Market Mix - 💰 OpenAI’s next big rival?

What we’ll cover today:

🔥 Ex-OpenAI CTO’s New AI – Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is live!

🛑 OpenAI Blocks Takeovers – Musk’s $97.4B bid? Rejected.

💰 $1.2B AI Unicorn – Hightouch is AI marketing’s next big thing!

🛠️ AI Tools & Hacks – Save time, work smart.

🔥 AI Startup Playbook – Build a biz with $0.

Ex-OpenAI CTO Launches Thinking Machines Lab 🚀

Mira Murati, former OpenAI CTO, has launched Thinking Machines Lab to build more adaptable and customizable AI systems. Top AI researchers from OpenAI, DeepMind, and Character AI have joined her team.

🚨Breaking News:

Murati’s new AI startup focuses on AI that better adapts to human needs. It aims to close key knowledge gaps in AI and make these systems safer, more understandable, and more customizable for users.

⚡Wire Simplified:

✔️Straight to the Point:

Murati is betting on AI that people can truly control. Thinking Machines Lab aims to fix AI’s current gaps while keeping safety in check.

OpenAI Moves to Block Takeover Attempts 🛑

OpenAI, the AI giant behind ChatGPT, is considering special voting rights for its board to prevent investors from taking control.

🚨Breaking News:

After rejecting a $97.4 billion buyout offer from a group led by Elon Musk, OpenAI is exploring giving its board special power to overrule big investors and maintain control.

⚡Wire Simplified:

✔️Straight to the Point:

OpenAI wants control in its own hands, not investors'. But will this power move scare off big funders?

Hightouch Raises $80M for AI-Powered Marketing Tools 📈

Hightouch, an AI-driven marketing data platform, just raised $80 million, doubling its valuation to $1.2 billion.

🚨Breaking News:

Backed by Sapphire Ventures and Y Combinator, Hightouch’s AI Decisioning tech is attracting major customers, helping brands automate marketing, personalization, and customer insights.

⚡Wire Simplified:

✔️Straight to the Point:

Hightouch is proving AI is the future of marketing—but will it replace marketers, or just supercharge them?

Tools

👉 ShortlyAI – AI writes, you chill.

👉 Publer – Automate posts, save time.

👉 LinkWhisper – Smart SEO, easy links.

👉 MagicAI – AI that works like magic.

Resources

📽 Shortly AI Guide – Stop writer’s block.

📽 Publer Tutorial – Master scheduling fast on socials.

📽 Link Whisper Guide – Rank higher, faster on SEO.

📽 AI Business Guide – Start with zero cash.

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