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Scoop: Ilya Sutskever’s three-month old AI lab Safe Superintelligence has raised $1B. Valuation is $5B, sources tell Krystal Hu, Anna Tong, and me. We have the exclusive interview with the former OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever and his SSI cofounders: reuters.com/technology/art…

More on what we're building: reuters.com/technology/art…

Does this count as a 'material adverse event' that would affect the OpenAI funding round?

AI founders, it's time to check if you're on OpenAI's "dont' invest" list they told investors. w/Anna Tong Kenrick Cai reuters.com/technology/ope…

That was fast: less than a month after she quit OpenAI, Mira Murati is already fundraising for a new startup. We're told she is raising a lot of capital to train new models and make an AI product. Excited to see what Mira builds! reuters.com/technology/art…

petition for OpenAI to fire and re-hire its CEO today as a calming distraction

As we heard more about the failed training runs in major AI labs, Anna Tong & I wrote about the question on everyone's mind--It's been two years since GPT4. What's after the pre-training scaling law? Spoiler: Ilya has something to say about it Link: reut.rs/3Cp0Z8P

According to an amended version of Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman tried to create an OpenAI cryptocurrency in 2018 by proposing an ICO. Lol

My first time at NeurIPS next week! Excited to learn more about what's going on in AI. Let me know if you'll be around and want to meet up. NeurIPS Conference

The formerly sleepy AI researcher conference NeurIPS Conference has gotten insane. Peak AI bubble??

In action! 📷 Is the world ready for AGI's transformative potential? Jonathan Siddharth, Turing (Turing CEO), Sujith Ravi (Oracle GenAI VP), Ruchir puri (IBM Research Chief Scientist), and Anna Tong (Reuters Tech Correspondent) explore AI's future. #TuringAtNeurIPS2024

When AI vies with Taylor Swift as the hot ticket in town --> a dispatch from NeurIPS Conference by Kenrick Cai Anna Tong and me. reuters.com/technology/art…

Fastest valuation rise in startup history? Ilya Sutskever's SSI, founded last June, is in talks to raise new funding at >$20 bln, with no revenue, sources told me Kenrick Cai Anna Tong So curious to see what new mountain Ilya has identified this time reut.rs/3Euc9KF

Elon Musk and OpenAI have proposed an expedited trial in December 2025 over issues in OpenAI’s conversion from a nonprofit to a for-profit. Excited to see Elon and Sam testify…

ONLYFANS FOUNDER, CRYPTO FOUNDATION SUBMITTING LATE-STAGE BID TO BUY TIKTOK, BIDDER SAYS

OnlyFans founder, along with crypto network Hedera, also want to buy TikTok. OnlyFans founder has a new family-friendly social media app called Zoop that gives creators more revshare and they will be launching a cryptocurrency soon .. reuters.com/technology/onl…

scoop: a16z is seeking to raise a $20 billion fund for growth AI investments, the largest in the fund's history, sources told me & Anna Tong Kenrick Cai Non-US LPs see this as an opportunity to back US AI. New test for VC scale game after SoftBank VF. reut.rs/44iMZJE

Ray Kurzweil (guy who popularized the concept of "the singularity") raised $100 million for a humanoid robot startup: reuters.com/technology/ray…

Scoop: Anthropic hits $3 billion in annualized revenue on business demand for AI. Story from ⁦Anna Tong⁩ ⁦⁦Krystal Hu⁩ ⁦Kenrick Cai⁩ and me. reuters.com/business/anthr…

reuters.com/business/anthr… Thanks to codegen (using AI models for software development), Anthropic's revenue has tripled this year to $3b annualized revenue. One investor Alex Clayton says it is the fastest growing SaaS company he has ever seen.