Bloomberg:
Sources: Richard Socher's Recursive is in talks to raise hundreds of millions at a $4B pre-money valuation to build self-improving superintelligent AI  —  Famed artificial intelligence researcher Richard Socher is in talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for a new startup called …

Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Source: Databricks obtained $1.8B in fresh debt and now has over $7B in debt ahead of a potential IPO; it raised $4B+ in December at a $134B valuation  —  Data analytics software company Databricks has landed $1.8 billion in fresh debt, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC.

Yueqi Yang / The Information:
Source: Binance considers reintroducing stock tokens after removing them in 2021; OKX, Kraken, Bitget, and others are expanding their tokenized stock offerings  —  Some of the world's biggest crypto exchanges are racing to let their customers trade crypto tokens that seek to track U.S. stocks …

Bloomberg:
Source: smart ring maker Oura plans a tender offer for early investors at a 25% discount to its $11B valuation from Series E, aiming to stay private longer  —  Oura Health Oy, the maker of popular smart rings, is working on a tender offer for existing investors at a discount to its latest funding round …

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta says it is pausing teens' access to its AI characters globally across all its apps as it develops a special version of an AI character for teens  —  Meta today said that it is pausing teens' access to its AI characters globally across all its apps.  The company mentioned that it is not abandoning …