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Blue Origin to change CEOs, Openly raises $100M, Beehiiv acquires Swapstack
CNBC sources: Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith will step down on 12/4 and retire on 1/2 and be replaced by Dave Limp, Amazon’s SVP of Devices and Services - Link
Openly, a Boston-based startup building an AI tool that generates home insurance quotes, raised a $100M Series D led by Eden - Link
Beehiiv, a newsletter publishing startup, will acquire Swapstack, an ad marketplace for newsletters, with the intent of building out its ads business - Link
Reddit launched a “Contributor Program,” where verified users can get paid on a monthly basis based on karma and gold earned from “eligible contributions” - Link
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Sunny Madra joins Jason to discuss Google's recently launched Bard Extensions (2:27), demo AI tools (49:02), and much more! - Link
Bloomberg sources: FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel plans to reinstate net neutrality rules governing broadband providers that were peeled back during the Trump administration - Link
Tinder launched a $500/month program called Tinder Select, which includes the ability to DM users up to twice per week without matching - Link
Kneron, a San Diego-based startup developing AI chips for self-driving cars, raised a $49M Series B extension - Link
Google is planning on shutting down Google Podcasts in 2024 as part of a push to migrate users over to YouTube Music - Link
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