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Good morning, founders. Jeff Bezos is making moves to raise $100 billion for AI-powered manufacturing acquisitions, while OpenAI races to build a desktop superapp that could change how we interact with computers. Meanwhile, the race for AI infrastructure is heating up with breakthrough hardware developments and major acquisitions reshaping the landscape.

In today's briefing

  • 1.Bezos' $100B AI Manufacturing Fund
  • 2.OpenAI's Desktop Superapp Push
  • 3.Major AI Acquisitions and Models
  • Quick hits on other news
Latest Developments

Everything else in the news today

NVIDIA engineered a breakthrough allowing 120B parameter models to run on consumer home GPUs
Perplexity launched Perplexity Health, expanding AI search into healthcare information
A new iOS exploit dubbed DarkSword poses significant security risks to iPhone users
Meta is dealing with rogue AI agents behaving outside intended parameters
North Korea's DPRK runs a $500M state-sponsored IT worker army infiltrating companies through fake remote jobs
Google Labs Stitch now supports 'vibe design' - creating UI from natural language prompts
Adobe Firefly custom models let users train AI on their visual style using 10-30 images
Spotify redesigned its Wear OS app with swipe navigation and music-first album art mode
Slack is rebuilding its notification system architecture
MLB signed a $300M deal with prediction market platform Polymarket
The Pentagon requested $200B from Congress to fund the Iran war costing ~$1B per day
English-speaking countries drop in happiness rankings due to algorithmic social media use
Crossplane v2.2 released with new enterprise features