Weekly DaaS Roundup for Jan 9

DaaS Never Sleeps

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January 09, 2025

NEWS, READS AND MORE

Past the doom gloom predictions of job loss and degradation of public services, pushing a city built on bureaucracy towards innovation can unlock a glut of new opportunities that can turn “government contractor” into something gasp sexy.

Outside of the growing patchwork of state specific consumer privacy laws we’ve already covered, Payment Card Industry Data Security standard (PCI DSS) 4.0 for anybody who accepts payments online, new EU user direct data access stipulations, cookie management - there’s some busy work coming up.

Location data has long been a thorn for regulators. Given explicit MSAs and ever increasing compliance requirements is the latest lawsuit against Life360 legit or just a cash grab?

The global IPO market is poised for a strong 2025, driven by increasingly accommodative monetary policies and supportive market conditions. As the geopolitical landscape evolves and global supply chains undergo significant reconfiguration, the traditional global IPO market is transforming into interconnected yet distinct regional ecosystems, each shaped by unique sector specializations and growth drivers

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CEO of Magnite Michael Barrett, the largest independent sell-side advertising platform sat down with Auren to discuss

  • The $200B shift from linear TV to streaming

  • How retail media networks are reshaping advertising

  • Big Tech's dominance in digital advertising

  • How AI will change programmatic advertising

👀The YouTube channel closed out 2024 with 50,000 subs!👀

M&A AND FUNDING

Blackstone invests $300M in DDN to boost AI storage business

Private equity firm Blackstone is investing $300 million in privately held DDN, valuing the company at $5 billion.

Xocean raises $119M to capture ocean data with uncrewed surface vessels

Xocean, an Irish marine robotics startup that provides ocean data to the energy and hydrography industries, has raised $119 million.

GlobalData announces acquisition of Deallus

With the 4th deal in 5 months GlobalData has now picked up Deallus, Business Trade Media International, LinkUp and Celent as it goes on its PE funded spending spree.

Bloomberg Acquires Carbon Credit Data And Analytics Company Viridios AI

Bloomberg L.P. has acquired carbon analytics and data company Viridios AI from its parent Viridios Group.

RANDOM ART(TIFICIAL HALLUCINATION) OF THE WEEK

A bear emerging from hibernation in the snow in the surrealist style

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