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Reports: OpenAI Won’t Give Microsoft a Board Seat
artificial intelligence // November 29, 2023

Some of OpenAI’s biggest investors are reportedly not invited to the company’s new board. That includes Microsoft, which has invested more than $10 billion in the artificial intelligence (AI) company, according to published reports Tuesday (Nov. 29). A report by Reuters quotes a source close to the matter...

Early OpenAI Investor: Most AI Firms Won’t Make Money
artificial intelligence // October 29, 2023

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence (AI) success story.  But one of its early investors says it is the exception in an overvalued sector, not the rule, according to a Sunday (Oct. 29) Financial Times report. Speaking to the newspaper at a recent tech conference, Vinod Khosla said the...

FDIC Reportedly Sweetening the Deal for Failed Banks
Bank Regulation // March 17, 2023

Federal regulators are reportedly sweetening the deal for two failed banks. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is open to negotiating sharing losses if that speeds the sales of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the Financial Times (FT) reported Friday (March 17), citing unnamed sources. Reached...

Report: VC Firms Team Up to Restore SVB
Banking // March 14, 2023

A group of venture capital firms is reportedly working to reclaim parts of Silicon Valley Bank. Companies in talks to preserve the failed bank — known for its service of tech sector clients — include General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures, the Financial Times...

Quick Reads
Sword Health to Roll Out AI Assistant for Physical Therapy

June 04, 2024
Sword Health has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant called Phoenix that uses natural conversation to guide and react to patients during their physical therapy sessions. The firm has also announced a $130 million funding round that brings its total funding to $340 million to date and values it at $3 billion — a figure […]

Reports: OpenAI Won’t Give Microsoft a Board Seat

November 29, 2023
Some of OpenAI’s biggest investors are reportedly not invited to the company’s new board. That includes Microsoft, which has invested more than $10 billion in the artificial intelligence (AI) company, according to published...

Early OpenAI Investor: Most AI Firms Won’t Make Money

October 29, 2023
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence (AI) success story.  But one of its early investors says it is the exception in an overvalued sector, not the rule, according to a Sunday (Oct....

FDIC Reportedly Sweetening the Deal for Failed Banks

March 17, 2023
Federal regulators are reportedly sweetening the deal for two failed banks. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is open to negotiating sharing losses if that speeds the sales of Silicon...