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Quick Hits

A lot of talk: ChatGPT hits 300M weekly users.

Climate change: Qatar pledges $1B for U.K. tech.

Data dollars: Billionaire invests in Southeast Asia.

Dream weaver: DeepMind creates endless 3D play spaces.

Got a minute?: Superhuman develops calendar.

Model delivery: Amazon launches new foundation models.

Monetizing AI: ChatGPT may add ads.

Reasoning rivalry: Alibaba launches QwQ-32B-Preview.

Screen scene: Spain considers health warnings.

Soaring Salesforce: AI tools boost demand and shares.

Video vision: Google Cloud launches Veo AI.

Weather wizardry: AI forecasts brighter days.

NotebookLM designer launches stealth startup

The Google team that designed the massively popular NotebookLM is leaving to launch a startup.

Celebs fuel food-and-bev boon

Stars like Beyoncé and Leonardo DiCaprio are backing trendy beverage startups, driving their popularity and investment.

Growl launches Peloton for boxing

Paris- and Austin-based Growl launched a wall-mounted boxing bag for immersive, gamified workouts at home.

Inventing the wind-knitting machine

A Dutch designer harnesses wind energy to run her unique knitting machines.

Vambe's AI pivot pays

LatAm startup Vambe is raking in revenue after pivoting to conversational AI for SMBs.

VC funding ups and downs

Global venture funding reached $28B in November 2024, down from October but up from last year.

Company Spotlight: Weights & Biases

This week on the Wellfound LinkedIn, we spotlighted the fast-growing company, Weights & Biases. 👥

Open roles include:

• Senior Software Engineer, Billing & Expansion Team - US (Remote)
• Security Engineering Analyst (Remote)
• People Operations & Recruiting Specialist - LATAM, Argentina (On-site)
• Senior Marketing Operations Manager (Remote)

📢 Explore 15+ open roles and join the team: Apply Now

🎥 Interview with co-founder and CEO Lukas Biewald and Wellfound CEO, Amit Matani: Hear the full interview 

Weekly Pulse

Startups We Love: MealMe

Why we love it: Plaid for food ordering.

MealMe is a fast-growing startup fueled by recent VC funding and a highly useable tool for any company that needs to order food or bev—a standout tech category in 2024. The company’s AI touches 1M+ stores covering 700M+ products. | Apply Now

Poll of the week

What we're reading

How Elon Musk Made One of the Best Hires in Tech History (Wellfound)

The Gen AI Bridge to the Future (Stratechery)

The Year Algorithms Learn to Act (Tomasz Tunguz)

Inside the Hiring Strategy That Turned Coinbase Into a $75 Billion Company (Wellfound)

A New Benchmark for the Risks of AI (Wired)

People not AI will make games, PlayStation boss says (BBC)

What do you love when you fall for AI? (The Verge)

The ChatGPT secret: is that text message from your friend, your lover – or a robot? (The Guardian)

From the CEO

Podcasts of the Week

Building Trust with Founder CEOs and Elevating HR Leadership with Kelli Dragovich (HR Superstars)

HR Works Podcast: Strategies for Building a Resilient and Engaged Workforce (HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources)

How to Rewrite the Rules of Media with Chris Best of Substack (For Starters with Alexa von Tobel)

✓ Startups Hiring Now

Aspire: The #1 all-in-one financial operating system for businesses | 73 open roles

AirOps: Build, test, deploy, and scale production AI apps with no code | 3 open roles

Speak: AI language tutor that helps you speak | 33 open roles

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