Good Morning!
What fun seasonal snacks you have tried? I keep seeing the Trader Joes cornbread crisps and I am so eager to try them. Give your recommendations please!
What You Missed This Week:
1. 💰 Sierra hits $100M ARR in under two years
The AI-agent startup co-founded by Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor has reached a $100M ARR run-rate just seven quarters after launching in February 2024, following a $350M raise in September that valued Sierra at $10B. The rapid climb positions it as a frontrunner in enterprise AI customer-service automation, competing with players like Decagon and Intercom. (TechCrunch)
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A terminated employee is accused of sharing internal screenshots (including an Okta dashboard and internal links) with the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters hacking group, though CrowdStrike says no systems or customer data were breached. The company quickly revoked access, referred the case to law enforcement, and stressed the incident highlights insider-risk vulnerabilities even for top security firms. (TechCrunch)
4. 🛒 Target is Opening its Next Store in ChatGPT
Target hasn’t been doing well in recent quarters, but maybe its next store has promise. The retailer is launching a beta test next week to turn OpenAI’s assistant into a personal shopper that can assemble multi-item carts, handle fresh groceries, and funnel orders to the nearest store. ChatGPT also launched group chats so I can imagine Black Friday shopping for family is about to level up! (Quartz)
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6. 🦾 Perplexity is Bringing its Comet AI Browser to Android
Android users, rejoice. AI search company Perplexity launched its Comet browser today on Android. The AI-centric browser debuted in July on desktop with AI-powered search and can now be implemented as users’ default search engine where they can mention tabs to ask questions to the assistant and summarize searches across all tabs. (TechCrunch)
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