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Race Capital will be hosting an event on the future of voice-based AI on October 18th with the former CEO of Nuance (acquired by Microsoft for $19B) and founder of Otter.ai. More info and RSVP link here. 

I’ll also be speaking at Vectara’s launch event on October 16th along with ​Matei Zaharia, the founder and CTO of Databricks. More info and RSVP link here.

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Written by Chris McCann, General Partner @ Race Capital. More about me.

• Here's a recap of the key OpenAI Developer Day announcements, and implications for AI startups.
• Here are 12 demos people have built with the new OpenAI features announced at developer day. 
• Circle, the issuer of USDC, is gearing up to do an IPO in 2024.
• Twitter/X released its own chatbot named Grok, which has a lot more attitude than the chat bots we are used to.
• In a file from the Google antitrust case, we can get an inside look at the top 10 revenue generating search queries for Google. TLDR: No surprises but it's mostly electronics, insurance, travel, and internet utilities keywords.
• An update from Netflix on how their advertising program is working with consumers.
• A look at how machine learning and generative AI infrastructure looks like from the AI team at Databricks.

• By Company: Databricks, GoodNotes, Zeet, Polysign, Opaque, Lightning Labs, OtterTune, and more
• By Role: Engineering, Data Science, Product, Design, Operations, Finance, Legal, and more
• By Location: SF Bay Area, New York, London, and Remote
• Browse more open roles across our portfolio at Race Capital's Portfolio Job Board.

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