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SEC subpoenas Bolt, OpenAI to launch ChatGPT for Android, Sergey Brin returns to the office

The Information sources: the SEC subpoenaed payments startup Bolt over potential violations of federal securities laws and other “corporate wrongdoing” by Breslow and the board - Link

OpenAI announced ChatGPT for Android will roll out next week; its iOS app launched in May - Link

WSJ sources: Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin has been back in the office for 3-4 days per week over the past few months, helping build Gemini, Google’s answer to GPT-4 - Link

FTX has sued SBF, Caroline Ellison, and two others over allegedly misappropriating $1B+ in funds leading up to the crypto firm’s collapse - Link

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HubSpot CTO Dharmesh Shah joins Jason to discuss his angel investing origin and strategies (2:36), HubSpot’s journey from startup to a public company (6:19), the potential of generative AI (42:03), and much more! - Link

Seven major AI companies (OpenAI, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Anthropic, and Inflection) agreed to address AI risks suggested by the White House, including cybersecurity, discrimination research, and watermarking - Link

The US DOJ merged its crypto team with its larger cyber-crime unit, more than doubling the number of prosecutors available to work on its growing crypto caseload - Link

Bloomberg sources: Amazon will require some remote employees to relocate as part of a 3-day/week return-to-office mandate - Link

DWAC, the SPAC seeking to take Trump’s TMTG public, settled fraud charges with the SEC for $18M; shares jumped more than 50% on the news - Link

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