Sam Altman-backed Coco Robotics raises M

Sam Altman-backed Coco Robotics raises $80M

Los Angeles-based Coco Robotics, a startup building last-mile delivery robots, announced it raised $80 million on Wednesday. The funding round included angel investors Sam Altman and Max Altman, both returning investors, in addition to VC firms like Pelion Venture Partners and Offline Ventures, among others. This brings the company’s total funding to more than $120…

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OpenAI claims to have hit B in annual revenue

OpenAI claims to have hit $10B in annual revenue

OpenAI says it recently hit $10 billion in annual recurring revenue, up from around $5.5 billion last year. That figure includes revenue from the company’s consumer products, ChatGPT business products, and its API, an OpenAI spokesperson told CNBC. Currently, OpenAI is serving more than 500 million weekly active users and 3 million paying business customers….

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Tesla alum’s Heron Power closes M Series A to transform key grid technology

Tesla alum’s Heron Power closes $38M Series A to transform key grid technology

Heron Power, the electrical grid-focused startup founded by former Tesla executive Drew Baglino, announced Thursday it has raised $38 million in a Series A funding round. Heron Power is developing solid-state transformers, which promise to be more compact and responsive than the century-old analog models. Transformers are key parts of the electrical grid, stepping voltage…

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Delaware attorney general reportedly hires a bank to evaluate OpenAI’s restructuring plan

Delaware attorney general reportedly hires a bank to evaluate OpenAI’s restructuring plan

Delaware’s attorney general is hiring an investment bank to advise on OpenAI’s for-profit conversion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The independent evaluation could prolong the transition, or gum up OpenAI’s plans even further. OpenAI’s conversion will help it attract new investment and eventually go public, but first, the startup needs to secure approvals…

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Tinder CEO to step down in July

Tinder CEO to step down in July

Faye Iosotaluno, the CEO of Tinder, will step down from her role in July, according to a post she published on LinkedIn.  Iosotaluno served less than a year in the role and spent nearly eight years overall at the company, which is owned by Match Group. In her post, she said she was “especially proud…

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