February 18, 2025 News
Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence Startup Nearing $1B Funding at $30B Valuation
Ilya Sutskever's AI startup, Safe Superintelligence, is reportedly close to raising over $1 billion at a $30 billion valuation, with VC firm Greenoaks Capital Partners leading the round with a $500 million investment. Th...
Former OpenAI Leaders Launch Thinking Machines Lab to Build More Customizable AI
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has launched Thinking Machines Lab, a startup focused on developing more customizable and capable AI systems that address key gaps in current AI technologies. The company, which includes Ope...
OpenAI Plans Special Voting Rights to Safeguard Board Against Takeover Attempts
OpenAI is considering giving its nonprofit board special voting rights that would allow it to overrule major investors, protecting against hostile takeovers like the recent $97.4 billion offer from Elon Musk and investor...
xAI Launches Grok 3 Model Suite with Enhanced Reasoning Capabilities
Elon Musk's xAI has released its latest flagship AI model, Grok 3, trained with approximately 10 times more computing power than its predecessor using 200,000 GPUs. The release includes a family of models including Grok...