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OpenAI, Microsoft Redraw Lines for IPO Future

PLUS: Scale AI targets the Gulf’s $100B AI boom; AI search cracks Google’s Safari stronghold.

Leader, welcome back. Today’s updates:

  • Elf Labs is reviving fairytales with AI. Invest before it closes.*

  • OpenAI and Microsoft revise deal to unlock IPO path.

  • Scale AI enters Gulf amid $100B regional tech surge.

  • AI search dents Google’s hold on Safari traffic.

  • Practical tools + must-read resources. Dive in ⬇️

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NEWS UPDATES

OpenAI, Microsoft Reshape Deal for IPO Path

OpenAI and Microsoft are renegotiating their $13B+ deal to let OpenAI go public while keeping Microsoft’s access to its AI tech. The updated pact may adjust Microsoft’s equity in exchange for post-2030 tech rights. Talks follow OpenAI’s shift toward a public benefit structure, aiming for profit with mission focus. This matters as it reshapes AI ownership, funding, and long-term control.

Scale AI Expands to Gulf for AI Growth

Amazon-backed Scale AI will open an office in Saudi Arabia by end-2025, joining a $100B regional push to lead in AI. Saudi Arabia and others are investing in data centers, local hiring, and global tech deals. This opens new revenue paths and positions Scale AI for faster growth outside the U.S. and China as Gulf demand for AI accelerates.

AI Search Disrupts Apple-Google Deal

Apple confirmed Google search traffic dropped in Safari for the first time, citing growing use of AI tools like ChatGPT. Apple may add rivals like Perplexity, risking its $20B deal with Google. Google lost $150B in market value. AI search is shifting user habits fast - watch for new browser defaults and monetization models.

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Useful Resources

  • AI and programming: The beginning of a new era (link)

  • ByteDance’s IDE Trae adds ability to create custom AI agents (link)

  • Duolingo adds 148 courses as AI replaces human contractors (link)

  • Hybrid AI model crafts smooth, high-quality videos in seconds (link)

  • What Fintiv v. PayPal means for software and AI patent practice (link)

  • Key ChatGPT and Gemini features compared. Who did it better? (link)

  • Former DeepSeeker and collaborators release new method for training reliable AI agents: RAGEN (link)

  • Google search's new AI feature, Simplify will make it easier to understand complex information on the web (link)

  • Check out the exclusive pitch deck that landed no-code AI agent startup StackAI a $16 million funding round from Lobby VC (link)

  • Introducing OpenAI-powered AI agents, researchers and analysts, designed to function as digital colleagues, available via its agent store by Microsoft (link)

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