Thu. 10/03 – The Monster OpenAI Raise

OpenAI raised their round, and it basically broke all the records. The whole Wordpress mess has gotten so crazy that WPEngine is suing. Using Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses to dox people in real time. And you’ll never guess the reason why you’re about to see more ads on streaming video. Hint: you’ll endure it.

Sponsors:

• Lumen.me/ride

Links:

• OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in largest VC round ever (Axios)
• OpenAI asks investors not to back rival start-ups such as Elon Musk’s xAI (Financial Times)
• OpenAI feels competitors breathing down its neck (Financial Times)
• WP Engine sues WordPress co-creator Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging abuse of power (TechCrunch)
• Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta's Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers (404Media)
• Spotify adds a new, automatically updating playlist for offline listening (TechCrunch)
• Amazon to increase number of advertisements on Prime Video (Financial Times)
• Venture Dealmaking Reflects Selective Tastes of Investors (Bloomberg)