Caroline Hyde
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Remember that he only told me two weeks ago, we don't speak directly to the Chinese government.
Our communication is through the companies.
But sorry, carry on, Ian.
That was Meta's head of global business, Nicola Mendelsohn, speaking with Bloomberg's Francine Lacroix.
Let's get back to Bloomberg Surveillance co-host Anne-Marie Horden, who's standing by in Davos.
That was Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff speaking with Bloomberg's Emily Chang.
Geetha, in the time that we've come on air here on Bloomberg Tech, Bloomberg's reported that the EU is going to probe both the Netflix and Paramount bids for Warner Brothers Discovery in parallel, which is a somewhat unprecedented approach for two companies to go head-to-head in the context of a regulatory probe.
What is the regulatory risk on this to you?
I know that you're trying to model for what happens next, and I always ask you, Geetha Ranganathan, what happens next?
Geetha Ranganathan from Bloomberg Intelligence.
Great to have you back.
Thank you so much.
Let's turn to the private markets.
Drone delivery startup Zipline has closed a more than $600 million funding round, putting the company's valuation at $7.6 billion.
Keller Clifton, Zipline CEO, co-founder, joins us now.
It's a big jump in valuation, although I don't think you actually ever disclosed the 2024 round that put you a pretty significant valuation of $5 billion anyway.
But there's a lot of interest in this, Keller.
Why did you raise the funds?