Sara Bloomberg

Startups/VC reporter @SFBusinessTimes + Bay Area Inno. (She/her) Bluesky: @sarambee.bsky.social

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On the final day of a high-stakes trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI, a federal judge warned Musk’s lawyer to retract part of his closing argument or “drop your claim.” Here’s what happened. https://t.co/Z7FSaznmz6

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The trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI is nearing an end, but the case might not even slow down the AI lab as it races towards an IPO. https://t.co/llVAyn29fi

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Elon Musk's lawyer asked Sam Altman this morning about why he claimed to be the chair of Y Combinator when he never held that role. Here's my 2024 story about finding that claim in SEC filings. #openaitrial #muskvaltman
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Salesforce's annual Dreamforce conference kicked off Tuesday. Here's what Marc Benioff said, and what he didn't say, after making controversial comments about San Francisco last week. https://t.co/xHNlijlUaq

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The CEO of humanoid robotics startup Figure AI says he won't sell its robots to the military. But what about police departments? Here's what Brett Adcock said at Dreamforce in San Francisco. https://t.co/qc6LfKQ9sg

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A controversial vegan cheese startup has a new leader, a new brand name and a new plan. https://t.co/J1oVXHk6Aa

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"Bay Area AI startups won more than 30% of global venture-capital investment in the last three months https://t.co/YKDR2iTWBX" by @BloomReports.

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Tim Draper has raised millions for a new venture capital fund at his eponymous firm Draper Associates. Here's what we know. https://t.co/fXJCxMNJts

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OpenAI says that more than a quarter of U.S. workers use ChatGPT and that AI is a potential boon for productivity and expanding the "economic pie." But this technological revolution might be different from previous ones. https://t.co/o16nRHtf7f

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San Francisco startup Wispr AI wanted to build a device to leverage artificial intelligence, but when it connected to current digital assistants, the CEO says "they all sucked." So here's what's next. https://t.co/orqLrGLAxZ

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"The most expensive medications are the ones that don't work," a startup CEO told the Business Times — here's what she is trying to do about it. https://t.co/L3xZCfJUv3

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Venture capital investors poured nearly half their funds into AI startups last quarter, with Bay Area companies receiving significant investments. https://t.co/QPaKFDeCT3

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A Fremont startup sued McDonald's for blocking their approach to fixing the chain's notoriously fragile ice cream machines, but a ruling last year led to a settlement. https://t.co/am21KXrs4u

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Here's what you need to know this week about artificial intelligence in the Bay Area: Humans still outperform on creativity, xAI is burning $1 billion a month, G7 softens tone on regulation, OpenAI lands DoD contract, funding rounds and more must reads. https://t.co/ADww9M2bRI

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Meta's $14.3 billion deal with Scale AI and its founder Alexandr Wang shows that the AI race is still wide open and moving fast. Who could be next? https://t.co/OnBjeBZ7a8

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A Fremont startup sued McDonald's for blocking their approach to fixing the chain's notoriously fragile ice cream machines, but a ruling last year led to a settlement. https://t.co/mYyGwxRuQF

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Fintech isn't dead, but there probably won't be another Chime. Here's why and how financial services startups are evolving. https://t.co/qLwaqZYNoU

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Elon Musk used to claim that he gave OpenAI $100 million in funding. He just confirmed the actual number, and it is much lower. https://t.co/1JonaS9arJ

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Apple and OpenAI were founded by UC Berkeley alumni. Now the college is doing what it can to avoid missing out on a piece of the action when the next big idea spins out of its campus. https://t.co/3ItKx6xKYR