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- ‘Partying With a Purpose’: The Dance Party Making Millions for Parks
A nonprofit-run dance party series under the Kosciuszko Bridge in Brooklyn has attracted over 350,000 attendees since 2022, generating millions for local park maintenance and open spaces.
- Anthropic Tops OpenAI to Become the World’s Most Valuable A.I. Start-Up
Anthropic surpassed OpenAI in valuation after a $65 billion fund-raising round, valuing it at $900 billion versus OpenAI's $730 billion.
- Rivian CEO’s Robotics Company Raises $400 Million - WSJ
Mind Robotics, founded by Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, raised $400 million to develop AI-powered industrial robots, bringing total funding over $1 billion.
- Elton John’s Oscars Watch Party Attracts Alysa Liu, Dua Lipa and More - The New York Times
Elton John’s annual Oscars fund-raiser in West Hollywood gathered celebrities including Alysa Liu, Dua Lipa, Keke Palmer, and Donatella Versace for a private viewing party.
- Yann LeCun's AI startup raises $1B in Europe's largest ever seed round
Yann LeCun's AI startup raised $1 billion in Europe's largest seed round, signaling massive investor confidence in European AI ventures.
Takes
Hello fellow founders, go to your investor's website and see if they still list you as a portfolio company. What you do with the information is up to you.
@PalmerLuckey
Are VCs dumb for investing in crazy $1B+ seed rounds?
@deedydas
Introducing Simile.Simulating human behavior is one of the most consequential and technically difficult problems of our time. We raised $100M from Index, Hanabi, A* BCV, @karpathy @drfeifei @adamdangelo @rauchg @scottbelsky among others. pic.twitter.com/lwEH6a6BYk
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