Shirin Ghaffary

NEW: Runway AI has raised $308m at a $3b valuation. from @rachelmetz @KateClarkTweets and me https://t.co/0OXY1XLVd8

RT @KateClarkTweets: Scale AI generated $870M in revenue last year and projects $2B this year. Plus, Coatue, Founders Fund, and Greenoaks a…

NEW: Replit is in talks to raise $200 million at a $3 bil valuation, nearly tripling its value from last round, per sources. The AI coding tools app lets users vibe-code with little to no software knowledge necessary https://t.co/1SUmzS2qnF

Major news in AI lab personnel: Meta's head of AI research, Joelle Pineau, is leaving after 8 years. My colleague @KurtWagner8 has the scoop https://t.co/xNHnQg794R

pretty fun to chat with blasé GPT. also really curious how much this cost.

OpenAI @OpenAI

No joke, there's a new voice in ChatGPT. https://t.co/7pq8h2cPxW

We reported last week that OpenAI's $40b round at a $300b valuation, split into two tranches w/ SoftBank leading, is close to finalizing. OpenAI has now announced the round. https://t.co/DTBafqrSpt

This is a wild metric from Altman on how the Ghibli etc image generation buzz has translated to actual user numbers.

Sam Altman @sama

the chatgpt launch 26 months ago was one of the craziest viral moments i'd ever seen, and we added one million users in five days. we added one million users in the last hour.

RT @Katie_Roof: Source says that the $80 billion valuation for the xAI subsidiary was done without a funding round. Jump from the $50B valu…

RT @KateClarkTweets: Sequoia Capital & Spark Capital in talks to co-lead a round for Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe's voice AI startup. ht…

Sign of the post-DeepSeek times: OpenAI is planning to release its first open-source model since GPT2.

Sam Altman @sama

TL;DR: we are excited to release a powerful new open-weight language model with reasoning in the coming months, and we want to talk to devs about how to make it maximally useful: https://t.co/XKB4XxjREV we are excited to make this a very, very good model! __ we are planning to

RT @elonmusk: @xAI has acquired @X in an all-stock transaction. The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $…

For my newsletter this week, I explain an old concept that's gained more attention lately in AI circles "MoE" -- mixture of experts https://t.co/11U91uY5lY Thanks to @NoamShazeer and others who talked to me for it

NEW details on OpenAI’s latest round from @KateClarkTweets @Katie_Roof @GillianTan and me

Kate Clark @KateClarkTweets

Scoop: OpenAI is finalizing investors for its massive $40 billion, SoftBank-led round. Existing backers like Altimeter & Coatue are in talks to participate, while newcomers like Magnetar Capital could invest up to $1B at the $300 billion valuation. https://t.co/9UAAGsQ0NK

am i the only one whose studio ghibli AI meme pic looks nothing like me?

NEW: OpenAI expects its revenue will triple this year to $12.7 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter Last year company made $3.7b in annual revenue, expects to be cash flow positive by 2029 w/ projected $125b in rev w/ @BTLipschultz https://t.co/3hCVIHrpMG