Subj : OpenAI $500B datacenter ¨, MrBeast's TikTok bid ¨, Perplexity search API ¨¨ To : All From : TLDR Date : Wed Jan 22 2025 11:38:25 --BpFywLX4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle, along with others, have teamed up to build = multiple data centers for AI in the US in a joint venture=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0 = Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09= =09TOGETHER WITH [Artisan] [4] TLDR 2025-01-22 RESUME: ARTISAN'S= AVA, THE TOP RATED AI SDR ON THE MARKET (SPONSOR) [4]=20 NAME: Ava, = the AI SDR [4] SKILLS: Automates your entire outbound demand generatio= n process [4]. 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The joint venture, called The Stargate Project, will cr= eate hundreds of thousands of jobs and secure American leadership in AI. = It will begin with a large data center project in Texas before eventually= expanding to other states. The companies expect to pour up to $500 billi= on into the venture over the next four years. OpenAI is reportedly aggres= sively building out a team of chip designers and engineers to create an A= I chip for running models - it could arrive in data centers as soon as 20= 26.=20 MRBEAST IS REPORTEDLY NOW AMONG THOSE TRYING TO BUY TIKTOK (1 MI= NUTE READ) [7]=20 Employer.com has joined forces with YouTuber MrBeas= t to buy TikTok. They haven't disclosed their all-cash bid amount, and it= 's not clear if ByteDance is seriously considering the offer. President T= rump has signed an executive order delaying any potential TikTok ban for = 75 days. Other potential TikTok buyers include Elon Musk, Amazon, Oracle,= and a syndicate headed by billionaire Frank McCourt.=20 =F0=9F=9A= =80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY DEEPMIND'S HASSABIS SEES AI= -DESIGNED DRUG TRIALS THIS YEAR (2 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Isomorphic Lab= s' Nobel Prize-winning chief executive officer says that the company will= hopefully have some AI-designed drugs in clinical trials by the end of t= he year. It is working on shortening the drug discovery process from a de= cade or more to just weeks or months. The company, created in 2021 to com= mercialize Google DeepMind's AlphaFold AI for drug discovery, announced s= trategic research collaboration agreements with Eli Lilly & Co. and Novar= tis AG last year. AlphaFold can model a range of molecular structures and= predict how they interact with each other.=20 417-MEGAPIXEL ANDROMED= A GALAXY PANORAMA TOOK OVER A DECADE TO MAKE (4 MINUTE READ) [9]=20 A= stronomers have completed the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda = galaxy so far and created a 417-megapixel panorama. The massive 42,208 by= 9,870-pixel panorama took over a decade to create and includes more than= 600 photos. It is the largest photo mosaic ever created using Hubble Spa= ce Telescope observations. The photo shows 200 million stars, a fraction = of the estimated one trillion stars in the system. It will help scientist= s learn more about Andromeda's history. A video showing highlights from t= he mosaic is available in the article.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMI= NG, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE ARE LLMS MAKING STACKOVERFLOW IRRELEVANT? (= 8 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 The volume of questions asked on StackOverflow f= ell quickly after ChatGPT's release in November 2022. The drop continues = into 2025 at an alarming speed. The site has not seen so few questions as= ked monthly since 2009. Its decline actually started before ChatGPT - the= release of the chatbot merely sped up the decline. StackOverflow's lack = of innovation may have resulted in the initial drop in questions. The d= rop in questions indicates that trouble is ahead.=20 PERPLEXITY LAUNCHE= S SONAR, AN API FOR AI SEARCH (3 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 Perplexity's Sona= r API allows developers to build generative AI search tools into their ap= plications. There is a base version that is cheaper and faster and a pric= ier version that's better for tough questions. Developers will be able to= customize the sources that the AI search engine pulls from. Perplexity c= laims to be offering the cheapest AI search API on the market. Its models= reportedly outperform leading models on a benchmark that measures factua= l correctness.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS INSTAGRAM IS RE= PORTEDLY TRYING TO ATTRACT TIKTOK CREATORS WITH LARGE BONUSES (3 MINUTE R= EAD) [12]=20 Instagram is offering creators $10,000 to $50,000 a month = to exclusively post Reels. Meta has also launched the Breakthrough Bonus= program, which lets TikTok creators earn up to $5,000 over three month= s for posting Reels to Facebook and Instagram. The company has extended t= he maximum length of Reels to three minutes. It is working on a new video= editing and creation app designed to compete directly with ByteDance's C= apCut.=20 STRIPE CUTS 300 JOBS IN PRODUCT, ENGINEERING, AND OPERATIONS = (3 MINUTE READ) [13]=20 Stripe has cut about 3.5% of its workforce, m= ostly in product, engineering, and operations. Despite this, the company = plans to continue hiring and increase its headcount by 17% by the end of = the year. 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OpenAI teams up with SoftBa= nk and Oracle on $500B data center project (5 minute read)

OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle, along wit= h others, have teamed up to build multiple data centers for AI in the US. T= he joint venture, called The Stargate Project, will create hundreds of thou= sands of jobs and secure American leadership in AI. It will begin with a la= rge data center project in Texas before eventually expanding to other state= s. The companies expect to pour up to $500 billion into the venture over th= e next four years. OpenAI is reportedly aggressively building out a team of= chip designers and engineers to create an AI chip for running models - it = could arrive in data centers as soon as 2026.
MrBeast is reportedly now a= mong those trying to buy TikTok (1 minute read)

Employer.com has joined forces with You= Tuber MrBeast to buy TikTok. They haven't disclosed their all-cash bid amou= nt, and it's not clear if ByteDance is seriously considering the offer. Pre= sident Trump has signed an executive order delaying any potential TikTok ba= n for 75 days. Other potential TikTok buyers include Elon Musk, Amazon, Ora= cle, and a syndicate headed by billionaire Frank McCourt.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

DeepMind's Hassabis Sees AI= -Designed Drug Trials This Year (2 minute read)

Isomorphic Labs' Nobel Prize-winning ch= ief executive officer says that the company will hopefully have some AI-des= igned drugs in clinical trials by the end of the year. It is working on sho= rtening the drug discovery process from a decade or more to just weeks or m= onths. The company, created in 2021 to commercialize Google DeepMind's Alph= aFold AI for drug discovery, announced strategic research collaboration agr= eements with Eli Lilly & Co. and Novartis AG last year. AlphaFold can m= odel a range of molecular structures and predict how they interact with eac= h other.
417-Megapixel Andromeda Gal= axy Panorama Took Over a Decade to Make (4 minute read)

Astronomers have completed the most com= prehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy so far and created a 417-megapixe= l panorama. The massive 42,208 by 9,870-pixel panorama took over a decade t= o create and includes more than 600 photos. It is the largest photo mosaic = ever created using Hubble Space Telescope observations. The photo shows 200= million stars, a fraction of the estimated one trillion stars in the syste= m. It will help scientists learn more about Andromeda's history. A video sh= owing highlights from the mosaic is available in the article.
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Are LLMs making StackOverfl= ow irrelevant? (8 minute read)

The volume of questions asked on StackO= verflow fell quickly after ChatGPT's release in November 2022. The drop con= tinues into 2025 at an alarming speed. The site has not seen so few questio= ns asked monthly since 2009. Its decline actually started before ChatGPT - = the release of the chatbot merely sped up the decline. StackOverflow's lack= of innovation may have resulted in the initial drop in questions. The drop= in questions indicates that trouble is ahead.
Perplexity launches Sonar, = an API for AI search (3 minute read)

Perplexity's Sonar API allows developer= s to build generative AI search tools into their applications. There is a b= ase version that is cheaper and faster and a pricier version that's better = for tough questions. Developers will be able to customize the sources that = the AI search engine pulls from. Perplexity claims to be offering the cheap= est AI search API on the market. Its models reportedly outperform leading m= odels on a benchmark that measures factual correctness.
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Instagram is reportedly try= ing to attract TikTok creators with large bonuses (3 minute read)

Instagram is offering creators $10,000 = to $50,000 a month to exclusively post Reels. Meta has also launched the Br= eakthrough Bonus program, which lets TikTok creators earn up to $5,000 over= three months for posting Reels to Facebook and Instagram. The company has = extended the maximum length of Reels to three minutes. It is working on a n= ew video editing and creation app designed to compete directly with ByteDan= ce's CapCut.
Stripe cuts 300 jobs in pro= duct, engineering, and operations (3 minute read)

Stripe has cut about 3.5% of its workfo= rce, mostly in product, engineering, and operations. Despite this, the comp= any plans to continue hiring and increase its headcount by 17% by the end o= f the year. The payments company is currently valued at about $70 billion i= n private markets. Stripe's founders have intentionally steered clear of pu= blic markets and have given no indication of whether an offering is on the = near-term horizon. Total payment volume at the company passed $1 trillion i= n 2023.
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Quick Links

YouTube, Netflix, Prime Vid= eo Hit Usage Highs During 2024 Holidays (2 minute read)

Streaming services commanded 43.3% of a= ll TV viewing in the US in December.
Trump pardons dark web mark= etplace creator Ross Ulbricht (3 minute read)

Ross Ulbricht operated the Silk Road ma= rketplace on the dark web between 2011 and 2013.
Microsoft loses status as O= penAI's exclusive cloud provider (2 minute read)

Microsoft will have the 'right of first= refusal' when OpenAI seeks additional capacity.
GDC survey reveals a rocky = year of layoffs and AI skepticism for game developers (17 minute read)

One in 11 developers reported new layof= fs in the past year.
Meta is building Oakley sma= rt glasses for athletes (1 minute read)

Meta wants to tap into Oakley's cult-li= ke following among various athlete groups.
Why AI reminds me of cloud = computing (9 minute read)

Many of the early predictions about clo= ud computing were wrong, but that doesn't mean that it wasn't a transformat= ive technology.

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