Databricks’ GPT rival and who’s investing in ‘underdog’ founders

Hi there, and welcome to Fairness, a podcast in regards to the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. That is our Friday episode, by which we dig via essentially the most important tales and themes from the week.

Because the week involves an in depth, we’re additionally shutting the guide on the trial of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, the erstwhile crypto baron who’s heading to jail for 25 years. However whereas the SBF information was an enormous deal, there was so very rather more to cowl on immediately’s information roundup episode of Fairness.

With Kirsten Korosec, Mary Ann Azevedo, and Alex Wilhelm aboard this week, the crew dug into Robinhood’s new bank card and what it might probably inform us in regards to the technique of main tech corporations, Fisker’s newest woes, and even Databricks’ new AI mannequin that it spent $10 million to spin up.

However that wasn’t sufficient. We additionally dug into two corporations constructing startups centered round youngsters. One desires to assist tots discover ways to produce music, whereas the opposite is working to cut back waste and assist mother and father care for his or her youngsters on a price range. Then, to wrap up, a take a look at simply who unicorn founders actually are, and a brand new $100 million fund that to again local weather tech.

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