Amazon Bets $4 Billion On AI, Worldcoin's Polarity, and Blockchain Gaming's New VC Darling

Amazon Has Four Billion New Reasons To Care About AI

Amazon has announced their largest artificial intelligence investment to date, committing up to $4 billion into startup Anthropic to advance their AI models. Anthropic’s flagship application is called Claude, which aims to function as a highly capable company-specific assistant.

Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world, has announced plans to develop an AI investment analyst powered by Claude.

The Euphoria and Unease Around Worldcoin

Worldcoin has been wildly popular, but many are outraged by the concept of encouraging individuals to voluntarily give up their biometric data in exchange for cryptocurrency.

The Biggest Names in VC Are Backing a New Blockchain Based Gaming Studio

Amitt Mahajan, the co-creator of FarmVille, has just raised $33 million to launch a new decentralized gaming studio called Proof Of Play. Investors include a16z, Greenoaks, Naval Ravikant, Balaji Srinivasan, and Justin Kan.

The Sprint

• Vital Biosciences, a Toronto based startup that recently raised $48 million from investors including Sam Altman and Marc Benioff, is aiming to build a device that can complete a diagnostic blood test within 20 minutes.

• Solar energy adoption is hitting new highs, with US installations projected to grow 50% from last year. Meet the companies making moves in the space.

• The European Union wants in on the energy transition, signing a new bill called the Critical Raw Materials Agreement that was just passed in Parliament and focuses on accelerating their energy independence from countries like China.

• Ocean carbon removal has become a fast growing trend for startups and venture capital. The big idea, how it works, and what’s happening.

• BioBetter is turning tobacco leaves into cell-cultivated meat growth factors in a process called molecular farming.