Leaked a16z decks: $25B in net returns since its 2009 founding, including $11.2B in 2021, and 56 unicorn investments in the past 10 years, the most of any firm
The firm has held its $900 million 2012 Fund III at 9.4x net TVPI. — ∙ Paid — Andreessen Horowitz is perhaps … X: @iamhenrymascot , @doodcapital , @iamjakestream , @ctjlewis , ...
Sources: Chinese AI startup Manus raised $75M led by Benchmark at a $500M valuation, and plans to expand to markets including the US, Japan, and the Middle East
incredible launch, incredible product, incredible investors. Sheel Mohnot / @pitdesi : Manus is based in Beijing. Wonder how you underwrite that risk. Perhaps why Gurley has been t...
Sources: Butterfly Effect, the Chinese startup behind Manus, has discussed setting up a new HQ outside China, and separating its domestic and global businesses
Leaders of the Chinese startup behind the hit artificial intelligence agent Manus have discussed setting up new headquarters outside China …
Source: OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf, an AI coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for ~$3B; Windsurf was valued at $1.25B in a 2024 funding deal
they are the black hole of Startups People still don't get it Evil institution Deedy / @deedydas : @EMostaque Perhaps the time (say even 6mos) it takes to build and grow a Windsurf...
Source: OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf, an AI coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for ~$3B; Windsurf was valued at $1.25B in a 2024 funding deal
they are the black hole of Startups People still don't get it Evil institution Deedy / @deedydas : @EMostaque Perhaps the time (say even 6mos) it takes to build and grow a Windsurf...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent orders the CFPB to stop activities, like rulemaking, communications, and litigation; in November, Musk said to “delete CFPB”
Search by Topic — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has shut down a wide variety of operations inside …
Emails from Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI show Brockman and Sutskever had concerns about Altman as early as 2017, Sam Altman considered an ICO, and more
Brockman and Sutsekever worried about Musk becoming a dictator, which feels ... relevant. [image] X: @techemails : Elon Musk emails OpenAI cofounders September 20, 2017 [image] @t...
Emails from Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI show Brockman and Sutskever had concerns about Altman as early as 2017, Sam Altman considered an ICO, and more
New emails released as part of Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI reveal that the company's fondness of drama is hardly new.
OpenAI launches canvas, a ChatGPT interface with a workspace for writing and coding projects, similar to Anthropic's Artifacts, in beta for Plus and Team users
A new way of working with ChatGPT to write and code The image shows … Kevin Raposo / KnowTechie : OpenAI rolls out Canvas: AI sidekick for coding and writing Jorge A. Aguilar / How...
OpenAI launches canvas, a ChatGPT interface with a workspace for writing and coding projects, similar to Anthropic's Artifacts, in beta for Plus and Team users
A new way of working with ChatGPT to write and code The image shows … Jorge A. Aguilar / How-To Geek : ChatGPT Canvas Wants To Be Your Personal Writing Assistant Harsh Shivam / Bus...
Some criticize YC-backed PearAI for forking AI code editor Continue, which has the Apache open-source license, and slapping on a ChatGPT-written closed license
A Y Combinator startup named PearAI launched with an X post thread and YouTube video on Saturday and created immediate controversy.
OpenAI delays the release of its advanced Voice Mode for ChatGPT by a month to address safety issues and plans to roll out the feature to Plus users in the fall
no word from Scarlett Johansson yet Livemint : ChatGPT Voice Mode release pushed to July: Here's why Jay Bonggolto / Android Police : OpenAI pushes back ChatGPT's new ‘Voice Mode’ ...
OpenAI makes ChatGPT for macOS available to all users after first rolling it out to Plus subscribers; the app can be launched from anywhere using Option + Space
Over the last month, OpenAI has gradually been rolling out its first-ever ChatGPT app for Mac with Plus subscribers.
OpenAI debuts Voice Engine, which lets users generate synthetic copy of a voice from a 15-second sample, available to around 10 partners, including HeyGen
but Won't Release the Tech Yet Cade Metz / New York Times : OpenAI Unveils A.I. Technology That Recreates Human Voices Benj Edwards / Ars Technica : OpenAI holds back wide release ...
OpenAI debuts Voice Engine, which lets users generate synthetic copy of a voice from a 15-second sample, available to around 100 partners, including HeyGen
As deepfakes proliferate, OpenAI is refining the tech used to clone voices — but the company insists it's doing so responsibly.
Startup Rabbit debuts the R1, a $199 handheld AI device meant to be a virtual assistant to complete tasks without a smartphone, shipping in late March 2024
The startup has developed a virtual assistant that learns whatever digital errands you teach it. The interface is extra cute …
Satya Nadella says Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI staff will join Microsoft's new “advanced AI research team” and Microsoft remains committed to OpenAI
Microsoft has hired OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to head up a “new advanced AI research team,” …
Satya Nadella says Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI staff will join Microsoft's new “advanced AI research team” and Microsoft remains committed to OpenAI
Microsoft has hired OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to head up a “new advanced AI research team,” …
Greg Brockman describes Ilya Sutskever's role in Sam Altman's firing and Brockman's removal from the OpenAI board, as well as Mira Murati's foreknowledge
Sam and I are shocked and saddened by what the board did today. Let us first say thank you to all the incredible people who we have worked with at OpenAI, our customers, our invest...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman departs the company and leaves its board after a board review found he wasn't “consistently candid in his communications with the board”
The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc, the 501(c)(3) that acts as the overall governing body for all OpenAI activities …