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Apr 12, 2024

xAI in talks to raise $3B-$4B at $18B valuation

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  1. xAI in talks to raise $3B-$4B at $18B valuation
  2. ChatGPT nears all-time high usage of May 2023
  3. Taiwan’s #1 export partner becomes U.S., as China exports fall
  4. Amazon CEO: ā€œsad storyā€ state of regulatory hurdles

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0. Data and calendar

All values as of 6 AM ET / 3 AM PT, other than S&P500 and NASDAQ close (4 PM ET / 1 PM PT).

All times are ET.

1. xAI in talks to raise $3B-$4B at $18B valuation

#3 decacorn in generative AI by valuation and total funding:

Generative AI Unicorns Database.

  • Jan.: $1B funding at an estimated much lower valuation.

  • ~$0 in revenues.

  • Grok 1 and 1.5 significantly underperform the top models like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini.

  • But Elon should never be discounted.

Meanwhile, at OpenAI, 2 researchers linked to Ilya Sutskever have been fired for alleged leaking.

2. ChatGPT nears all-time high usage of May 2023, as Gemini, others grow faster

1.77B global visits in March, vs. 1.81B in May 2023:

Similarweb.

  • Non-U.S. traffic is close to 90% of total, notably.

ChatGPT was +13% MoM, vs. +37% for Gemini (to 0.43B), +161% for Claude

Similarweb.

Gemini is cementing its place as #2, as Claude could soon jump to #3

Similarweb.

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4. Taiwan’s largest export partner becomes U.S. in Mar., as China exports fall

Bloomberg.

South Korea had the same switch in Dec. 2023

Bloomberg.

In China, exports were -7.5% YoY in March, imports -1.9%, much lower than the expected -1.9% / +1.1%

Bloomberg.

5. Amazon CEO: ā€œsad storyā€ state of regulatory hurdles

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