Amazon plans to sell Nike products directly for the first time since 2019, when Nike stopped selling through Amazon due to lingering counterfeit issues
and raising prices Jordan Valinsky / CNN : Nike is raising prices - and returning to Amazon Yahoo Finance : Nike on Amazon, Tesla vs. BYD, Snowflake: Trending Tickers Mackenzie Tatananni / Barron's On...
Documents: the NYT greenlights using select internal and external AI tools for editorial and product staff, including from OpenAI, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
The Scoop — The New York Times is greenlighting the use of AI for its product and editorial staff, saying that internal tools …
Adtech company The Trade Desk announces Ventura, a smart TV operating system, and plans to partner with TV manufacturers for its rollout, expected in H2 2025
ad tech marketers weigh in Peter Adams / Marketing Dive : Trade Desk tries to shake up streaming TV with content-agnostic strategy Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading : The Trade Desk's angle into the sm...
BlackRock, GIP, Microsoft, and MGX announce a new AI fund that seeks to raise $30B+ of private equity capital and $100B+ in total investment when including debt
Should we be worried? Louisa Clarence-Smith / The Times : BlackRock and Microsoft to launch $100bn AI infrastructure fund Aaron Holmes / The Information : Microsoft, BlackRock to Launch $30 Billion Fu...
Many outlets have increased reliance on Apple News+; The Daily Beast is set to make $3M-$4M from it in 2024, and Time says it delivers a 7-figure annual revenue
The Scoop — Like many digital publishers, The Daily Beast was struggling at the end of 2023. Bluesky: @jbaer.bsky.social . X: @racheljanfaza , @jeremyreesnz , @ericdkoch , @michaelroston , @journali...
Microsoft invests $1.5B in Abu Dhabi-based AI startup G42 for a minority stake, after G42 severed ties with Chinese suppliers; Brad Smith will join G42's board
The Emirati AI Giant That Just Got A $1.5 Billion Investment From Microsoft Chris McKay / Maginative : Microsoft Invests $1.5 Billion in UAE's G42 Matthias Bastian / The Decoder : Microsoft invests $1...
Source: Salesforce paid $20M+ to license Einstein's image in a 2016 deal, hoping to gain an edge in the AI market; proceeds go to Jerusalem's Hebrew University
It's tough to stand out as a tech company working on artificial intelligence. Albert Einstein is Salesforce's solution. X: @brodyford_ X: Brody Ford / @brodyford_ : Scoop: Albert Einstein's been dead...
Sources: the UK is using OpenAI tech to develop Gov.uk Chat, an AI chatbot to help people pay taxes and access pensions, marking the UK's biggest use of AI yet
Telegraph : Bluesky: @dead.place . X: @brenthoberman and @jamestitcomb . Forums: r/singularity Bluesky: Flynn / @dead.place : Glad to see my tax money is being fed to OpenAI, and not helping to solve...