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Since Trump won the presidential election, the U.S. has been promised significant changes, such as Bitcoin being considered a national asset. Now, a similar discussion arises about AI. Could this become a reality?

What are on FIRE 🔥

• 🤖 The 2024 Insights Report

• 🌟 AI Highlights

• 💸 Daily AI Fundraising

• 📚 AI Sources From AI Fire

• 🏅 AI Tools

• ⚡ 5 AI Quick Hits

• 📊 AI Chart

• 💼 4 AI Jobs

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AI INSIGHTS

🤖 The 2024 Insights Report

Most businesses (84%) have already incorporated AI into their offerings. The report is based on a survey of 200+ tech industry leaders, with 61% being founders. It identifies a universal push towards AI integration to stay competitive.

Key takeaways:

• AI is Now Essential, Not Optional
  AI has become foundational to product strategies, with 84% of businesses incorporating it and 97% of leaders calling it a long-term necessity comparable to the Internet.

• Efficiency and Productivity Drive Adoption
  AI integration delivers tangible benefits: 78% report time savings, 60% see cost reductions, and 68% experience productivity boosts, creating transformative customer experiences and enhancing company profitability.

• The Future is Multimodal AI
  Multimodal AI, cited by 57% as the most transformative modality, is reshaping industries by integrating text, speech, and video to address diverse customer needs and unlock innovative applications.

• Challenges Demand Strategic Choices
  Integration hurdles like learning curves (49%) and tool compatibility (45%) highlight the need for robust strategies. Partnerships with AI providers help overcome these challenges, ensuring faster time-to-market and scalability.

• Build or Buy? Most Leaders Choose to Partner
  With 68% favoring AI providers, businesses reduce costs, access cutting-edge models, and avoid the complexities of in-house development, ensuring competitive advantages and agility in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Why it matters: AI is no longer optional for tech companies. With its ability to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve customer experience, AI is shaping product strategies at an unprecedented pace. Strategic partnerships with AI providers are seen as a critical approach to overcoming challenges and leveraging the full potential of AI in the coming years.

TODAY IN AI

AI HIGHLIGHTS

🗞️ Donald Trump announced key tech policy leaders for his next term, including Michael Kratsios for OSTP, Lynne Parker for science advisory, and David Sacks as “AI and crypto czar.

🤖 Google contractors are comparing Gemini AI to Claude for benchmarking performance and safety. Claude’s stricter safety settings, including avoiding sensitive prompts, highlight areas for Gemini’s improvement.

🎯 Under Trump, AI will be viewed as a national asset, with a focus on economic growth and global competition, especially with China, says Chamber of Progress CEO Adam Kovacevic.

✅ Perplexity conducted billions of searches in 2024. Which subjects gained the most attention? How did questions differ by region? What sparked the most curiosity? This is Perplexity’s Year of Answers.

⚡ Tech leaders like Sam Altman and Bill Gates are backing nuclear energy startups to meet the growing power needs for AI. Their investments aim to develop cleaner, reliable energy sources for data centers.

DAILY AI FUNDRAISING

Databricks raised $10 billion in its latest funding round, valuing the AI startup at $62 billion. Fenwick played a key role in guiding Databricks, continuing their partnership since 2013.

AI SOURCES FROM AI FIRE

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1. 🛠️ Tempo Labs helps accelerate AI prototyping with creative control and production codebase.

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4. 🔤 VocAdapt helps you master languages with AI-adapted authentic content.

5. 🗝️ Gensmo is a next-gen AI search that sparks your daily life.

AI QUICK HITS

1. 🤖 Google’s 2024 AI Highlights: 60 of The Biggest AI Announcements (Link)

2. 🌐 xAI is Testing a Standalone iOS App For Its Grok Chatbot (Link)

3. 💰 Big Tech’s Massive Investments in AI Data Centers (Link)

4. ⭐ The 4 Biggest AI Stories from 2024 and One Key Prediction for 2025 (Link)

5. 📱 MIT Technology Review’s Best-performing Stories of 2024 (Link)

AI CHART

The AI WealthTech Market Map gathers a variety of technologies and services that use and support artificial intelligence (AI) in wealth management.

A curated list of companies offering AI-based solutions within the wealth management sector, ranging from large banks to smaller firms like independent financial advisers (IFAs) and family offices.

For this map, the categorization is based on the Business Need categories from the Technology & Data section of the global Solution Provider Directory. Currently, 18 categories are used, out of a possible 25. This may change as more information is gathered about the market, new solutions are introduced, and companies share details about their offerings.

AI JOBS

• Meta: Growth Marketing Manager, B2B, AI (Link)

• Zions Bancorporation: Senior AI Architect (Link)

• Deloitte: AI Data Specialist (Link)

• Microsoft: Research Intern - Conversational AI (Link)

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