Kate Rooney
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@CNBC in San Francisco. Covering Amazon, OpenAI, Anthropic, overall AI ... and retail investors + Robinhood
San Francisco, CA
Joined July 2009
NEW: OpenEvidence, the ‘ChatGPT for doctors,’ doubles valuation to $12 billion Spoke with CEO Daniel Nadler after the company's latest funding round.. talked meteoric growth in app usage, healthcare competition with OpenAI and Anthropic, IPO window and more. More details and
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OpenEvidence, based in Miami, has topped a $12 billion valuation in a funding round led by Thrive and DST.
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OpenEvidence, which is building "ChatGPT for doctors", raised $250M led by Thrive and DST at a $12B valuation, up from $6B in October and $1B in February 2025 (@kr00ney / CNBC) https://t.co/ErmV65vTP9
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Kate Rooney / CNBC: OpenEvidence, which is building “ChatGPT for doctors”, raised $250M led by Thrive and DST at a $12B valuation, up from $6B in October and $1B in February 2025
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New w/ @Kr00ney: OpenAI sent a letter to investors and banking partners warning that it expects Elon Musk to make “deliberately outlandish, attention-grabbing claims” as his lawsuit against the AI lab heads to trial in April. More here: https://t.co/YiCO12JdYH
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OpenAI on Thursday told its investors and banking partners that it expects Elon Musk to make "deliberately outlandish" claims ahead of an April trial.
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OpenAI Investor Letter: Weekly and daily active user figures "continue to produce all-time-highs" @Kr00ney reports: https://t.co/b5chdigVWe
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CNBC's Kate Rooney join 'Fast Money' with a news update on openAI.
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In case you missed it this week, the incredible @BeckyQuick and @CNBC launched CNBC Cures — an initiative to raise awareness for the 30M Americans living with rare diseases. Hats off to Becky and Matt (my first CNBC boss!) for sharing their personal journey and fighting for a
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From the latest novela to the biggest clásico in soccer. Your friend knows where the party's at: ViX.
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Inside @CNBC's "Baby Boom": @people If you don't see the inimitable @dee_bosa @KellyCNBC @PippaStevens13 @mmcassella @angelicapeebles on the air this summer/ fall, now you know why! 🤰 https://t.co/ytsUndvITC
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Signing off for maternity leave a little sooner than expected👋 Baby number two isn’t due for a bit. But doctor’s orders .. off the air (and mostly horizontal) for this last stretch. Grateful for all the support from our @CNBC team. News FOMO already. See ya soon!
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Scoop: Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever's $32 billion AI startup, but ended up hiring its CEO instead More on Mark Zuckerberg's failed attempt at recruiting Ilya and buying SSI .. plus Meta's plan to bring on Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman @CNBC
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Meta plans to hire Safe Superintelligence CEO Daniel Gross and former GitHub Nat Friedman to beef up the company's AI team, according to sources.
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Will all of today’s tech unicorns continue shunning the public markets and stay “forever” private companies? Our general partner, Dharmesh Thakker (@Dthakker02), in a great conversation with @CNBC's Kate Rooney (@Kr00ney), says no. Sure, it’s still easy for the biggest and best
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Exclusive w/ @Kr00ney: OpenAI has hit $10 billion in annual recurring revenue less than three years after launching its popular ChatGPT chatbot. https://t.co/fx4bgC7cxl
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OpenAI is now generating $10 billion in annual recurring revenue, according to a company spokesperson.
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Now streaming: RAISE Health Symposium Keynote Fireside💡Microsoft's Eric Horvitz joins CNBC’s Kate Rooney to discuss human-AI collaboration, decision-making under uncertainty, and the societal impact of emerging tech. 🔗 Watch live: https://t.co/qJZnmqI0Vv
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Sat down with OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar on CNBC morning as the AI company announced the latest Stargate expansion in UAE, and day after its deal to buy Jony Ive's devices startup for $6.5B. Friar says she’s confident the multibillion-dollar bet on Ive’s startup will pay off, and
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OpenAI is buying iPhone designer Jony Ive’s AI devices startup for roughly $6.4 billion 🚨 https://t.co/8WQFKmmKqp
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OpenAI said Wednesday that it's acquiring Jony Ive's artificial intelligence devices startup io for about $6.4 billion.
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How much of coding and engineering work is done by AI? @stripe co-founder @collision gave a brilliant and elaborative answer, last week while talking to CNBC’s @Kr00ney! Productivity lies on a spectrum he said! It’s working progress he added! #CodeAssistants #CoPilot
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Chatted with @collision this week on the heels of Stripe Sessions in SF @CNBC interview dives into everything from the company’s AI news to tariffs, health of the consumer, the current tech race and what he’s taken from Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett in building Stripe 💳
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Sat down with @btaylor , co-founder of Sierra and chairman of OpenAI’s board, at CNBC's San Francisco bureau this week 🌉 Fascinating convo about: - New deal with Minted 🎄 - The boom in AI agents and how to build a moat - Potential pullback in enterprise IT spending (how AI
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I had a nice conversation with @Kr00ney about @SierraPlatform, AI agents, and demand for AI applications in the face of global economic uncertainty
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CNBC's Kate Rooney sits down with Sierra co-founder Bret Taylor to break down the rapid improvements and cost reductions of consumer-facing AI models, the platform's new partnership with Minted...
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