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Microsoft CFO calls for 'intensity' in an internal memo, after blowout earnings
Microsoft reported a $27 billion quarterly profit, after cutting thousands of jobs. The CFO is keeping up the pressure.
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Amazon just funded a streamer that lets you use AI to make your own TV shows. Read its pitch to Hollywood studios.
Fable Studio got Amazon backing for its AI streaming platform, Showrunner. Here's its pitch to Hollywood studios.
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Internal Microsoft pay guidelines reveal salary, hiring bonus, and stock award ranges by level
The data reveals salary ranges, equity, and bonuses for new hires, with a big carve-out for competitive cases, highlighting the battle for AI talent.
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This pitch deck helped Gradient Labs, a London AI startup, raise a $13 million Series A funding round in one week
BI asked Gradient's co-founder and CEO how he was able to close so quickly and what his advice is for other founders who are trying to fundraise.
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Starbucks set up a new office. It's a 5-minute drive from the CEO's California home.
Starbucks now has an office in Newport Beach, California, a short drive from the CEO's house.
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Eyeing expansion, Schonfeld taps BlueCrest executive for new C-suite role
Michael Grad, BlueCrest's head of business development since 2017, is taking a top role at Schonfeld.
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Netflix is on the hunt for a video podcast exec as it tries to catch YouTube
Netflix is searching for an exec to lead its video podcast efforts. Its interest comes as YouTube has cemented itself as a podcast titan.
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Microsoft employees react to CEO's 'enigma of success' memo with a mixture of suspicion, anger, and speculation
Satya Nadella attempted to explain why Microsoft is cutting thousands of jobs while earnings billions of dollars. Employees are responding.
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Tesla tells staff it plans to roll out its Robotaxi service in San Francisco this weekend
The company said its timeline for Robotaxi launch had been moved up and the service could launch as soon as Friday.
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'A long, slow bleed': Quant hedge funds are getting slammed and scrambling for answers
Hedge funds including Qube, Cubist, and Man Group have suffered prolonged losses in recent weeks. Quants are scrambling to identify the cause.
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This startup says it's made ChatGPT for construction sites. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $40 million.
Trunk Tools has built bespoke AI agents for the construction industry, which its founder describes as "ChatGPT for your job site."
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See the 8-slide pitch deck AI video calling platform Lyra used to raise a $6 million seed round from Y Combinator and 468 Capital
The startup lets customers turn every sales call into a real-time whiteboard and keep all their conversations about a project in one place.
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Internal Microsoft memo details plans for major update to its flagship coding service, as AI-powered rivals gain ground
Competition has become intense in the market for AI coding services. Microsoft is working on an answer.
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West Point emails reveal how the prestigious military academy messed up Pete Hegseth's admissions status
Internal emails released to BI show West Point staffers had to query an "out-of-use database" to find the record.
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A new spin-off from Tom Purcell's Alua Capital joins the Tiger Cub family tree
Otter Rock is a new long-short equity fund, focused on companies undergoing technological disruption, from Alix Karlan.
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An AI startup that wants to be the Canva of video has raised $9.2 million. Read its pitch deck.
Hypernatural wants to simplify video creation for creators and everyday people using AI technology. Read its pitch deck.
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Here's the list of websites gig workers used to fine-tune Anthropic's AI models. Its contractor left it wide open.
Bloomberg was allowed, and the New York Times wasn't. Anthropic said it had no knowledge of the list and that its contractor, Surge AI, created it.
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Diode Computers is designing circuit boards with AI. It just raised $11.4 million, led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Andreessen Horowitz leads a Series A investment in Diode Computers, which translates printed circuit board layouts into code.
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Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck a law firm CEO used to raise $3.5 million to rewire how people find lawyers
Andrew Guzman thinks hiring a lawyer should be as easy as hailing an Uber. He has $3.5 million in funding to build a marketplace for legal services.
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Elon Musk's xAI tried to teach Grok how to be human — by recording its own workers' faces
During a project called "Skippy," tutors recorded themselves making facial expressions. It would help "give Grok a face," one engineer said.