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The fed saw this and immediately raised rates
Instinct is in talks to raise about $1 billion at a roughly $10 billion valuation, less than a month after raising $250 million at a $2.25 billion pre-money valuation.
The 23-year-old founder Noah Shinn is building a personal AI agent that can operate software and complete tasks like answering emails, negotiating bills and booking reservations.
Instinct now has more than 100,000 users and has already run into compute capacity constraints as demand grows.
Its valuation has gone from roughly $50 million in the spring to $10 billion under discussion today.
Source: The Information
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JP Reilly retweeted
AI needs compute. Compute needs power. We raised $120M, led by Spark Capital, to build massive infrastructure and pave the path to AGI with off-grid, renewable-energy campuses for data centers.
Full article: bloom.bg/4zXhWAu
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Ya this isn’t going to help us build more data centers man
Jacob is correct here—we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade. I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to.
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The precedent that this case will set will cement the direction that western culture has been moving in the last decade.
There is no longer personal responsibility or ownership. You can't do anything on your own, things can only happen to you. You are always the victim, and just an observer in your own life and everyone elses.
The second order effects of this type of thinking have already reared their ugly head. Just look at city centers, schools, public safety, institutions, online discourse, etc etc.
The balance of NPCs and actual, live, free-will enabled individuals has flipped in favor of NPCs. This makes a dead world.
#BREAKING: Lindsay Clancy jury tells the judge they cannot reach a unanimous verdict.
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Would be interesting to see if Apple decides to destroy this with a single release during their September event 🤔
Smart ring maker Oura is raising $3 billion to go public as early as September at a $16 billion+ valuation. Stiry with @BTLipschultz bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Base is a home run ⚾️
Excited to partner with @basepowerco as they launch in Chicagoland. More than 500,000 Chicagoans have dealt with outages just this summer, all while energy bills keep going up. Base is trying to do something about both.
For $95, they install a home battery that can keep your power on during an outage for up to 36 hours—and help save on your monthly energy bills.I’ll be honest, when they first told me, I was skeptical too. Then I met the team, saw how it worked, and wanted to be part of bringing it to Chicago. I spent a lot of years covering first here. Now it’s time to cover home.
Chicago saves on Base. Chicago’s safe on Base. Learn more: bit.ly/anthony-rizzo
#paidpartnership
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As someone who has lived in both of these places, this is real.
Crime and homelessness are getting out of control. It feels like the dark days of SF — but somehow worse? The homeless population here is much more aggressive and violent. SF felt sad, Austin feels scary
AUSTIN 2021:
“Where'd you move from?”
“San Francisco.”
“Oh, nice. What made you leave?”
“Crime, mostly.”
SAN FRANCISCO 2026:
“Where'd you move from?”
“Austin.”
“Oh, nice. What made you leave?”
“Crime, mostly.”
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