AI

• OpenAI Signs Up 260 Businesses for Corporate Version of ChatGPT

• Google Cloud launches new generative AI tools for retailers

• Microsoft’s ‘Real Relationship’ With OpenAI Is Key EU Focus

Tech

• Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ tech now works with employee badges

• DocuSign to be acquired by Bain, Hellman & Friedman

• Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees

Business

• Citigroup Plans to Cut 20,000 Jobs

• BlackRock Buys Infrastructure Firm GIP for $12.5 Billion

• Airbus Shatters Record for Jet Orders as Demand Soars

Crypto

• Elon Musk Considers Bitcoin as a Payment Method on Mars

• US Investment Advisory Firm Says $150 Billion Will Go Into Bitcoin Spot ETFs

• SEC Reawakens Tension in Ripple Lawsuit With Shocking Demands

• Bracket Labs has raised $2M in a Pre-Seed funding round backed by Binance Labs and others

• CharacterX has raised $2.8M in a Seed funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners

• Saros Finance has raised $3.75M in a funding round backed by Hashed Fund and others

• Ta-da [TADA] has raised $3.5M in two funding rounds led by Morningstar Ventures and MultiversX Foundation

• Finoa has raised $15M in a strategic funding round co-led by Maven 11 and Balderton

• AI Arena has raised $6M in a funding round led by Framework Ventures

• Kasu [KSU] has raised $3M in a Seed funding round led by Woodstock, Morningstar Ventures and Faculty Group

• Bitfinity has raised $7M in total funding from Polychain Capital and others

• Pontem has raised $6M in a funding round co-led by Faction and Lightspeed Venture Partners

• SkyArk Chronicles has raised $15M in a funding round led by Binance Labs

If you have any questions, please contact me directly in my email.

Sincerely,

Constantin Kogan

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