OpenAI's Massive $40 Billion Funding Round - DTNSB 4988
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Substack looks to capitalize on a TikTok ban with a new video feed, and Chris Ashley shares the tech that powers his BBQ food truck!
Starring Jason Howell and Shannon Morse.
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| 0:00.0 | The world of work is going through profound change. So we created the talent transformation podcast with |
| 0:05.8 | Dmitri Boylan to talk to some of the change makers and HR pioneers creating innovative solutions |
| 0:11.1 | to the biggest talent challenges today. I tell people, let's give me all your crazy ideas. |
| 0:17.8 | Automation is a huge opportunity for us. We definitely follow a lot of the design principles. |
| 0:22.9 | Listen now and hear more from the brilliant minds behind the talent strategies at Deloitte, |
| 0:27.4 | McCann, Deutsche Bahn, and many more. |
| 0:34.9 | This is the Daily Tech News for Tuesday, April 1st. |
| 0:39.2 | Yeah, it's that day. |
| 0:40.4 | 2025, we tell you what you need to know, follow up on the context of those stories and help each other understand. |
| 0:46.9 | Today, Chris Ashley tells us about barbecue tech and more from your emails. |
| 0:52.1 | I'm Jason Howell. |
| 0:53.2 | I'm Shannon Morse. |
| 0:54.5 | I promise we aren't going to April Fool's you. |
| 0:56.6 | Let's start off with what you need to know with the big story. |
| 1:00.4 | Just kidding. |
| 1:01.4 | No, actually, I'm serious. |
| 1:02.7 | There's no April Fool's jokes. |
| 1:04.0 | As far as I know, unless Shannon has a surprise today. |
| 1:07.8 | Open AI announced it has closed a 40 billion billion, capital B, a dollar funding round, |
| 1:15.6 | the largest private tech deal to date, valuing the company at 300 billion, led by SoftBank, |
| 1:22.9 | supported by Microsoft and others. |
| 1:25.1 | More than half of that investment is headed to the company Stargate Infrastructure |
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