OpenAI Raises $40 billion, Is AI a Letdown?, Musk Sells X to xAI

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) OpenAI's $40 billion fundraise 2) Is the $40 billion number real? 3) Can OpenAI live up to the expectations that come along with the money? 4) What OpenAI will spend the cash on 5) AI products are growing fast 6) Would you go to AI therapy? 7) Is AI a letdown? 8) Why AI boasts have gotten ahead of the technology 9) AI's brand risk 10) Was the problem with Apple Intelligence actually AI, not Apple? 11) Amazon launches Alexa Plus with missing features 12) Elon Musk's xAI acquires Elon Musk's X --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack? Here’s 40% off for the first year: https://tinyurl.com/bigtechnology Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	OpenAI has raised $40 billion, the largest funding round in history.
0:05.0	What's it going to do with the money?
0:07.0	And Alexa Plus finally debuts, analysts ask whether AI is a letdown,
0:12.0	and does it matter that Elon Musk sold X to XAI?
0:16.0	That's coming up right after this.
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1:14.9	We're running this week's show on Wednesday, and we have a big interview coming Friday.
1:18.9	So this week, we are swapping our shows.
1:21.7	We have so much to talk about this week.
1:23.9	We're going to talk about Open AIs fundraising.
1:26.1	We're going to talk about the incredible momentum that Open AI and other AI companies have right now
1:30.8	and how AI is picking up speed in a way that it hadn't, at least all through last year.
1:36.5	We're also going to cover whether AI still is underwhelming, despite the consumer use.
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