ChatGPT tops 1M enterprise users

Quick Hits

API hike: X doubles pricing.

Auto-sales: Salesforce launches bot.

Beyond social: Meta builds search engine.

Blog bots: AI slop floods Medium.

Cloud cutback: Dropbox downsizes.

Code mode: GitHub goes multi-model.

Crypto card: Visa, Coinbase partner.

Elevated AI: Bhutan gets first AI startup.

Made in India: iPhone 17.

Mini marvel: AMZ leaks Mac Mini specs.

On the record: Oracle launches AI EMRs.

Quality bias: IG downgrades videos.

Recruit bot: LinkedIn launches hiring assistant.

Social capital: TikTok founder tops China.

Swiggy swing: Mumbai eyes IPO.

Tank rethink: Schmidt pushes drones.

Wrist shift: Kids embrace smartwatches.

SMBs (heart) AI Enterprise AI spending jumped 130% in a year with SMBs leading the way, according to a Wharton study.

‘Not advancing fast enough’

Despite popularity with enterprises, AI models are “not advancing fast enough to keep up with the lofty expectations enterprise leaders have today,” according to a Gartner analyst.

ChatGPT tops 1M

ChatGPT topped 1M enterprise customers—though consumers account for 75% of revenues. The company converts about 5% of its 250M free users to monthly subscriptions.

AI-enhanced education

Tutor CoPilot demonstrates how AI could enhance, rather than replace, educators’ work, according to MIT.

Monta charges into the U.S. market

Danish Monta aims for 1M EV charging points in 5 years after expanding to the U.S.

Spanish startup takes on Neoralink

Spanish startup Inbrain competes with Musk’s Neuralink to develop brain devices for treating neurological disorders.

Weekly Pulse

Startup We Love: SalesRevv

Why we love it: Cuts down on document busywork.

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Asia

India's COOX Raises $125k for Home Services Platform

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India’s Auquan Raises $4.5M to Automate Financial Services

India’s Zinc Raises $26M for Overseas Education Fintech

Europe

Belgium's Wobby Secures $1.2M for Information Platform

France-based Fungiball Secures $2.4M for Fantasy Sports

London's Auquan Raises $4.5M Seed for AI Financial Services

Portugal's Infraspeak Secures $19.5M to Enhance Facilities Management

U.S.

NYC-based Oboe Secures $4M to Personalize Learning

Seattle-based Picnic Works Secures $5M to Automate Food Production

U.S.-based Paterna BioSciences Raises $6M for Male Infertility Solutions

NYC-based Casap Secures $8.5M for Fraud Prevention

Denver-based FYLD Secures $10M for Fieldwork Platform

What we're reading

Generative AI isn’t coming for you — your reluctance to adopt it is (VentureBeat)

Meta’s AI Abundance (Stratechery)

A faster, better way to train general-purpose robots (MIT)

I analyzed 1,100 emails. These are the ones that got ghosted (Fast Company)

Foster sisters explain why they haven’t invested in AI (TechCrunch)

Post of the week

Podcasts of the Week

Venture Scale, Y Combinator, and Financial Bubbles ("The Riff" with Bryne Hobart and Erik Torenberg)

Mastering Performance Reviews with Zach Davis (Back to Work)

Sam Parr - Raising Normal Kids After a Major Exit (World of DaaS)

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