YC Plans To Raise $2B... Sam Altman Yawns

Meanwhile, more info about how Microsoft outsmarted regulators and how Apple apparently didn’t.

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Adam Hardej
March 25, 2024

It’s actually crazy that a $2B raise doesn’t seem that crazy anymore. I wonder how fast they will be able to fill it. Is there a Guinness World Record for fastest raise? Right next to the page about the guy with really long toe nails. Meanwhile, more info about how Microsoft outsmarted regulators and how Apple apparently didn’t.

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Microsoft Avoids Regulation - Vol. 2

Pretty big flex to have all the other big tech cos named in a lawsuit about monopolies at the same time that you’re basically eating an entirely new industry. What’s the argument against Microsoft being a monopoly/acting as a monopoly in this situation? They own the leader. They’re making big purchases that increases their mass in AI. Feels like this could end somewhere ugly. Or with Satya as our Galactic Emperor. Either one.

What I mean by Microsoft “owning” OpenAI ^

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