OpenAI Is Trying For $150B

PLUS: Adobe: Text → Video, Instant Podcast Maker

Leader, welcome back. Today’s updates:

  • Effortlessly create and update branded product guides to keep your customers informed* (More)

  • OpenAI is raising $6.5B at a $150B valuation, surpassing major Fortune 500 companies (More)

  • Adobe is releasing text-to-video features in beta through its Firefly video model later this year (More)

  • Google’s NotebookLM can now turn research notes into podcasts using Gemini AI (More)

  • Tools to increase your productivity

  • Resources to help you learn and much more

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How Memphis became a battleground over Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer (link)

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NEWS UPDATES

OpenAI is trying for $150B

OpenAI is reportedly raising $6.5 billion in new funding at a $150 billion valuation. This makes OpenAI worth more than over 88% of Fortune 500 companies, including major firms like Goldman Sachs, Uber, and BlackRock.

The funding round will be led by Thrive Capital, with investments also expected from Microsoft, Apple, and Nvidia. OpenAI plans to use the new capital for computing power and other operational costs.

Adobe: Text → Video

Adobe is going to release new features that can produce video clips from text descriptions or still images. This builds on their Firefly video model.

The text-to-video and image-to-video features will initially be available in beta as a standalone Firefly app later this year before being integrated into Adobe's platforms.

Turn your research into a podcast

Google has added an “Audio Overview” feature to its NotebookLM AI note-taking app to generate audio podcasts discussing the research and documents you've compiled.

The app uses Gemini AI to create "lively" discussions between two AI hosts who will summarize the material, make connections between topics, and banter back and forth.

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FUNDING & JOBS

💰 Funding

'AI godmother' Fei-Fei Li raises $230M to launch AI startup (link)

PreciseDx picks up $20.7M to advance AI-based breast cancer risk assessment (link)

💼 Job Board

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