🔥 Hot Takes Tuesday for 2025-01-07
Sharing two hot takes on AI costs and investment strategies that have caught my attention this week!
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Two hot takes on stories that caught my eye on Tuesday.
🖼️ + 💰 If a picture is worth a thousand words, then those building AI models being trained will be paying a pretty penny for those words.
Techmeme: Getty Images Holdings and Shutterstock agree to merge in a deal that creates a $3.7B company; Getty CEO Craig Peters will remain CEO of the combined business (Michael Flaherty/Axios)
By Michael Flaherty / Axios. View the full context on Techmeme.
💰 + 💰 This feels very “Yo Dawg…” about investing money for investing your money.
Techmeme: Sources: Wall Street wealth management and investment software provider Addepar is in talks to raise $250M at a $3.25B pre-money valuation, up from $2B+ in 2021 (Bloomberg)
From Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
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