A Reddit user claimed that a startup founder responded with a middle-finger emoji to their message for backing out of a "strangely unstructured" internship interview. Flagging different issues with the company, they said, "That emoji told me more about the company culture than the interview...could." While some users agreed with the user, others asked them to disclose the company's name.

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said he once blocked veteran investor Vinod Khosla's number after he suggested firing his co-founders during funding talks. "Vinod...said, 'I'm impressed with you, not so much with them. What if you fire them and I'll give you all their stock?'," Prince recalled. Khosla said, "I may sometimes be wrong, but I'll always give entrepreneurs my best...opinion."

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar compared the importance of AI tools to that of Excel in the past. "I would never hire a finance person who didn't know...Excel, and I probably wouldn't hire a finance person today who doesn't know how to use a tool like Codex," she said. OpenAI's Codex can fix bugs and handle other routine tasks through prompts.

A former SpaceX employee who started as a welder earning $28 (over ₹2,600) an hour is set to benefit as the company prepares for a nearly $2 trillion IPO. According to WSJ, Juan Hernandez received a $10,000 equity grant and bought additional shares over time. Despite selling some holdings, his remaining stake is now worth about $880,000 (₹8 crore).

Moonshot AI is seeking up to $2 billion in a new funding round that could value the startup at $30 billion, according to Bloomberg. The company is accelerating fundraising as it competes in China's fast-growing AI race. It is also close to finalising another round led by Meituan, valuing it at around $20 billion post-investment.

Curefoods, the cloud kitchen startup behind EatFit, has deferred its planned ₹800 crore IPO despite receiving SEBI approval, The Economic Times reported. The decision comes after mutual funds pushed back against the company’s ₹4,000 crore valuation. Facing a challenging market environment for loss-making new-age firms, Curefoods may revisit its listing plans next year if conditions improve.

Dario Amodei, CEO of the world's most valuable AI startup Anthropic, said he spends 40% of his time making sure the company's culture is good. "I think we've done an extraordinarily good job, even if not perfect, of holding the company together, making everyone feel the mission," he stated. Anthropic recently raised $65 billion to hit a $965 billion valuation.

Ron Baron, Founder and CEO of Baron Capital, has placed a $1 billion order for SpaceX shares ahead of its IPO. He does not plan to sell his stake during his lifetime, calling SpaceX one of his strongest investment convictions. Baron expects the company's valuation to reach between $10 trillion and $30 trillion over the next 10 to 15 years.

A recent investigation by Ask Silver found that AI tools such as ChatGPT, used for shopping, can be vulnerable to scams. The study discovered cloned websites appearing in search results, directing users to fraudulent retailers. In one test involving Russell & Bromley bags, ChatGPT provided details and prices of different bags, while two fake websites were included among its sources.

Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock shared a video showing multiple robot heads moving in sync during a test. The heads appear to belong to the startup's Figure 3 robot series, which is designed for household tasks. Responding to the video, an X user wrote, "This is next-level stuff! Can't wait to see how these heads handle the real deal."