Rashi Shrivastava
Staff writer @Forbes covering tech and artificial intelligence. I write The Prompt, a newsletter on all things AI. Tips: rshrivastava@forbes.com or Signal: rashis.17.
- Moltbook, the social media platform dedicated to AI agents, exploded in popularity over the weekend. While humans supposedly aren't allowed to participate, they sure had a lot of reactions, from being unimpressed to calling it "swarm intelligence." www.forbes.com/sites/the-pr...
- While authors litigate, publishers are leaning in. Publishers like Penguin Random House, Macmillan, and Wiley are actively, and perhaps quietly, recruiting AI engineers. Despite writer pushback, the industry is looking to leverage AI for back-office efficiency. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- Reposted by Rashi ShrivastavaTalking with Alex LeBrun, cofounder of Nabla and CEO of Yann LaCun’s new AI startup Advanced Machine Intelligence, about why healthcare will be a big focus. @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
- Daniel Nadler, the 42-year-old CEO and cofounder of OpenEvidence has doubled his net worth to $7.6 billion after his medical AI startup hit a $12 billion valuation. First one of the year from me! www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- NEW: The four cofounders of popular AI coding software Cursor are newly minted billionaires. Michael Truell, Aman Sanger, Sualeh Asif and Arvid Lunnemark are each worth at least $1.31 billion, according to Forbes' estimates. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- AI language learning app Speak has crossed $100 million in annualized revenue. Founded by former Thiel fellows Connor Zwick and Andrew Hsu in 2016, the company is up against better-known rival Duolingo as it enters the U.S. market. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- OpenAI has gone wild with compute deals this year, committing to spend far more than its balance sheet can currently sustain. So who takes the fall if it can’t pay? Latest for @forbes.com with @pheebini.bsky.social and @richardnieva.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- One likely scenario is that the AI company pays for and utilizes only a portion of the compute it has booked said D.A. Davidson analyst Gil Luria. “They don't want OpenAI to go bankrupt, so their incentive is to renegotiate,” he told Forbes. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- We spoke to experts who pointed out that chief dealmaker Altman, who has claimed he has no stake in the company, doesn’t have much to lose. “He can commit to as much as he wants... Either he uses it, he renegotiates it, or he walks away.” www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- NEW: Former xAI researcher Eric Zelikman is in talks to raise $1 billion at a $5 billion valuation to build AI models that are better at collaborating with humans. The startup is called Humans&. With Anna Tong and @iainmartin.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/annato...
- A scoopy day at @forbes.com. Another one from @iainmartin.bsky.social and me— buzzy legal AI startup Harvey has closed a $150 million funding round, nabbing a $8 billion valuation. www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
- Scoop: AI video company Synthesia has raised $200 million at a $4 billion valuation in a round led by GV (Google's venture arm). With Anna Tong and @iainmartin.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- OpenEvidence’s CEO and cofounder Daniel Nadler is $1.3 billion richer in just three months after the AI startup hit a $6 Billion valuation. With @amyfeldman7.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
- Reposted by Rashi Shrivastava🚨SCOOP🚨 DHS ordered OpenAI to identify a user who'd made 2 specific prompts. User was anonymous and accused of helping run 15 child abuse sites. They'd disclosed the prompts to an undercover agent. First example of what I'm calling a reverse AI prompt search. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
- Older adults across the country are turning to AI companions to help deal with loneliness. We visited a senior care facility in the Bronx and spoke with residents about their experience speaking to AI bots. With @richardnieva.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- “The first humans that actually live with an AI and are building long-term relationships are not like geeks in Silicon Valley... It is older adults in the United States,” said Dor Skuler, founder and CEO of Intuition Robotics. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- SCOOP: Legal AI startup Legora is in talks to raise funding at $1.8 billion valuation, multiple sources told Forbes. The startup is raising between $100 million to $150 million, one of the sources said. With @iainmartin.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- NEW: Axiom Math, a nascent startup that's developing an AI math whiz, has poached top tier AI talent— largely from Meta. Founded by 24-year-old Stanford dropout Carina Hong, it's raised $64 million in seed funding from B Capital, Greycroft and others. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- NEW: Trump's $100,000 H1-B fee is a "blessing in disguise" for European AI startups that need more senior level talent, founders say. The "human tariff" will likely impact early stage US startups that use equity for compensation. With @richardnieva.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/richar...
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- The “dirty secret” in the field of AI is that it's humans that are making choices about what data AI models ingest to answer questions, not machines, Manifest AI cofounders said. The research lab claims its new model architecture can help fix that. www.forbes.com/sites/the-pr...
- Reposted by Rashi ShrivastavaNvidia’s Jensen Huang just bet $500 million that a tiny data center startup can become a British rival to Coreweave. www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
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- Reposted by Rashi ShrivastavaNew @forbes.com magazine cover story—from @rashis.bsky.social and me—is our take on #CoreWeave, one of the biggest beneficiaries of the #AI boom. It's a fascinating firm built on bold bets, complex risk & no shortage of luck. Would love to hear what you think: www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- A series of bold bets and calculated risks helped Michael Intrator turn @CoreWeave from a no-name crypto miner into a $50 billion company, serving compute to the likes of OpenAI and Microsoft. Elated to share my latest @forbes.com cover story with @pheebini.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- Intrator helped pioneer GPU-backed financing that helped CoreWeave borrow $29 billion to fund the buildout of its infrastructure. The scale is the secret sauce, says cofounder Brian Venturo. “The capital intensity of this business is all that matters.” www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- NEW: Accordance, which is building an AI tool for accountants and tax professionals, has raised $13 million in funding from top VCs like Khosla Ventures. The industry is facing a massive shortage and CEO David Yue is betting that AI can fill the gaps. www.forbes.com/sites/the-pr...
- Reposted by Rashi ShrivastavaThe listing comes as #OpenAI gears up for an astronomical employee share sale that could make many in OpenAI’s ranks rich enough to afford the mansion. Scoop for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
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- Meta has seen a significant brain drain among its AI talent in recent years, largely due to a chaotic culture and lack of vision, ex Meta AI employees told Forbes. Even amid a hiring spree, Meta continues to lose AI researchers. With @richardnieva.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- Insiders at some of Silicon Valley’s biggest AI companies say that prior to the fresh hiring of the last few months, the “prevailing belief” has been that Meta didn’t have much AI talent left to poach from. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- SCOOP: AI coding startup Cognition, which recently acquired Windsurf, is in talks to raise north of $300 million at a $10 billion valuation, according to sources familiar. Founders Fund and KV are involved. With @richardnieva.bsky.social and @iainmartin.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/richar...
- VCs aren’t happy about AI founders jumping ship for big tech, leaving behind "carcasses" of companies. Some say it could impact the value of equity as a part of pay packages at startups. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- AI search tool OpenEvidence is already used by 40% of doctors in the U.S. Now it's raised $210 million from GV and Kleiner Perkins at a $3.5 billion. That investment makes CEO Daniel Nadler a billionaire by Forbes estimates. With @amyfeldman7.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
- Scoop: AI startup LangChain, which helps developers build apps using the latest AI models, is in talks to raise $100 million at a $1.1 billion valuation, according to sources familiar with the deal. IVP is leading the deal, sources said. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- Inside the latest Prompt: Former Meta AI staffers tell me they don't think multi-million dollar pay packages are enough to build a superstar AI team. Plus, people are using AI tools as "trip sitters" while consuming psychedelics. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- Latest in The Prompt: Anthropic gets a major legal win. Plus, Mark Zuckerberg is on a hiring spree for his new AI lab, and a new cohort of startups are trying to solve SEO in the age of AI. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- In a world where AI search engines are driving away traffic from websites, traditional SEO is no longer going to cut it. A new crop of startups have emerged that aim to help businesses get cited in answers generated by ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- In the Prompt: Some of the most prominent thought leaders in AI have said the technology could lead to "white collar bloodbaths," Hollywood heavyweights Disney and Universal are suing Midjourney and Elon Musk's xAI is in legal trouble. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- Amazing scoop by @davidjeans.bsky.social : Meta could spend majority of its AI budget on scale as part of $14 billion deal. www.forbes.com/sites/davidj...
- Scoop: For months OpenAI has been winding down its work with data labelling giant Scale and vetting new partners, sources told Forbes. Scale's $15 billion deal to sell a 49% stake to Meta has raised questions about its future. With @richardnieva.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/richar...
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- Inside the latest Prompt: the FDA plans to use AI to ramp up reviews and find investigation targets, Meta aims to fully automate ad creation and AI models are becoming too agreeable. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- Reposted by Rashi ShrivastavaSaw this question from the other site earlier today and spluttered: No! No chatbot answer is ever 'authentic'! Chatbots are developed by corporations to advance those corporations' aims and the fact that we only occasionally notice they're doing that is The Problem! www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
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- “Meta is seeing every other big tech firm and reading the tea leaves, seeing that maybe the expected windfall from civilian use of AI is not going to appear,” said Shana Marshall from George Washington University. Great story by @davidjeans.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/davidj...
- Reposted by Rashi ShrivastavaNew: Meta is recruiting former national security officials to bolster its military ambitions, months after allowing its Llama AI model to be used for military use. www.forbes.com/sites/davidj...
- SCOOP: Legal AI startup and Harvey challenger Legora (formerly Leya) is in talks to raise $85 million in funding at a $675 million valuation. General Catalyst and Iconiq are leading the investment. With @iainmartin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- SCOOP: AI startup Decagon, which is building customer service-focused agents, is in talks to raise $100 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, multiple sources told Forbes. With @iainmartin.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- Three-year-old startup Doppel is building AI agents that automatically analyze 100 million alerts of fake profiles and malicious ads every day. Now it has raised $35 million in new funding to help enterprises fight cybercrime. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- AI agents that can open up accounts and make purchases are worsening the internet's bot problem. $2 billion-valued startup Persona is helping 3000 companies like Reddit, LinkedIn and OpenAI verify millions of users and has raised $200 million to do it. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- Inside The Prompt this week: AI coding tool Cursor's customer support bot made up a policy that doesn't exist and people use ChatGPT to pinpoint random locations and generate Barbie-fied images of themselves. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- NEW: Perplexity's Android app is riddled with security issues. App security company Appknox found 10 major vulnerabilities as Perplexity reportedly tries to partner with some of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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- ChatGPT can create fake passports, drivers licenses and social security cards— all important documents for verifying a person's identity, cybersecurity firm Cato Networks finds. Chief Security Strategist Etay Maor says the "building blocks for trust are disappearing." www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
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