OpenAI Tells Investors Its Annualized Revenue Is Approaching $50 Billion, Not $70 Billion
The Financial Times report sent AI stocks lower on October 7 and 8 and revived questions about how labs count revenue.
Researcher View: OpenAI’s Chief Scientist Describes Recursive Self-Improvement as Risky
Jakub Pachocki’s blog post favored voluntary slowdowns and binding rules, as OpenAI said it began training a much more powerful model.
Researcher Interview: Alex Turner, Who Left DeepMind, Tells NYC Lawmakers Why
The subpoenaed former Google DeepMind researcher described trying to stop the company’s Pentagon deal.
Researcher Interview: Coxon and Kokotajlo Testify at the New York City Council
Former lab researchers told the Council’s first full-committee hearing since 2022 that safeguards may not hold.
Researcher Interview: Anthropic’s Evan Hubinger and Samuel Marks Respond to Coxon
Two Anthropic leaders said staff do worry about extinction risk and that no plan yet exists for superintelligence alignment.
Researcher Interview: Jacob Coxon on Why He Left Anthropic
The former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher said both labs are racing to self-improving superintelligence.
Founder Interview: Mistral’s Arthur Mensch on Europe’s ‘Third Way’ in AI
After a 3 billion euro round, Mensch described building infrastructure; France’s president called it a third way.
Founder Interview: Dust’s Gabriel Hubert on Agents That Do Things Instead of Talking
The CEO told VentureBeat the enterprise agent platform reached $6 million in annual revenue, up from $1 million a year earlier.
Founder Interview: Runable’s Umesh Kumar on Going From Zero to $2 Million in Three Weeks
The CEO says his AI agents startup reached a $2 million annualized run rate after launching payments in March.
Founder Interview: Kevin Mandia on Building an Autonomous Cyber Defender
The Mandiant founder’s startup Armadin has raised about $190 million and then a $255.5 million Series B.