This Robotics AI ‘Brain’ Startup Just Raised $400 Million From Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, and Others

Physical Intelligence, now valued at about $2 billion, aims to create AI models that can power robots.

Business - Inc. - November 4

Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invest in robot startup Physical Intelligence at $2.4 billion valuation

Amazon's Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invested in Physical Intelligence, a robot startup that raised $400 million at a $2.4 billion post-money valuation.

Business - CNBC - November 4

Physical Intelligence, a Specialist in Robot A.I., Raises $400 Million

The start-up raised $400 million in a funding round with investments from the likes of Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital and OpenAI.

Business - The New York Times - November 4

This Gen-Z-Led Startup Just Raised $2.6 Million to Diagnose Parkinson’s Using AI

Daance.ai emerged from stealth with a platform that aims to use artificial intelligence to help diagnose and monitor movement disorders. Here’s how it works.

Business - Inc. - 49 minutes ago

Startup Wonder Buys Grubhub From Just Eat Takeaway for $650 Million

The European parent company of the popular food delivery app company had sought to leave the U.S. market since 2022.

Business - Inc. - November 13

How Jeff Bezos, Mark Cuban and other business leaders congratulated Trump

“Let that sink in,” Elon Musk said.

Business - MarketWatch - November 6

Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Tim Cook and other tech leaders congratulate Trump on election win

Leaders including Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman and Tim Cook congratulated the president-elect and said they looked forward to working with his administration.

Business - CNBC - November 6

Outrider, a Self-Driving Truck Startup, Raises $62 Million

The Colorado company got backing from the VC arm of Koch Industries, as well as Nvidia, New Enterprise Associates, and Prologis’ venture unit.

Business - Inc. - October 24

Here’s your $22 million chance to be neighbors with Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos, and why billionaires love this town so much

A staggering waterfront “smart home” that is located in a billionaire-loved Seattle suburb has been put on the market for $22 million

Business - MarketWatch - Yesterday

Bret Taylor’s AI startup Sierra raises funding at $4.5 billion valuation

Sierra, the startup founded by ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, has raised a fresh round of capital that values the company at $4.5 billion.

Business - CNBC - October 28

Jeff Bezos Congratulates Trump on Victory

Mr. Bezos, who also owns The Washington Post, recently quashed the newspaper’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Business - The New York Times - November 6

Meet the startup that just won the Pentagon’s first AI defense contract

The Pentagon awards its first-ever generative AI defense contract worth $1.8M to Jericho Security, targeting deepfake attacks and AI-powered threats against military personnel including drone pilots.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 5

OpenAI Chair’s AI Startup Sierra Gets $4.5 Billion Valuation in Latest Funding Round

Former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor’s company keeps pulling in money from top VC firms as expectations mount.

Business - Inc. - October 29

Chinese AI startup takes aim at OpenAI's Sora with image-to-video tool launch

Beijing-based Shengshu Technology updated its artificial intelligence-powered text-to-video tool Vidu for generating videos based on separate images.

Business - CNBC - November 14

What Alicia Boler Davis Had to ‘Unlearn’ From Jeff Bezos and Amazon to Lead Digital Pharmacy Alto

The GM and Amazon ‘S-team’ veteran talks about Alto’s latest tech offering and her journey from the corporate world to startup life.

Business - Inc. - November 11

ChatGPT’s AI Search Tool Is Now Available From OpenAI

OpenAI just launched its newest artificial intelligence search experience for ChatGPT. Here’s how to get the AI search update, and WIRED’s initial impressions.

Tech - Wired - October 31

Wordware raises $30 million to make AI development as easy as writing a document

Wordware, a San Francisco startup, raised $30 million to simplify AI development with a natural language platform, enabling non-coders to build AI agents without traditional programming.

Tech - VentureBeat - 9 hours ago

This Is a Glimpse of the Future of AI Robots

Physical Intelligence, a well-funded startup chasing breakthroughs in robotic intelligence, has developed a robot capable of doing various household chores remarkably well.

Tech - Wired - October 31

Jeff Bezos kills the once-great Washington Post

Two billionaire newspaper owners, Patrick Soon-Shiong and Jeff Bezos, have announced their papers will not be endorsing any presidential candidates in the 2024 election, citing their organizations' ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Google just gave its AI access to Search, hours before OpenAI launched ChatGPT Search

Google launches real-time search integration for Gemini AI platform at $35 per 1,000 queries, while OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Search on the same day, setting up a major battle for the future of ...

Tech - VentureBeat - October 31

Here’s How a Startup Landed $10 Million to Put AI Data Centers in Space

The massive banks of computers needed to power artificial intelligence apps require huge amounts of electricity on Earth. Lumen Orbit wants to send them into the heavens instead.

Business - Inc. - October 25

AI startup CoreWeave closes $650 million secondary share sale, with Cisco joining as investor

Cisco and Pure Storage have backed CoreWeave, which is taking on Amazon in supplying cloud-based Nvidia graphics cards to companies for artificial intelligence.

Business - CNBC - November 13

How AI is powering a robotics revolution

Advances in physical AI means machines are learning skills previously thought impossible

Business - Financial Times - Yesterday

Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris, paper reports

The Washington Post planned to endorse Kamala Harris over Donald Trump before owner Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, decided against it, the newspaper reported.

Business - CNBC - October 26

Liz Cheney: Jeff Bezos 'afraid' to endorse Harris in Washington Post

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) criticized Jeff Bezos after The Washington Post, which the billionaire owns, broke with decades of the newspaper’s history and decided not to make an endorsement in ...

Politics - The Hill - October 28

Jeff Bezos, Jay Powell, Serena Williams and More Will Speak at the DealBook Summit

The conference on Dec. 4 will bring together the biggest names in business, politics and culture.

Business - The New York Times - October 29

Jeff Bezos defends decision to end Washington Post endorsements

After resignations and loss of subscribers, billionaire owner pens piece saying endorsements create ‘perception of bias’. Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of the Washington Post, has penned a ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post's decision to end endorsements

Billionaire Jeff Bezos said not endorsing a presidential candidate was a "principled" and "right" decision.

Jeff Bezos Defends Decision to End Washington Post Endorsements

Mr. Bezos, the newspaper’s owner, said that presidential endorsements “create a perception of bias” and that “my views here are, in fact, principled.”

Business - The New York Times - October 29

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and the Billions of Ways to Influence an Election

The world’s richest men have their own rocket fleets, their own media and their own schemes to succeed with Donald J. Trump.

Business - The New York Times - October 31

Elon Musk claims Jeff Bezos predicted that Trump would lose election

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos — the two richest people on the planet — are squabbling over social media. No, really.

Elon Musk Jabs at Billionaire Rival Jeff Bezos Over Trump

The world’s two richest men got into it on Musk’s social-media platform X over the election.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 4 hours ago

From AI to Musk’s Brain Chip, the F.D.A.’s Device Unit Faces Rapid Change

The new director overseeing medical devices will confront criticisms about hasty approvals as she ushers in revolutionary technology.

Business - The New York Times - November 5

Microsoft's GitHub expands beyond OpenAI, lets developers use AI models from Anthropic, Google

GitHub is giving software developers more choices for its popular coding assistant, meaning they won't be limited to models from OpenAI.

Business - CNBC - October 29

OpenAI hires Meta's former Orion head to lead its robotics efforts

The former head of Meta's augmented reality glasses initiative has joined OpenAI to lead the startup's robotics and consumer hardware efforts.

Business - CNBC - November 5

From coffee beans to milk, this Singapore-based startup uses AI to determine ingredient quality

ProfilePrint's AI platform could have implications for improving food security.

Business - CNBC - November 7

DevRev raises $100.8 million in Series A funding and becomes an AI unicorn at a $1.15 billion valuation

Following its successful Series A funding, DevRev drives forward its mission to revolutionize customer support and product development.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 1

Perplexity AI in final stages of raising $500 million round at $9 billion valuation

Perplexity AI is in the final stages of raising $500 million in funding at a $9 billion valuation, a source familiar with the situation told CNBC.

Business - CNBC - November 5

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