine and Juro Osawa on the global race to create viable humanoid robots. Oh, and killer robot art from Clark Miller. theinformation.com/articles/human…

DeepSeek’s Progress Stalled by U.S. Export Controls DeepSeek's next AI model is coming, but China doesn't have enough chips to run It. Read more from Qianer Liu and Juro Osawa 👇 theinformation.com/articles/deeps…