Grammarly’s $1B Round, Brain Computers, and NYT Licenses To Amazon | E2133 – This Week in Startups

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Today’s show: Jason and Alex discuss the hottest tech and startup news: Grammarly secures a massive $1B investment from General Catalyst to fuel its AI ambitions and expand into deeper enterprise offerings; a DARPA-backed brain-computer interface startup emerges as a serious Neuralink rival, signaling renewed momentum in the neurotech space; and The New York Times signs a licensing deal with Amazon, suggesting that traditional media may be starting to find common ground with large language models.

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() Episode Teaser() Jason's take on Singapore's regional cuisine() Why founders should get permission first and more lessons from Udio, Suno, and Spotify() Oracle - Try OCI and save up to 50% on your cloud bill at https://w⁠⁠⁠⁠ww.oracle.com/twist() The New York Times and Amazon signed a landmark AI deal: what's in it?() Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST() Why is Grammarly worth so much money?() Notion - Try it for free today at https://notion.com/twist() How does Autopilot make money?() So how long until we all have a computer in our brain?() How much does revenue predictability really matter?() Laurene Powell Jobs and Jony Ive go FULL DOOMER() Perplexity, Samsung, and the rest...