Most of OpenAI’s employees threaten to quit if Sam Altman isn’t reappointed CEO

November 20, 2023

The OpenAI saga continues. This morning, Ilya Sutskever, the AI startup’s chief scientist and board director, published a mea culpa of sorts on X (formerly) Twitter. Sutskever was among those who pushed to abruptly remove former Y Combinator president Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI and demote Greg Brockman, the company’s president, from his position […]

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Catching up on OpenAI’s wild weekend

November 20, 2023

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. This past weekend was all about […]

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Startups must add AI value beyond ChatGPT integration

November 20, 2023

The AI hype train is going full swing. At this point, it is hard to name an industry not affected by this disruptive technology.

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Hackers accessed sensitive health data of Welltok patients

November 20, 2023

Hackers accessed the personal data of more than a million people by exploiting a security vulnerability in a file transfer tool used by Welltok, the healthcare platform owned by Virgin Pulse. Welltok, a Denver-based patient engagement company that works with healthcare plans to provide communications to subscribers about their healthcare, confirmed in a data breach […]

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LucidLink lands $75M for its on-demand file streaming tech

November 20, 2023

LucidLink, a startup offering a platform that enables teams to work on files without having to download or sync them, today announced that it raised $75 million in a Series C round led by Brighton Park Capital with participation from Headline, Adobe Ventures and Baseline Ventures. The tranche brings LucidLink’s total raised to $90 million […]

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The Download: digital hide-and-seek, and AI for African languages

November 20, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This viral game in China reinvents hide-and-seek for the digital age The “cat-and-mouse game” has gone viral in China this year, drawing thousands of people across the country to events every week. It’s a fun…