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Musk's desperate $20B funding frenzy 💰 - April 28th News Discussion
- xAI Holdings Seeking Massive Funding Round
- Elon Musk in talks with investors to raise $20B at $120B+ valuation
- Would be second-largest startup funding after OpenAI's recent $40B round
- Funds reportedly needed to address X's debt burden including $1.3B annual interest
2. Anthropic Issues DMCA Against Code Reverse-Engineering
- Company demands takedown of Claude Code's reverse-engineered source on GitHub
- Unlike OpenAI's open-source approach, Anthropic has restricted code modification rights
- Developer community divided over intellectual property protection versus collaboration
3. Adobe and LinkedIn Launch Verification Partnership
- New "Verified on LinkedIn" program combines identity and content validation
- Users can apply LinkedIn verification across multiple platforms
- Content creators gain automatic identity and work verification with badge
Other Developments:
- New AI tools: Hostinger Horizons (no-code app development), Upscaile (business AI audit)
- Featured startup: PagerDuty ($1.4B value, $524M funding for customer experience)
- Quick hits: Google's DeepMind UK team unionizes, Google AI search numbers growing
What's your perspective on these developments? Is Musk's funding push a sign of financial pressure or strategic positioning in the AI race?
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