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. Rubinâs startup, Genki Robotics, is based in Tokyo, where he is currently living, according to the person.... Read more âș
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Oracle and Microsoft recently discussed an unusual agreement to rent servers from each other if either company runs out of computing power for cloud customers that use large-scale artificial intelligence, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations. A deal would help the two rival cloud providers meet surging demand for servers that can run AI software, which has caused a shortage. The proposed server-sharing deal talks have... Read more âș
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Creator economy workers are making another attempt at organizing, as the story I published earlier today details. The effort, dubbed Creator Project 1.0, is in the early stages, but aims to advocate for the rights, welfare and creative freedom of creators, according to organizing documents viewed by The Information. That got me thinking about whether creators would see more success than gig workers, who have attempted to use their growing... Read more âș
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Thereâs a new financial power segment in town: content creators. But creators have a unique profile thatâs currently underserved and distinct from those of other small businesses. Creators span all ages, are global by default, and need to be paid faster to create content at a viral speedâall of which opens up new opportunities for banks and fintech solutions. Jessica Lessin, founder and CEO of The Information, explored this during... Read more âș
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The tensions surrounding TikTok in the U.S. have been building for years, but lately they have reached a boiling point. More than half of all states have either partially or fully banned TikTok on government devices. The Biden administration gave the platform an ultimatum, demanding that ByteDance, the appâs Chinese owners, spin off their share of the business or else face a total U.S. ban. In late March, members of... Read more âș
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Morgan Stanleyâs decision to cut roughly 5% of its staff, or 3,000 people, has drawn headlines as a sign of how banks are responding to the near-dead initial public offering and deal markets. But the cuts at Morgan Stanley, as at other banks, will only make a small dent in workforces that expanded sharply in the pandemic era. Between the end of 2019 and the end of December 2022, Morgan... Read more âș
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In 2020, Amazon went on a blitz offering up the grab-and-go cashierless technology behind its Amazon Go convenience stores to large retailers around the world. That included offering up the Just Walk Out technology to Woolworths, the largest retailer by revenue in Australia, according to a person with knowledge of the talks. And executives at department store chain Kohlâs weighed the pros and cons of installing Just Walk Out, a... Read more âș
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Creator economy workers are taking a fresh stab at labor organizing. A group of digital influencers and professionals who work with them has started an effort to push tech companies to increase creatorsâ compensation and take action on other issues, including unexplained removals of creatorsâ accounts from apps, according to documents reviewed by The Information and people involved with the effort. Ezra Cooperstein, a president at Nightâthe talent management company... Read more âș
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The old-fashioned TV business is slowly but surely sliding into the ocean. Yes, folks, while weâve been obsessing about the money TV companies are losing on streaming, the older businesses have been falling apart. Rates of cord cutting from cable and satellite worsened in the first quarter. Todayâs report from Dish Network, a satellite TV operator, showed that it had more TV subscriber defections in the period than in any... Read more âș
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Ramit Sethi started a website called âI Will Teach You To Be Richâ from his dorm room at Stanford University in 2004 to help teach his college friends about money. Now 40, he has a best-selling book of the same name, a podcast, 500,000 Instagram followers, and most recently, a new show on Netflix, which began streaming last month. In the lead-up to the premiere, he launched a newsletter sharing... Read more âș
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The elder members of Gen Z are now 26 years old. That means they have considerable purchasing powerâand they turn to their fellow Gen Z creators for product recommendations. How can brands tap into that power and meaningfully connect with young creators and their audiences? Annie Goldsmith, reporter for the The Information, sat down to discuss the topic with three experts who specialize in working with creators: Jamie Gutfreund, chief... Read more âș
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Amazon, Microsoft and Google are known for their software, but now they are collectively spending billions of dollars to develop and produce microchips to power servers and artificial intelligence. As the companiesâ AI and cloud rivalries grow, the chip projects are becoming a critical part of their strategy to reduce costs and win over business customers. The above chart, based on The Informationâs reporting and public sources, shows eight server... Read more âș
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Since the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Rocky Gor, the founder and CEO of Los Angelesâbased loan marketplace Capx, has been approached by a handful of small venture capital firms with a problem: No one will lend to them. In the past, these VC firms relied on a specialized credit line offered by SVB and a handful of other banks, including First Republic Bank, that plugged the gap between when... Read more âș
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In the 1980s and 1990s, Silicon Valley revolved around semiconductors, and T.J. Rodgers stood out. The company he founded, Cypress Semiconductor, was relatively small, but a 1991 BusinessWeek cover story showcased him as âThe Bad Boy of Silicon Valley,â and The New York Times declared him âSilicon Valleyâs most flamboyant cowboy capitalist.â This fireplug of a man attracted outsize attention in part from his readiness to express outrageous opinions and... Read more âș
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Until late last year, Bank of America branch staffers would learn how to handle a potential stick-up through guidebooks and online videos. Today, tellers are immersed in a 3D virtual reality environment, in which a gunman aims a weapon at them or furtively hands them a threatening note demanding money. The bank measures tellersâ reactions and the time it takes them to respond to a robberâs threat. With those analytics... Read more âș
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Hi, welcome to your Weekend.You won't find many venture investors who are shedding tears for Roelof Botha. As only the fourth person to lead Sequoia Capital over the past 51 years, Botha now occupies a seat at the very highest echelons of the trade. But despite his lofty perch, little has gone easy for Botha since he was handed the reins last summer. As Kate and Abe explore in this... Read more âș
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Dallin Billsâ family has a very specific Motherâs Day ritual. The Battery Ventures principal and his three kids, ages 7, 5 and 1, cut out hearts from colorful construction paper. On each paper heart, the group writes down their favorite things about their mom, Kayla, such as âI like it when Mom swings me on the swingâ and âA word I think of when I think of Mommy is âI... Read more âș
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Amazon is building a team to work on artificial intelligence tools that will generate photos and videos for merchants to use in advertising campaigns on its platform, a company spokesperson confirmed, efforts that could help diversify its ad business. Amazon's ad business has grown by double-digit percentages every quarter since Amazon started breaking out its revenue in 2021. It brought in $38 billion last year but currently centers on ads... Read more âș
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Will AI video kill the radio star? Judging from the surge of artificial intelligenceâgenerated beer commercials and âStar Warsââthemed Wes Anderson trailers popping up on social feeds this week, it just might. The AI video onslaught began officially in late March, when Runway, an AI startup newly valued at $1.5 billion, announced its Gen 2 program. While the companyâs Gen 1 software lets customers use AI tools to modify their... Read more âș
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Instacart has long primed itself for a much-watched public debut, keeping its regulatory filings up to date and improving profits. But one new factor may delay a public debut: a slowdown in growth. In the first quarter, Instacart saw its gross order volume grow between 5% and 10% compared to the same period last year, people briefed on the matter said. That compares with 16% for all of 2022, when... Read more âș
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One day in March, Sequoia Capital assembled a show of force: a private summit on artificial intelligence hosted at the firmâs airy offices in San Franciscoâs Mission District. Around 100 people gatheredâa whoâs who of techâs hottest sector, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman; Kevin Scott, Microsoftâs chief technology officer; and Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, a two-year-old generative AI startup recently valued at $4.1 billion. Roelof Botha, who... Read more âș
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