Alex Bobes

CTO and Technology Expert

[Mira Murati @miramurati]

Today we launched Tinker.

Tinker brings frontier tools to researchers, offering clean abstractions for writing experiments and training pipelines while handling distributed training complexity. It enables novel research, custom models, and solid baselines.

Excited to see what people build.

[Alex Bobes @alex_bobes]

This Week in Tech - Key Updates

Major News

Google DeepMind claims "historic" AI breakthrough in problem-solving (https://t.co/xylRX1DN4e)
Elon Musk's xAI hits 200B valuation with 10B funding - https://t.co/DdClTbcdZq
Meta unveils Ray-Ban AR glasses with built-in display (https://t.co/qGjHPrl1b9)
Apple launches AI-first A19 Pro chip architecture (https://t.co/ysZ0Kx79Jl)
MIT develops robotic bees for indoor plant pollination (https://t.co/xcvl5vyOYn)
Microsoft unveils world's most powerful AI datacenter (https://t.co/aUWRdure67)
YouTube announces new gen AI tools at Made on YouTube event (https://t.co/GTd8SsNm0S)

Big Funding Rounds

Brale - $30M Series A (Lightspeed, Foundation Capital, NEA) (https://t.co/GE1eBPZr4L)
Credit Saison launches $50M blockchain VC fund (https://t.co/lQtxK0SZSa)
ALMAD Group launched by Adrian Cheng post-New World exit (https://t.co/6gYbDKyEPp)
Early Riders launches Bitcoin accelerator in Texas (https://t.co/Am6UcwUEfl)
Medical Care Technologies launches AI platform for cancer detection (https://t.co/kFMEuHqotu)

Security Alerts

Google patches ChatGPT Gmail vulnerability (https://t.co/TGfR5uTwez)
Tiffany & Co. + Gucci data breaches affect thousands (https://t.co/1FuaoDLUVJ)
API threats surge to 40K incidents in H1 2025 (https://t.co/tMo67mRfpg)
V8 JavaScript engine vulnerability actively exploited (https://t.co/haSEcon4Ux)

People to Follow

Maxwell Zeff @ZeffMax - TechCrunch AI reporter
Amanda Silberling @asilbwrites- Social media/creator economy expert
Adrian Cheng @adriancheng - ALMAD Group founder, digital innovation
Karyne Levy @karynelevy - Commerce & platform tech analyst

Watch Next

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 final early bird pricing (https://t.co/dNNAlNA8mD)
OpenAI-Microsoft partnership restructuring developments (https://t.co/C88cdtvMfi)
California AI Safety Bill (SB 53) progress (https://t.co/G1tVOoDqOv)

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