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TechCrunch digest covers X’s Android app rebuild, Infinity’s $15M raise at a $100M valuation, YouTube’s updated monetization rules for AI content, and robotaxi policy debates plus related Uber/Delivery Hero deal activity.
Netflix paid $587 million in cash to acquire InterPositive, Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup, with the deal disclosed in an SEC filing.
US DOJ says federal employees can download TikTok on government devices again, due to a deal that transferred TikTok’s US operations to a JV backed by Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX, with ByteDance retaining a 19.9% stake and Trump signaling clearance to executive agencies under policy.
Uber will acquire Delivery Hero in a $14.8B all-stock deal, nearly doubling its global footprint and creating a major non-China food-delivery platform.
Whatnot acquires AI startup Shaped to boost real-time recommendations and expand product categories.
Stripe and Advent International reportedly bid about $53.4 billion to acquire PayPal, potentially reshaping leadership in digital payments if completed.
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