Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry

January 6-12, 2025:

• Continuing the vision: Shaker Recruitment Marketing acquires JobAdX programmatic distro tool;

• Watching titans battle: OpenAI competitor Anthropic in talks to raise funding at $60B value;

• Scaling job ads in Denmark: North Media sells the activities in the job portal Ofir to Jobindex;

• Getting rid of fact checkers: Meta moves rights & makes major changes to moderation policies;

• Kicking early stage into high gear: North American startup funding spikes to close out 2024.

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Shaker Recruitment Marketing acquires programmatic job distribution tool to preserve transparency and future roadmap for clients

Shaker is excited to announce its acquisition of JobAdX, a leading programmatic job distribution tool. JobAdX and Shaker have developed a strong relationship over the last few months, and the expertise both teams bring will not only bring greater transparency to the programmatic landscape but also create a strong roadmap for future innovation. Welcome to the family, JobAdX!

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Anthropic in Talks to Raise Funding at $60 Billion Value

OpenAI rival Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $2 billion in a funding round that would value the startup at $60 billion, according to two people familiar with the matter. Lightspeed Venture Partners is leading the round, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private matters. The $60 billion valuation would include the money Anthropic plans to raise in the round, the people said.Anthropic is one of the many startups raising billions of dollars amid the hype over generative AI. Just three months ago, OpenAI raised $6.6 billion, nearly doubling its valuation to $157 billion. Last month, Elon Musk’s xAI said it had raised $6 billion in new capital, wrapping up a funding round that has been in the works for months and was said to value the artificial intelligence startup at more than $40 billion.

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North Media sells the activities in the job portal Ofir to Jobindex

North Media A/S has entered into an agreement with Jobindex A/S on the transfer of all commercial activities in the company Ofir A/S as of today. Jobindex acquires all Ofir’s customer relations, content, advertising and user data on the site www.ofir.dk as well as 11 commercial employees. To ensure a smooth transition for the customers, Jobindex will continue to use Ofirs website, brand and logo during a transition period. The sales sum is DKK 20 million. ”Ofir has been a pioneer in the market for online job advertisements since the company was established in 1996 and has since then set the tone in developing digital platforms for the Danish market alongside Jobindex. Considering the development in the market, it falls natural that Jobindex now acquires the commercial activities in Ofir, thereby being able to create an even larger and scalable player within online job advertisements. The decision supports North Media’s ambition to be the market leader in the segments in which we do business”, says Lasse Ingemann Brodt, CEO in North Media.

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Meta gets rid of fact checkers and makes other major changes to moderation policies

Meta will be making major changes to its content moderation policy on Facebook and Instagram, getting rid of fact checkers and replacing them with user-generated “community notes,” similar to Elon Musk’s X, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday. Meta’s newly appointed Chief of Global Affairs Joel Kaplan told Fox on Tuesday that Meta’s partnerships with third-party fact checkers were “well intentioned at the outset but there’s just been too much political bias in what they choose to fact check and how.”

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North American Startup Funding Spikes To Close 2024

North American venture funding spiked in the final quarter of 2024, closing out an up year for startup investment driven by continued momentum around artificial intelligence, Crunchbase data shows. Altogether, investors put $61.9 billion into U.S. and Canadian startups at seed through growth stage in the fourth quarter. It was the highest quarterly tally in nearly two years, with the strongest pickup seen at late stage. For all of 2024, meanwhile, total investment was just over $184 billion — up 21% from the prior year.

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The TAtech Leadership Summit on Recruitment Marketing, February 26-27, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. For senior execs at enterprise employers and TA solution providers.

TAtech North America & The World Job Board Forum, June 3-5, 2025 in Oceanside just north of San Diego, California. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.

TAtech Europe & The EMEA Job Board Forum, November 11-12, 2025 in London, England. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.

Seating is limited at all events, so register today!

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