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OpenAI says it is asking select advertisers to commit at least $200K as it rolls out beta ads on ChatGPT; two sources say their firms were pitched lower amounts (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/exclusive-openai-confirms-20…

EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI Confirms $200,000 Minimum Commitment for ChatGPT Ads
For some brands, ad testing starts as early as February 6.

OpenAI says it is asking select advertisers to commit at least $200K as it rolls out beta ads on ChatGPT; two sources say their firms were pitched lower amounts (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/exclusive-openai-confirms-20…

EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI Confirms $200,000 Minimum Commitment for ChatGPT Ads
For some brands, ad testing starts as early as February 6.

#eDNA Environmental DNA
The Core Concept: A non-invasive monitoring technique that detects the presence of species by extracting and analyzing genetic material shed into the environment (water, soil, air) rather than isolating the organism itself.
Key Distinction/Mechanism: Unlike traditional ecology which relies on physical capture or visual observation ("macro-organismal" interaction),…

What Is: Environmental DNA (eDNA)
The Silent Archive: Environmental DNA and the Revolution in Planetary Surveillance

Ecological myopia: The blind spot holding back climate action #climate

Ecological myopia: The blind spot holding back climate action
Global debate about how to navigate the climate crisis often centers on high-level pledges and whether national targets are being met. Yet focusing on these technical outcomes obscures a deeper problem that keeps climate action falling short.

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«Frauen sind viel besser darin, zu managen» - Charlotte Balazs (72)
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New Ground: Londons exklusive Wohnanlage für Frauen ab 50
Charlotte Balazs (72) lebt in einer Wohnanlage für ältere Frauen in London. Das heisst aber nicht, dass sie etwas gegen Männer hat.

Miami-based Indigo, which uses AI-powered underwriting tech to provide medical liability insurance to physicians, raised a $50M Series B led by Rubicon Founders (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deal

Exclusive: Indigo raises $50M for medical liability insurance
The company is open to M&A that would help it enter credentialing or tucking in competitors that add scale.

Denver-based Northslope, which builds customized AI applications for Palantir OS, raised a $22M Series A led by Friends & Family Capital and Goldcrest Capital (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026/01/29/exclu…

Exclusive: Applied AI startup Northslope secures $22M
Palantir-native AI startup scales custom software

Runway launches Gen 4.5, a new text-to-video AI model that produces HD videos from written prompts and excels at physics; Gen 4.5 tops Video Arena's leaderboard (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/01/runway-gen-4-5-video-model-google-open-ai.h…

Runway rolls out new AI video model that beats Google, OpenAI in key benchmark
Gen 4.5, a new AI model that allows users to generate high-definition videos based on written prompts.

Sources: Nvidia is in advanced talks to acquire Tel Aviv-based AI21, which is building its own LLMs, for $2B to $3B; the deal would resemble an acquihire (CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkbh00xnzl

Nvidia in advanced talks to acquire AI21 in $2-3 billion deal focused on talent
EXCLUSIVE: The move would mark Nvidia’s fourth major Israeli purchase and signal the limits of Israel’s LLM ambitions.

Pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future has raised $125M in 2025, including from a16z and Greg Brockman, to try to shape the US midterms and federal AI regulation (Maria Curi/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/30/openai-a16z-cash-ai-super-pac

Exclusive: OpenAI's Brockman and a16Z funnel cash to pro-AI super PAC
The tech industry is loaded and ready to influence elections.