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Rya Jetha retweeted
Scoop! Sam Altman is quietly backing a stealth startup building software for cars & robots.
The startup is called Alfred and wants to turbocharge the manufacturing process.
Over the weekend, Altman declared on X that robotics is OpenAI's next frontier.
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Scoop! Sam Altman is backing a stealth startup that’s raising at a $40 million valuation to build software for robots and cars.
Founders are former Tesla and Meta Reality Labs employees. Cofounder Ankit Ukil said he and Altman initially bonded over their love of cars. 🏎️
With @CharlesRollet1
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Rya Jetha retweeted
May 29
Introducing Wayve Labs: @wayve_ai's frontier research lab for physical AI. 🤖
Wayve Labs is where we'll pursue pioneering research in world models, spatial intelligence, and much, much more. 🚀
Thanks to @ryajetha for the great write-up 🙌 businessinsider.com/wayve-la…
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The seller of a $2.9 million San Francisco home is accepting payment in Anthropic or OpenAI stock.
The listing went live <24 hrs ago, and the agent's phone has been blowing up since, per @thebenbergman
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Full story @BusinessInsider businessinsider.com/post/pre…
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Rya Jetha retweeted
BREAKING: Meta has started its mass layoffs - and morale is so bad that many employees wish they were getting cut, too.
"I pray for the axe," one Metamate posted.
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I’m now covering robotics & physical AI for @businessinsider.
Please get in touch if you’re building, funding, researching, buying, or deploying any kind of robot!🤖
rjetha@businessinsider.com / rjetha.07 on Signal.
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Zoox's new service area in SF
(Rides only available to employees and their family and friends. Will be opened up to waitlist eventually, and then the public):
sfstandard.com/2026/03/24/zo…
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Rya Jetha retweeted
New: Three security experts told The Standard that Mayor Daniel Lurie's exit from his vehicle yesterday in the Tenderloin violated basic protective protocols.
“He should have never gotten out of the car," said a former Secret Service agent.
sfstandard.com/2026/03/06/da…
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People collecting signatures for/against the billionaire tax are making bank. Some will make $100k in a few months, per reporting by @low___impact
One person even moved across the country to collect signatures! sfstandard.com/2026/03/05/ca…
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Rya Jetha retweeted
BREAKING: The San Francisco Centre Mall has been sold. Sources say local developers Presidio Bay and Prado Group have teamed up on a deal to take over the defunct property. More details TK, but sources say they will redevelop parts and keep retail 👇
sfstandard.com/2026/03/04/sa…
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Rya Jetha retweeted
Forget Epstein, forget war with Iran
A very serious investigation into the dog poop feud befouling Presidio Heights
by @leahygarrett
sfstandard.com/2026/03/03/pr…
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Waymo’s fleet stopped 1,593 times for two minutes or more during the PG&E outage, according to company data shared with the California Public Utilities Commission, via @leahygarrett sfstandard.com/2026/03/03/wa…
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Block threw a $60 million blowout in September featuring Anderson .Paak before laying off 4,000 people last week, via @AngelAuYeung
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Rya Jetha retweeted
A cofounder of Anduril, one of the biggest defense startups, floats idea of buying @WIRED.
Mar 3
7/ We've reached an inflection point: @Wired is irreparably broken in its current form. But it doesn’t need to be. It’s time for someone who believes in a role for tech in building a better tomorrow to buy it. Maybe that someone needs to be me. /end
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Waymo’s next-gen cars could be buggy Hyundai EVs. Owners say their Ioniq 5 charging units keep failing, triggering “turtle mode": when the car automatically limits speed to about 20 mph and notifies users with an error message & cartoon turtle🐢
today in @sfstandard:
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