Morning, Serrendam. So after a big week of announcements from the biggest tech companies in AI,

we thought we'd take a look under the surface at the private market.

And despite this overall malaise that we've seen, especially in the wake of Silicon

Valley Bank AI funding it is just

booming chat about unicorns they are being birthed almost by the day it feels

like there's now dozens according to CB insights the latest I want to mention

character AI character dot AI this is a 16 month The latest I want to mention, Character AI, Character.

A.I.

This is a 16 month old startup with no revenue.

It just raised $150 million from Andresen Horowitz

at a billion dollar valuation.

I was playing around with it this morning guys and I can only

really describe it as cameo for AI. Let's users create or interact with chatbots that

role play as characters or famous people. I asked chatbot Mark Zuckerberg how he thought the

Tik-Toc hearing went yesterday.

Informative, he replied. I now have a greater appreciation for Facebook,

safety and moderation methods. Same question to Elon Musk. Response, I think they should ban Tik,

talk, Instagram, and Facebook.

There's no good use for social media.

I'd shut it all down if I had control.

Okay, kind of amusing, but maybe like cameo, a gimmick. and the conversations that I have with

VCs guys everyone yes is excited about this as the next big platform shift and they

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