Amir Efrati is the Executive Editor at The Information. He specializes in covering technology, particularly enterprise tech, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, with a focus on topics such as AI platforms, generative AI, and natural language processing. Amir's work has also been featured in Singularity Hub and Digg.
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Amir Efrati's coverage predominantly revolves around software, SaaS, and business themes with a strong emphasis on venture capital (VC) activities. The topics covered include OpenAI, Google, AI technology, and corporate restructuring.
Given his expertise in investment analysis and expert commentary within the tech industry, he would likely be receptive to pitches that offer unique insights into VC trends or detailed analysis of developments at companies like OpenAI and Google. Additionally, experts who can provide thoughtful perspectives on corporate strategies related to AI technology may also capture his interest.
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By: Rocket Drew, Aaron Holmes, Amir Efrati
After OpenAI revealed on Tuesday that its AI broke out of the company’s systems, accessed the web and hacked model repository Hugging Face during a cybersecurity test, it was easy to view the disclosure as a kind of “we’re so good it’s scary” marketing flex.Some commentators made that ...
By: Amir Efrati
Intel shares rose 12% in after-hours trading after the company said revenue growth hit a 15-year high in the second quarter on the back of chip demand from AI customers.Intel’s data center and AI hardware unit grew 59% to $6.3 billion as central processing units, one of Intel’s longtime fortes, benefited from AI demand that relies on part on the chips. That includes AI agents, which use
By: Stephanie Palazzolo, Amir Efrati
If Stripe ends up buying three-year-old startup OpenRouter for close to $10 billion, the payments firm would be paying a substantial premium of about 70 times the startup’s recent annualized revenue, according to a person with knowledge of OpenRouter’s financials. OpenRouter, which helps app ...
By: Amir Efrati, Stephanie Palazzolo
Lilian Weng, a researcher who cofounded AI startup Thinking Machines Lab alongside former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, is rejoining OpenAI after announcing her departure from Thinking Machines earlier this week, an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed to The Information. She will be working on using AI models to develop new models, otherwise known as recursive self-improvement research,
By: Amir Efrati
Microsoft revenue rose 18% to $90 billion in the June quarter, the same growth rate it reported in the first quarter, according to its quarterly earnings report. AI-related sales growth was tempered by revenue declines in its Xbox and Windows device businesses, and overall revenue growth would decelerate by 1 to 2 percentage points in the current fiscal quarter, CFO Amy Hood said.Still,
By: Amir Efrati, Sheel Mohnot, Danielle Fong
Dylan Patel converting SemiAnalysis expertise into venture investments.
By: Amir Efrati
Over the weekend, Jasjeet Sekhon, the chief strategy officer at Google’s DeepMind AI unit, used two words to describe what needs to happen to justify his industry’s unprecedented capital expenditures: recursive self-improvement. The white-hot term refers to AI that can automatically create ...
By: Kyle Russell, Chubby, Amir Efrati
Chief strategy officer Jasjeet Sekhon frames AI spending as reliant on recursive self-improvement.
By: Cory Weinberg, Amir Efrati, Stephanie Palazzolo
