Sources: Mercor rival micro1 has told investors it is now generating $200M in recurring revenue; Mercor is offering micro1 employees signing bonuses up to $2M
Anna Tong /Forbes:LinkedIn:Jenna EarnshawandAnna TongLinkedIn:Jenna Earnshaw:“The explosive growth of the so-called human data market comes down to a simple constraint: AI models don't get smarter on ...
Sources: Notion told staff it is doing a $300M tender offer at an $11B valuation, ahead of a potential IPO, and passed $600M in ARR, half of it from AI products
Anna Tong / Forbes : X: @luke_metro , @annatonger , @twojackscapital , @matt_slotnick , and @0xkrma X: @luke_metro : A SaaS startup keeping their 2021 valuation in 2025 is legitimately an impressive ...
Micro1, which helps AI labs find experts for data annotation, says it has crossed $100M in annualized revenue and fielded investment offers at a $2.5B valuation
Ali Ansari has grit - the highest compliment I can think of for a founder. … Andrew Steele : Ali Ansari is a very special founder. He is built different and it's electric to see the team rip at micro...
AI infrastructure company fal, which runs audio, video, and image models on behalf of enterprises, raised a $125M Series C led by Meritech at a $1.5B valuation
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California's AG declines to join Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, saying the office did not see how Musk's action serves the state's public interest
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Reno, Nevada-based Positron, which sells AI chips intended for inference and manufactured in Arizona, raised a $23.5M seed from Flume, Valor Equity, and others
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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] @techemails : Sam Altm...
Sam Altman's Worldcoin rebrands as World, unveils a new Orb powered by Nvidia's Jetson chipset, plans to integrate its ID verification into other software, more
and Will Come Right to Your Door Kate Irwin / PCMag : Sam Altman's Worldcoin Launches ‘Deep Face,’ New Eye-Scanning Orb World on YouTube : Keynote: a new world — Join Worldcoin co-inventors Alex Bla...
OpenAI supports CA bill AB 3211, which requires companies generating AI content to watermark; the bill passed in the state Assembly 62-0 and heads to the Senate
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Decagon, which uses generative AI to replace or augment a company's customer support staff, raised a $35M Series A led by Accel, with participation from a16z
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