Subj : OpenAI eyes $150B val 💰, Zuckerberg's live show 🏟️, the CLI renaissance 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu Sep 12 2024 10:36:59 --Y2I7KczD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OpenAI is in talks to raise $6.5 billion from investors at a valuation of= $150 billion. It is also in talks to raise $5 billion in debt from banks= =C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR= =09=09TOGETHER WITH [WorkOS] [4] TLDR 2024-09-12 THE PATH = TO BECOMING ENTERPRISE READY: 3 DEVELOPER'S GUIDES TO GET STARTED (SPONSO= R) [4]=20 If you have ambitions to sell software to enterprise customer= s, single sign-on [5] and SCIM provisioning [6] are likely non-negotiable= features you must support. These are important for security, user life= cycle management, and access control. 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It is al= so in talks to raise $5 billion in debt from banks in the form of a revol= ving credit facility. The discussions are still ongoing and the terms cou= ld change. The financing will support the need for computing power and ot= her operating expenses. OpenAI is aiming to allow employees to sell some= of their shares in a tender offer later this year.=20 GOOGLE WILL NO= W LINK TO THE INTERNET ARCHIVE TO ADD MORE CONTEXT TO SEARCH RESULTS (2 M= INUTE READ) [11]=20 Google Search results now directly link to The Inte= rnet Archive to add historical contexts for the links in results. It had = removed its cached pages feature from Search earlier this year. The featu= re can be accessed by tapping on 'More about this page' through the three= -dots menu that appears alongside all search results. It is still rolling= out - a screenshot is available in the article.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 = SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY ORACLE IS DESIGNING A DATA CENTER = THAT WOULD BE POWERED BY THREE SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS (2 MINUTE READ) [12= ]=20 Oracle is designing a data center that will require more than a = gigawatt of power. It will be powered by three small modular nuclear reac= tors. Oracle has already received building permits for the reactors but h= asn't publicly disclosed the location of the data center or future reacto= rs. There are currently three operational small modular reactors in the w= orld, with experts in the industry generally agreeing that the technology= won't be commercialized in the US until the 2030s.=20 PROPOSED UNDER= WATER DATA CENTER SURPRISES REGULATORS WHO HADN'T HEARD ABOUT IT (9 MINUT= E READ) [13]=20 NetworkOcean launched out of Y Combinator on August 15 = by announcing plans to dunk a small capsule filled with GPU servers into = the San Francisco Bay. The founders say that moving data centers off land= would slow ocean temperature rise by drawing less power and letting se= awater cool the capsules' shells. Scientists say that the slightest heat = or disturbance from the submersibles could trigger toxic algae blooms and= harm wildlife. The startup has been pursuing its initial test without se= eking any permits from key regulators. It intends to test its submersible= for about an hour in an area it says is privately owned and not subject = to regulatory oversight.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DAT= A SCIENCE EVOLVING CX: IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE AND SECURITY OF ONLINE= CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES (SPONSOR) [14]=20 This eBook [14] covers 4 ente= rprise drivers to continuously evolve CXs, and how modern unified observa= bility is critical to deliver on intended benefits. These drivers include= state-of-the-art technology, analytics for IT systems data, modern secur= ity and data protection, and a culture of collaboration. Get the eBook fr= om Datadog [14]=20 THE MODERN CLI RENAISSANCE (14 MINUTE READ) [15]=20 = The rate at which new CLI tools are being written has picked up over = the past few years after seeing relatively little activity between 1995 a= nd 2015. This article discusses the trend where people are rewriting and = rethinking staples of the command line interface, why the trend may be ha= ppening, and why the trend is a good thing. New tools have the opportunit= y to learn from their predecessors and build upon them. While the new too= ls may not be perfect, they are a result of software becoming more polish= ed and adapted to new use cases.=20 FELAFAX (GITHUB REPO) [16]=20 F= elafax is a framework for continued-training and fine-tuning of open sour= ce large language models using the XLA runtime. It takes care of the runt= ime setup while providing a Jupyter notebook to get started. 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Mark Zuckerberg recorded a podcast abou= t artificial intelligence, the metaverse, and how he outmaneuvered the rest= of Silicon Valley to keep his company winning at a live event with more th= an 6,000 attendees who paid $50 or more for a ticket. The event included ap= pearances from Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase; Daniel E= k, the founder of Spotify; and Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia.= Tech billions and top executives have been increasingly opting to tell the= ir stories in the friendly spaces of podcasts and YouTube streams rather th= an in traditional media interviews as they allow guests more leeway to expo= und on their pursuits and passions. The democratization of media has allowe= d anyone to have a personal talk show, and those in powerful positions now = have a wide array of options to choose from when they want to reach the pub= lic.
The Palace Coup at the Magi= c Kingdom (73 minute read)

This article tells the inside story of = how Bob Iger undermined and outmaneuvered Bob Chapek to return to power at = Disney. Chapek was Iger's chosen successor after Iger stepped down in late = February 2020. Iger stayed in the company as a creative director and execut= ive chairman of the board after stepping down as chief executive. Chapek wa= s still required to report to Iger, resulting in conflict. The board ultima= tely fired Chapek just before Thanksgiving in 2022 and replaced him with Ig= er.
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Startup Mortality Rates (3 = minute read)

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