20250402 - OpenAI signs $40 billion deal with SoftBank! or maybe $30 billion, probably

Also, eyeball-coins. Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably/ Sources: OpenAI: New funding to build towards AGI https://openai.com/index/march-funding-updates/ OpenAI secures $300bn valuation after $40bn SoftBank-led funding round https://www.ft.com/content/d21037d1-7b84-4f07-8d82-b417badbe96e SoftBank Seeks Record $16.5 Billion Loan for AI Projects in US https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-01/softbank-seeks-record-16-5-billion-loan-for-ai-projects-in-us "we added one million users in the last hour" https://x.com/sama/status/1906771292390666325 "we are excited to release a powerful new open-weight language model" https://x.com/sama/status/1906793591944646898 Sam Altman's World is developing its own app store — where only humans are allowed https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altmans-world-app-store-2025-3 Previously: OpenAI's for-profit plan is in trouble https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/11/openais-for-profit-plan-is-in-trouble/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJhcCgB-c3w&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI brings you statistically average literary fiction https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/17/openai-brings-you-statistically-average-literary-fiction/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-qL88Wfk5w&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Sam Altman's Studio Ghibli memes are another distraction from OpenAI's money troubles https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/27/sam-altmans-studio-ghibli-memes-are-another-distraction-from-openais-money-troubles/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38T84uF771U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA DeepSeek slaps OpenAI, tech stocks crash https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/28/deepseek-slaps-openai-tech-stocks-crash/ Sam Altman rebrands Worldcoin to 'World', still wants your eyeballs https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/20/sam-altman-rebrands-worldcoin-to-world-still-wants-your-eyeballs/ Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5