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Replit launches Mobile Apps on Replit, which enables vibe-coding of iOS apps with integrated Stripe monetization (CNBC)

CNBC:
Replit launches Mobile Apps on Replit, which enables vibe-coding of iOS apps with integrated Stripe monetization  —  AI coding startup Replit is now letting users create and publish mobile apps for Apple devices using only natural language prompts, the latest evolution in so-called vibe-coding.

Sources: Replit is in advanced discussions to raise about $400M in a new round of funding that would roughly triple its valuation to $9B (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: Replit is in advanced discussions to raise about $400M in a new round of funding that would roughly triple its valuation to $9B  —  Replit Inc., an artificial intelligence coding startup, is nearing a deal for a new round of funding that would roughly triple its valuation to $9 billion …

Mytra, which is building autonomous robots for warehouses that can move loads up to 3,000 pounds, raised a $120M Series C led by Avenir Growth (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune:
Mytra, which is building autonomous robots for warehouses that can move loads up to 3,000 pounds, raised a $120M Series C led by Avenir Growth  —  Senior Finance Reporter And Author Of Term Sheet  —  Mytra's Chris Walti (L) and Ahmad Baitalmal (R).MYTRA  —  Chris Walti once led engineering for Tesla's humanoid Optimus.

Andrea Vallone, who left OpenAI in November as the head of its safety research team, joins Anthropic's alignment team (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Hayden Field / The Verge:
Andrea Vallone, who left OpenAI in November as the head of its safety research team, joins Anthropic's alignment team  —  Andrea Vallone has joined Anthropic's alignment team. … One of the most controversial issues in the AI industry over the past year was what to do when a user displays signs …

The US says Taiwanese companies will invest $250B+ in chip production in the US as part of a trade deal, with Taiwanese government guaranteeing $250B in credit (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
The US says Taiwanese companies will invest $250B+ in chip production in the US as part of a trade deal, with Taiwanese government guaranteeing $250B in credit  —  The U.S. and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement to build chips and chip factories on American soil, the Department of Commerce announced on Thursday.