Water & Infrastructure

Moleko appoints ‘unqualified’ RFP member to LHWP

Natural Resources Minister Mohlomi Moleko has appointed RFP Women's League Secretary General Matsikane Khali as an Advisor on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, with sources alleging she lacks the required master's degree in engineering or related fields and will earn M350,000 monthly. Minister Moleko denies the allegations, stating Khali possesses appropriate qualifications for her position and that candidates were selected from a pool of applications following a previous advertisement.

Source: Lesotho Times

All 7 Anthropic founders will each cash out about $250M in IPO

Anthropic's seven co-founders plan to sell shares in an upcoming IPO, with each founder set to receive approximately $250 million while maintaining collective control of the company. The founders are selling identical numbers of shares at the IPO price midpoint. Source: TechCrunch

Oura to acquire AI-native primary care startup Counsel Health for $625M

Oura, a health tracking wearable company, is acquiring AI-native primary care startup Counsel Health for $625 million. The acquisition follows Oura's decision to indefinitely postpone its planned IPO citing market uncertainty. Source: TechCrunch

PSI is trying to make a business out of AI-driven scientific discovery

PSI is leveraging an unreleased Anthropic AI model to address a long-standing fundamental question in quantum computing that has eluded scientists for approximately two decades. The company is attempting to commercialize AI-driven scientific discovery as a business model. Source: TechCrunch

OpenAI rolls out new business profiles, making ChatGPT just a little bit more like Google

OpenAI has introduced new business profiles for ChatGPT, enabling companies to create dedicated profiles that appear in search results and user interactions. The feature positions ChatGPT as a business discovery platform, similar to how Google surfaces local businesses and services. Source: TechCrunch

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All 7 Anthropic founders will each cash out about $250M in IPO

Oura to acquire AI-native primary care startup Counsel Health for $625M

PSI is trying to make a business out of AI-driven scientific discovery

OpenAI rolls out new business profiles, making ChatGPT just a little bit more like Google