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A profile of Character.AI, founded by two former Google researchers to offer "plausible conversation" with famous people, like William Shakespeare and Elon Musk (Cade Metz/New York Times)
Cade Metz / New York Times: A profile of Character.AI, founded by two former Google researchers to offer “plausible conversation”…
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A profile of Bela Bajaria, Netflix's global head of TV who leads its hyper-aggressive strategy to adapt successful show formats to different parts of the world (Rachel Syme/New Yorker)
Rachel Syme / New Yorker: A profile of Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s global head of TV who leads its hyper-aggressive strategy…
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A profile of Shaik Salauddin, an Uber driver turned union leader, who has become a quasi-celebrity in India after fighting for gig worker rights in the country (Varsha Bansal/Rest of World)
Varsha Bansal / Rest of World: A profile of Shaik Salauddin, an Uber driver turned union leader, who has become…
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A profile of blockchain auditing service CertiK, which inspects smart contracts to help clients like Yuga Labs avoid critical bugs that can lead to lost crypto (Clive Thompson/MIT Technology Review)
Clive Thompson / MIT Technology Review: A profile of blockchain auditing service CertiK, which inspects smart contracts to help clients…
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A profile of Matrix, an open-source, decentralized protocol for messaging interoperability that saw its network's users double in 2022 to at least 80.3M (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: A profile of Matrix, an open-source, decentralized protocol for messaging interoperability that saw its network’s users…
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A profile of Senegal-based Wave, Francophone West Africa's only unicorn and the first non-telco, non-bank offering mobile money services in eight countries (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: A profile of Senegal-based Wave, Francophone West Africa’s only unicorn and the first non-telco, non-bank offering mobile money services…
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A profile of stablecoin developer Tether, which has withstood huge redemption runs during the current brutal crypto winter, competition, and regulatory pressure (Forbes)
Forbes: A profile of stablecoin developer Tether, which has withstood huge redemption runs during the current brutal crypto winter, competition,…
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A profile of London-based crypto trading firm Wintermute in the aftermath of UST and FTX's implosion and a $160M hack, as revenues dramatically decline in 2022 (Jeff Kauflin/Forbes)
Jeff Kauflin / Forbes: A profile of London-based crypto trading firm Wintermute in the aftermath of UST and FTX’s implosion…
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A profile of OpenAI, which raised $1B from Microsoft after Sam Altman demoed an AI model to Satya Nadella in 2019, as some remain skeptical about its revenue (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: A profile of OpenAI, which raised $1B from Microsoft after Sam Altman demoed an AI model to…
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A profile of ex-FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame, a big GOP donor who emerged as a central player in the FTX scandal after flagging fraud to regulators (New York Times)
New York Times: A profile of ex-FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame, a big GOP donor who emerged as a…
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