Andy Rubin, creator of Android and a former Google executive, has launched a new startup focused on humanoid robots, said a person with direct knowledge of the venture. His venture is the latest addition to the red-hot and frothy humanoid space, crowded with companies ranging from Tesla to startups such as Figure AI. Rubin’s startup, Genki Robotics, is based in Tokyo, where he is currently living, according to the person.... Read more ›
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The wheels of justice can turn quickly when conditions are right. Today the defense rested in the fraud trial of Sam Bankman-Fried. Closing arguments are scheduled for tomorrow, which means this case could go to the jury on Thursday. It’s possible, then, that we’ll have a verdict that same day. That would be one year exactly since crypto publication Coindesk broke the story about a key financial flaw in SBF’s... Read more ›
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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried wrapped up testimony in his criminal case on Tuesday, capping off four days on the stand by downplaying his role in the misuse of billions in customer funds. In his testimony, Bankman-Fried emphasized his hands-off management style and at times deflected blame to other former executives at his crypto firms. His lawyers have argued that he acted in good faith and didn’t knowingly misuse FTX... Read more ›
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Earlier today, I published a story about a flurry of acquisitions hitting creator economy startups. Some of these deals are wiping out investors or returning very little cash. For instance, when Patreon bought Moment earlier this month, the livestreaming events startup was running low on funds. The deal won’t return much to Moment investors, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal. Moment had raised more than $12... Read more ›
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Generative artificial intelligence has exploded this past year. We’ve seen incredibly promising demos—but when scaling to enterprise level, companies often encounter an increased level of uncertainty along with difficulty of implementation. How can organizations harness the power of this new technology while scaling it reliably and cost-effectively? In partnership with Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs, The Information’s Stephanie Palazzolo spoke with two generative AI pioneers for advice on successful scalin Read more ›
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The AI world (and my inbox) was rocked yesterday by President Joe Biden’s long-awaited AI executive order, which covered a wide range of issues, from the use of AI in education to watermarking AI-generated content. (For a summary, check out my colleague Amir Efrati's piece here.)Now that we’ve had 24 hours to marinate on the order, here are some thoughts from myself and the AI execs I chatted with. Overall,... Read more ›
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Fire-sale prices for startups. Investors hung out to dry. Founders pulling the rip cord even when they’ve still got cash left in the bank. The harsh realities facing creator economy startups are getting even harsher, prompting a stampede of founders looking for exits as they struggle to find growth and funding for their businesses. So far this year, there have been 35 completed or planned sales of companies in The... Read more ›
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Here’s a question: Is the entertainment value provided by X, formerly known as Twitter, equal to what Netflix offers? Elon Musk wants to charge people roughly the same for an ad-free version of X that they pay for Netflix’s cheapest ad-free tier, around $16 a month. It’s part of his effort to supplement X’s much-diminished ad revenue with subscriptions. While Musk has so far made little progress in that effort—a... Read more ›
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I’m Ann, and I cover e-commerce and retail for The Information. Lately, I’ve been hearing more about Flip, a TikTok-like shopping app that’s been dominating my conversations with e-commerce founders, as well as my X feed, for the past few weeks—thanks to a costly way of getting new customers. The app, first launched in 2019, offers a scrollable feed of videos from creators and other users recommending and reviewing products... Read more ›
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Mistral, an artificial intelligence startup founded by former Meta Platforms and Alphabet researchers, plans to raise an additional $300 million from investors just four months after raising $113 million in a seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, according to two people familiar with the discussions. The round is expected to value the Paris-based startup, which is developing an open-source large language model and has framed itself as the “OpenAI... Read more ›
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Here’s a simple but smart idea I heard about last week: Ask all your employees to use AI for every possible task for a week and see what tasks it’s useful or not useful for.That suggestion came from Rebecca Hinds, head of Asana’s Work Innovation Lab, at our annual Women in Tech, Media and Finance conference, during a discussion on generative AI and hybrid work. Her statement might sound obvious... Read more ›
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As CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey was widely panned for his hands-off style, seen as contributing to the company’s uneven growth and slow-to-evolve culture, which paved the way for last year’s takeover by Elon Musk. Dorsey’s other public company, Block, originally known as Square, has a whole different problem: Its divisions feud so intensely they can’t agree on even minor points of cooperation. For example, last year staffers from Square,... Read more ›
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After two years of boasting of plans to overtake Tesla, the world's major automakers are pulling back, spooked by flagging electric vehicle sales. This week, we look at the reality that the dual age of fossil fuels and combustion cars will be with us longer than many thought.For more than two years, Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen have followed a similar script: In just a few years, each company claimed,... Read more ›
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Hi, welcome to your Weekend.It’s been 10 years since the movie “Her” introduced us to a queasy future in which a man falls in love with his AI-powered digital assistant. Guess who loved that movie? Yup, Sam Altman, the father of ChatGPT. “The things ‘Her’ got right—like the whole interaction models of how people use AI—that was incredibly prophetic,” he said earlier this summer. So it should come as no... Read more ›
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“There’s been 10 years of women that are championing other women,” singer-songwriter Katy Perry said to The Information CEO Jessica Lessin and a crowd of 232 women at The Estate Yountville in Napa Valley, Calif. “The positive of social media is that it took the gatekeeper away.…It’s up to you to become that entrepreneur that you want to wanna be.” Perry was the headlining speaker at The Information’s Women in... Read more ›
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Tech giants usually prefer to avoid Washington politicians and bureaucrats. Congressional hearings, Justice Department lawsuits and Securities and Exchange Commission probes are no fun. But a new generation of tech companies is finding governments are more likely to be customers than adversaries. That’s clear from the under-the-hood financial details we got this week on startups Anduril and Shield AI, which are selling a growing array of autonomous software and war-fighting... Read more ›
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Some observers saw Sam Bankman-Fried’s decision to testify in his trial on fraud charges as a Hail Mary pass. But he might not have had any other choice. Bankman-Fried began testifying before the jury Friday morning, the third witness called by his lawyers, following brief appearances by his Bahamas lawyer and an expert witness who testified about FTX accounts. Essentially, though, the former FTX CEO, who faces up to 110... Read more ›
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People often ask me how being a founder changes how I report on founders. Let me count the ways! I got the chance to discuss some of them as the gang debated the state of founderhood and some prominent founders of the moment. I hope you enjoy. Apple Spotify YouTube Read more ›
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In November 2020, marketing consultant Sarah Eade Bengard was in St. Barts, mingling at a venture capitalist friend’s beach party, when she noticed something strange. A number of guests had small circular sensors dotting their upper arms. They were continuous glucose monitors, medical devices usually reserved for diabetics who need to track blood-sugar spikes and plunges. “It was definitely the type of group that cares a lot about fitness,” Bengard... Read more ›
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The Information’s readers are using artificial intelligence to create voice-overs for TikTok videos, summarize legal documents and maintain their lawns, among other tasks, they say in interviews.In our recent survey of 593 subscribers, almost 90% said they use AI, and two-thirds of that group said they are paying for one or more generative AI services (see the full survey results here). I spent the week talking to readers about how... Read more ›
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In late September, a stakeholder in Humane received a humbled message from the startup. The Information had just broken the news that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had been secretly meeting with renowned former Apple designer Jony Ive. The duo was dreaming up the “iPhone of artificial intelligence,” according to later reports, and had been speaking with SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son about funding their plans. Unfortunately for Humane, the idea sounded... Read more ›
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