OpenAI reportedly in talks to close a $100B+ funding round

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🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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0:33.4	Open AI reportedly in talks to close a $100 billion plus funding round.
0:38.8	I'm Imran Shake and get ready because it's time for your daily crunch for Thursday starting with three big headlines.
0:46.1	Apple's conducting layoffs affecting around 100 employees working for the company's
0:50.6	Digital Services Group, according to Bloomberg's Mark Germin.
0:54.4	The main group affected by the cuts
0:56.2	is the team working for the Apple Books App
0:59.0	and its related store, introduced in 2010
1:02.0	by then CEO Steve Jobs, in conjunction with the iPad's debut,
1:06.5	Apple Books hasn't been the Kindle Killer that Apple expected.
1:10.9	These job cuts indicate Apple Books isn't going to be an investment area for Apple going forward.
1:16.0	The team working for Apple News is also affected by the layoffs, as well as other services teams.
1:21.6	During Apple's last quarterly earnings services
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