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Twitter starts rebrand to X, Worldcoin starts rolling out its token

July 24, 2023 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

Twitter has changed its logo to “X,” and Elon Musk announced the company would eventually do away with the Twitter brand entirely - Link

Worldcoin, the iris-scanning crypto startup co-founded by Sam Altman, has started rolling out its token, beginning with 35 cities across 20 countries; Worldcoin plans to retain 20% of all tokens it issues - Link

Semafor sources: a group of publishers led by IAC, the NYT, and News Corp are in advanced talks to form a coalition that could sue AI companies that have used their data to train AI models without permission - Link

The Information sources: Viva Wallet, an EU-focused payments platform valued at ~$1.6B and backed by JPMorgan Chase, has had compliance issues and been investigated by regulators, both of which were previously unknown - 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 a startup to public company (6:19), the potential of generative AI (42:03), and much more! - Link

Close to 200 school districts in the US have joined lawsuits against the parent companies of Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, alleging that these apps cause classroom disciplinary problems and mental-health issues - Link

SoftBank is partnering with Symbotic to invest ~$100M in a joint AI warehousing venture called GreenBox Systems; the venture will buy $7.5B of Symbotic’s AI systems for its warehouses - Link

OneTrust, a startup offering a privacy management platform, raised a $150M round led by GIM at a $4.5B valuation, down ~18% from its last private valuation in 2021 - Link

Spotify has confirmed raising its US Premium price to $11/month, up from $10/month; it also raised Duo by $2/month and Family and Student by $1/month - Link

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