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GM! It’s Brett again. It's been about a week since we launched Micro - and man what a week it's been! The biggest thing I realized last week was that inbound customers are 100x better than outbound. Seeing people genuinely excited about what you're building feels surreal.

I regret not doing this sooner so we could have built up the momentum earlier.

And, we're still onboarding folks to the private beta. Join the waitlist here.

🏠 AI

The new search engine

So OpenAI finally dropped their search engine last week. They've baked web search right into ChatGPT, real-time info about everything from stocks to sports, complete with source links. It's running on a souped-up version of GPT-4o for Plus and Team users.

They've got major publishers like AP, Reuters, and Axel Springer on board from day one - all with direct licensing deals. Smart move, considering the legal headaches Perplexity's been dealing with lately with News Corp.

Earlier that week, they also rolled out chat history search. Shows they're thinking about the whole user experience.

But the news on the block is that Meta's apparently been cooking up their own AI search engine. Zuck's team has been quietly building this thing for 8 months. Their angle is clear - breaking free from Google and Bing to power Meta AI across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. (even Threads, if people are still using it)

The big picture - The search war is back, but this time it's different. Every major tech player is betting that AI-powered, conversational search is the future. Google's sitting on $49B in quarterly search revenue - that's the prize everyone's eyeing. 2024 is shaping up to be the year search gets its biggest shakeup since PageRank.

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TECH

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AI

• Alexa’s new AI brain is stuck in the lab.

• OpenAI’s first AI chip might come out in 2026.

• Google to launch Gemini 2.0 by December.

• NYC attempt to scan subway for weapons with AI fails.

SCIENCE

• A PhD student finds a lost city in Mexico jungle by accident.

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• Fruit fly brains hacked for a 30% longer life.

• A unique blue whale population found in Sri Lanka.

CRYPTO

• MrBeast accused of crypto fraud.

• Ethereum-based solar project Glow raises $30M.

• US govt seeks $13M in political donations back from ex-FTX execs.

• Coinbase dropped 15%.

🏃‍♀️ QUICKIES

Raise: Sierra, an AI-powered customer service startup, raised $175M in a funding round to strengthen customer engagement through advanced chatbot technology.

Stat: 123M. That's the number of active addresses on Solana last month, marking its highest monthly activity to date.

Rabbit Hole: The AI Investment Boom (Joseph Politano)

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❓️ AI GENERATED OR NOT

Last week’s answer: If you guessed AI-generated… you were right.

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