Weekly DaaS Roundup for Jan 23

NEWS, READS AND MORE

OpenAI and SoftBank announce $500 billion AI data center project The Verge

OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and MGX have unveiled The Stargate Project, a massive $500 billion investment to build a system of AI-focused data centers over the next four years, starting in Texas.

Pay attention to the Delete Act - even if you're not a data broker  AdExchanger

The DELETE Act, a California bill aimed at simplifying the removal of consumer data from data brokers, is gaining attention nationwide. This legislation could have wide-reaching implications for data privacy compliance, even for companies that don't consider themselves data brokers.

Lonestar plans to establish a data center on the moon Reuters

Lonestar Data Holdings aims to set up the first data center on the lunar surface, leveraging SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander, to provide secure, off-Earth data storage solutions.

EVENTS

The World of DaaS Summit is less than 4 months away, and we’re nearly at full capacity. If you’re a DaaS CEO and interested in attending, apply now.

Participating are execs from: Accuweather, AdAstra, Antenna, BCG, Bombora, BrightData, Carto, CB Insights, Clearbit, CompStak, Corelogic, Crunchbase, Dataprovider.com, Datarade, Decision Desk, Dynata, Endicott Capital, Environics, Epistemix, Facteus, Fable Data, FiscalNote, Fraym, G2, HealthVerity, IDG, InMarket, Interos, IPInfo, JDA Worldwide, Kwanzoo, LightCast, Marqeta, M Science, Morningstar, Mozart Data, NearSt, People Data Labs, People.ai, Revelio Labs, SafeGraph, SimilarWeb, Simplifi, Simulmedia, Spatial.ai, Trustpilot, Veraset, Warburg Pincus, ZoomInfo….and many more.

🎧THE LATEST WOD PODCAST 🎧

Taboola $TBLA CEO Adam Singolda

Adam Singolda is the founder and CEO of Taboola (NASDAQ: TBLA), a content discovery platform that powers recommendations for Apple News, Yahoo, and other major publishers, reaching over 500 million daily active users.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Adam and Auren discuss:

• The war for internet user attention

• Why Apple and Amazon are becoming ad companies

• Building a discovery engine for the internet

• The future of AI-powered advertising

M&A AND FUNDING

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