I've joined @Forbes!! I'll be covering AI for their website / magazine, and assisting with lists like AI 50. I'm excited tell deeper stories about the people behind the AI revolution. If you are a founder or investor in AI or robotics I'd love to hear from you =)

The Musk-led AI company has a lot of cash in the bank. But it still needs more—and more. It’s using some creative off-balance-sheet financing to get it. Some details on xAI's financials and weird/novel capital raise, with @annatonger for @Forbes: https://t.co/kPJ88k3nRv

There’s a new kind of startup in the valley: the Neolab. 9 of these 10 “neolabs” have $1B+ valuations at the seed. They’re all are likely <$10M in revenue and founded by ex-model lab AI researchers, many of whom have made $10-100M+ in personal wealth! What a time to be alive.

.@ericzelikman & 7th Googler @gharik are raising $1b for an AI lab called Humans&. I'm told Eric's paper STaR was an inspiration for OpenAI's reasoning models, and that he was also one of the star AI researchers labs fought over.

NEW: Former xAI researcher Eric Zelikman is in talks to raise $1 billion at a $5 billion valuation to build AI models that are better at collaborating with humans. The startup is called Humans&. With @annatonger and @_IainMartin. https://t.co/W3rHfP3efV

Scoop: AI video company Synthesia has raised $200 million at a $4 billion valuation in a round led by GV (Google's venture arm). With @annatonger and @_IainMartin. https://t.co/1GLhGqCEy7

AI agents startup @genspark_ai is in talks to raise over $200 million at a 1 billion+ valuation. Investors include LG tech ventures and SBI investment, sources tell @Forbes. Last month, Genspark said it reached a $50 million run rate 5 months after launch.

First story: A new player has entered the humanoid robot race. Rhoda AI, which raised $230M, has quietly built an experienced team that has been secretly developing a humanoid robot since last year, documents they have shared show.

SF, thanks for showing off this stunning rainbow the night before Dreamforce!

Back at it again at @OpenAI developer day after being off and divorced from my phone for a month

Coding bootcamps, a Silicon Valley mainstay for over a decade, are facing decline as AI eliminates the kind of entry-level roles for which they trained people (@annatonger / Reuters) https://t.co/qWMUxA86dg https://t.co/LAvo4z0whG https://t.co/ZOzeer2dpR

Scale AI competitor @micro1_ai, which provides data labeling to AI labs, is valued at $500 million in its Series A round and has told investors it will hit $100 million in annualized revenue in Sept, up from $10 million earlier this year.

Loved this study from @METR_Evals, where they were shocked to find that AI actually slowed down experienced developers by 19%. But the developers still chose to use AI despite the slowdown. Why? Because you don't have to think as hard when you use AI. https://t.co/0dj2xXvAdg

Scoop: OpenAI is planning to launch a Google Chrome competitor within weeks. The browser includes a chat interface that would help keep users from having to click through to external links, sources tell @Reuters. from @readkrystalhu @annatonger and me: https://t.co/hh70nFSjRM

Linear, which makes software development and project planning tools that rival Atlassian's Jira, raised an $82M Series C led by Accel, valuing it at $1.25B (@annatonger / Reuters) https://t.co/xXHv7gDGRy https://t.co/j2cfnG8RfW https://t.co/ZOzeer1FAj

Scoop: Anthropic hits $3 billion in annualized revenue on business demand for AI. Story from ⁦@annatonger⁩ ⁦⁦@readkrystalhu⁩ ⁦@kenrickcai⁩ and me.

https://t.co/JkPDD0FNo8 Thanks to codegen (using AI models for software development), Anthropic's revenue has tripled this year to $3b annualized revenue. One investor @afc says it is the fastest growing SaaS company he has ever seen.

Ray Kurzweil (guy who popularized the concept of "the singularity") raised $100 million for a humanoid robot startup:

scoop: a16z is seeking to raise a $20 billion fund for growth AI investments, the largest in the fund's history, sources told me & @annatonger @kenrickcai Non-US LPs see this as an opportunity to back US AI. New test for VC scale game after SoftBank VF. https://t.co/nv1QTourDB

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