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WorkOpenAI valuation hits $500 billion while Altman signs more deals in Asia - WSJ OpenAI has completed a deal with investors that values the ChatGPT maker at around $500 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, giving the startup a valuation on par with global corporate goliaths just three years after it launched its flagship product.A group including existing investors SoftBank and United Arab Emirates-based MGX paid about $6.6 billion to buy shares owned by OpenAI employees, the people said, finalizing a deal that began taking shape this summer. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkA Career Coach Says This Tip Can Put You Ahead of Other Job Applicants - Business Insider You might call it pre-applying.Talking with an employer before the company posts a job, not after, could help you land a role there, veteran career coach Laura Labovich told Business Insider.She recommends that job seekers identify where they want to work, examine their network for any ties to the organization, and start building relationships inside prior to a job post even going up. WorkLinkedIn CEO Says Fancy Degrees Will Matter Less in the Future of Work - Business Insider That shiny degree you got from a top college? LinkedIn's CEO says that it may not provide the same edge it once did for the job market of the future.Ryan Roslansky, CEO of LinkedIn and EVP of Microsoft Office and Copilot, said during a fireside chat at the company's San Francisco office on Tuesday that embracing AI and three other qualities will be more valuable in the future as companies incorporate artificial intelligence in the workplace. WorkHow Big-Name Hedge Funds Performed in September - Business Insider Well-known hedge funds, including Balyasny and ExodusPoint, made money last month, building on their gains as they enter the last quarter of 2025.Dmitry Balyasny's eponymous firm returned 1.3% in September, boosting its 2025 returns to 10%, a person close to the manager said. WorkWorkInside the Rise of Elon Musk's Tesla Autopilot Boss, Ashok Elluswamy - Business Insider In 2022, Elon Musk made a gamble that rattled his top engineers. The Tesla CEO scrapped the ultrasonic sensors that helped power the company's self-driving technology, and its vehicles began relying entirely on cameras.No other self-driving car company had attempted anything like it. Complicating matters was the recent departure of Andrej Karpathy, Tesla's director of AI at the time. That left Ashok Elluswamy, then Tesla's head of Autopilot software, to carry out one of Musk's biggest bets. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkThe Aussie surfer who parlayed his connections into a $55 billion deal - WSJ He's a charming Aussie surfer who plays videogames and has a black belt in jiu-jitsu. And he just parlayed his hobbies and social ties into a $55 billion deal.Andrew Wilson is the 51-year-old chief executive of Electronic Arts and, at the moment, the golden boy of the business world.The videogame powerhouse confirmed on Monday that it would go private in a $55 billion sale to a group of investors including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, private-equity firm Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's investment firm Affinity Partners. The deal, which The Wall Street Journal first reported was nearing the finish line last week, is set to be the largest leveraged buyout ever. WorkWorkWorkWhy We Know So Little About Medicines During Pregnancy | The New Yorker One evening in 2019, when I was a pediatrics resident, I admitted a two-month-old to the hospital for observation after a minor surgery. I explained to the baby's mother that I planned to order acetaminophen--commonly sold over the counter as Tylenol--every six hours, because the baby had an obvious source of pain. If pain still kept the baby from eating, sleeping, or calming down, the mother could ask for an opioid. I was just leaving the room when the mother stopped me to ask about the acetaminophen."Doesn't it cause autism?" she said. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkThe Trump plan for Gaza deserves praise - The Economist September 29TH President Donald Trump stood with Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, and set out a 20-point plan for "eternal peace" in Gaza. It is tempting to be dismissive. Although the hyperbole was exceptional, it is hardly the first peace plan since the war began in 2023. And while the talk continues, the horror in Gaza persists. Yet dismissal would be a mistake (see Middle East & Africa section). This proposal is a milestone because it sets parameters for a way out of the nightmare and marks a change in the positions of America and Israel, and, just possibly, Hamas. WorkGreat cons are part of the American story. And that might not be so bad - WSJ When Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was on trial for misrepresenting the startup's finances and business prospects, several people tried to put the practice of hyping supposed tech breakthroughs in context. One of them was the federal judge overseeing her case:"It's common in Silicon Valley for promoters to engage in that type of conduct," said U.S. District Judge Edward Davila.Even after Holmes's conviction, venture capitalist Tim Draper, an early investor in Theranos, said he was alarmed about the case having a chilling effect on business. "This verdict makes me concerned that the spirit of entrepreneurship in America is in jeopardy," he wrote. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWork TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 100,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise | Privacy PolicyUnsubscribeYou are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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