It's a little unclear what Google hopes to get out of this. I have a hard time believing it's purely altruistic, but maybe they do have an interest for some reason in figuring out a safer backstop. And maybe in some way incubate this safer, right? This again, we go back to this in theory, safer and more reliable and trustworthy AI systems. But a reminder though that the cloud division was a major bright spot revenue up 32%. The segment cut its operating losses by 46% year over year.
Molly breaks down Google’s $300M investment in Anthropic and how this deal compares to Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI. (2:00) Then, she dives deep into a former Google executive’s paid search engine and ShiftMed raising $200M to solve the nursing shortage. She wraps the show with an interview featuring the CEO of dating app So Syncd, Jessica Alderson. (13:44)
(0:00) Molly kicks off the show
(2:00) Google invests $300M in Anthropic
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(13:44) Neeva’s new approach to search
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(22:58) AI’s data problem
(28:27) ShiftMed raises $200M
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(34:45) Seed/Series A Interview: Jessica Alderson, CEO of So Syncd
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