xAI's Coding Push and Cursor Hires

The Information's Rocket Drew talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about the $109 billion legal threat facing OpenAI in its court battle with Elon Musk. We also talk with Theo Wayt about xAI’s leadership turnover and new hires from Cursor, Ex-ChatGPT Product Head Peter Deng about the future of consumer AI and "taste" in product development, and Managing Editor Laura Mandaro about the startups inching toward IPOs in a volatile market. Lastly, we get into Meta’s "Avocado" model delay and the prospect of licensing Google Gemini with our Co-Executive Editor Martin Peers.

Articles discussed on this episode: 

https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/meta-said-push-back-launch-avocado-model

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/startups-inching-toward-ipo-volatile-market

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/xai-hires-two-senior-leaders-cursor-catch-coding

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/musk-openai-lawyers-face-109-billion-claim

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