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• 1.🚀 Create how-to video guides with Guidde
• 2.🤝 OpenAI poaches Google executive
• 3.🕵️ Turn your AI enthusiasm into marketable skills with Innovating with AI
• 4.📈 How AI cut campaign production time
• 5.💾 Trump launches U.S. Tech Force
• 6.💰 Lightspeed secures $9B in record VC fundraise
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TOGETHER WITH GUIDDE
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Latest in AI
🤝 OpenAI poaches Google executive
🚨 Our Report
OpenAI has appointed Albert Lee, a senior director of corporate development at Google, as its vice president of corporate development. Lee reports to finance chief Sarah Friar, bringing extensive M&A expertise from his 14-year tenure at Google, where he led corporate development for Google Cloud and DeepMind.
🔓 Key Points
Lee's hire follows strategic executive recruitment, including former Amazon executive Torben Severson as VP of global business development last month and former xAI CFO Mike Liberatore as business finance officer in September.
At Google, Lee managed strategy and scouting teams while serving on the advisory board of Alphabet's independent growth fund, CapitalG, which has invested in companies like CrowdStrike and Airbnb.
OpenAI stated the goal is to ensure they have "a senior leader with broad visibility across the company who is empowered to move quickly," signaling potential acceleration in activity.
🔐 Relevance
OpenAI is beefing up M&A capacity as AI competition intensifies. With Lee's track record of impressive transactions and deep relationships across tech M&A, the company can now move faster on strategic acquisitions and partnerships that could determine competitive positioning in the rapidly consolidating AI market.
Partner Perspective
Illinois Is About To Regulate Workplace AI. Here’s What Employers Need To Do Now.
Partner Column exclusively available in this edition of The AI Report
By Karen Odash — Labor And Employment Attorney at Fisher Phillips
“The organizations that prepare now will have leverage, clarity, and credibility when enforcement begins.”
TOGETHER WITH INNOVATING WITH AI
‘AI consultants are getting paid $900/hr’ –Fortune
Fortune Magazine interviewed Innovating with AI’s founder to discuss a crazy stat – AI engineers are being deployed as consultants at $900/hr. Why did they interview Rob? Because he’s already trained 1,000+ AI consultants – and IWAI’s exclusive consultant directory has driven Fortune 500 leads to graduates.
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Case Study
How AI cut campaign production time to days
European online fashion retailer Zalando sells clothes, shoes, and accessories across 25 markets, but struggled with slow campaigns.
Traditional fashion shoots required costly sets and extensive planning, making it impossible to respond quickly to viral social media trends.
They implemented generative AI to create imagery and digital model twins, cutting production time from 6-8 weeks to 3-4 days.
Costs fell 90% while customer engagement increased, with around 70% of Q4 editorial campaigns now using AI-generated content.
AI News Story
Trump launches U.S. Tech Force
The Trump administration launched the U.S. Tech Force, a government initiative that will hire 1,000 engineers and specialists for two-year terms to work on AI infrastructure and technology projects across federal agencies.
The program partners with major tech companies, including AWS, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, Oracle, and Salesforce. Participants can transition to full-time roles after completing their government service.
Annual salaries will range from $150,000 to $200,000, positioning the program as a competitive pathway between public and private sector AI work as the U.S. aims to maintain technological leadership against China.
AI News Story
Lightspeed secures $9B in record VC fundraise
Lightspeed Venture Partners raised $9B across six funds, marking the largest capital haul in the firm's history. The fundraising comes as partners concentrate capital with established firms.
Lightspeed focused heavily on AI, claiming 165 AI-native portfolio companies, including Anthropic, xAI, and Databricks. The firm reportedly wrote a $1B check to Anthropic's $13B Series F in September.
Capital includes a $3.3B fund for follow-on investments in the fastest-growing portfolio companies. Recent exits include Rubrik, Netskope, and Navan, which all went public this year as rare successful IPOs.
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