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• 2. 💰 OpenAI’s annualized revenue crosses $20B
• 3. 🥣 AI led to $20M+ in logistics savings at General Mills
• 4. 🎥 Write scripts, structure scenes, and create videos with Medeo AI
• 5. 👩‍🍼 BioticsAI wins FDA approval
• 6. 🦑 South Korea launches an“ AI Squid Game"

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Latest in AI

OpenAI’s annualized revenue crosses $20B

🚨 Our Report

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar announced in a blog post that the company's annualized revenue has crossed $20B in 2025, more than tripling from $6B in 2024, with growth closely tracking a major expansion in computing capacity.

🔓 Key Points

• OpenAI's computing capacity surged to 1.9 gigawatts in 2025 from 0.6 GW in 2024, and Friar noted that weekly and daily active user figures continue to hit all-time highs across the Microsoft-backed platform.

• The company's next phase will focus on agents and workflow automation that run continuously, carry context over time, and work across tools.

• Separately, OpenAI policy chief Chris Lehane told Axios the company is "on track" to unveil its first hardware device in the second half of 2026, expanding beyond software into physical products.

🔐 Relevance

The revenue surge signals that enterprise and consumer demand for generative AI tools is accelerating faster than many projected. For business leaders weighing AI investments, OpenAI's pivot toward agents and workflow automation suggests the next wave of productivity gains will come from AI that acts autonomously across systems, not just responds to prompts.

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Case Study

How AI led to $20M+ in logistics savings

• General Mills, the multinational behind Cheerios and Häagen-Dazs, needed to optimize shipping across 5,000+ daily plant-to-warehouse deliveries.

• Pattern: Models score thousands of routing options daily, then flag anomalies or high-risk shipments for human planners.

• Why it matters: logistics planning shifts from reactive to predictive, improving service levels and lowering transport spend.

• Metric: more than $20M in transportation savings since fiscal 2024.

• Steal this: start with one high-volume planning workflow, cap AI authority to recommendations, and require human sign-off for edge cases.

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All while keeping characters and styles visually consistent across ads, stories, animation, and more—no editing skills needed.

AI News Story

BioticsAI wins FDA approval

• BioticsAI, winner of TechCrunch Disrupt's Battlefield competition in 2023, has received FDA approval for its AI-powered fetal ultrasound software that helps detect abnormalities in prenatal imaging.

• The technology uses computer vision AI to support fetal ultrasound quality assessment, anatomical completeness, and automated reporting.

• With FDA clearance secured after nearly three years of testing and validation, BioticsAI is focused on scaling across health systems nationwide while adding more features for fetal medicine and reproductive health.

AI News Story

South Korea launches an “AI Squid Game"

• South Korea convened in Seoul for a government-backed competition to develop the best domestic AI foundation models in a bid to compete with US and Chinese AI dominance.

• Many tuned in to the livestreamed event as elite teams presented their latest models in front of judges, investors, and even South Korea's science minister.

• The competition reflects South Korea's broader strategy to reduce dependency on foreign AI infrastructure and establish sovereign AI capacity in a race where national competitiveness increasingly hinges on homegrown technology and data control.

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3. Reviewly automates Google review collection and response management.

Companies to Watch/Raising Now

Early-stage AI startups on our radar, before they’re everywhere.

• Verdict Capital
What they do: New VC firm backing early-stage AI companies across multiple sectors.
Why it matters: Led by ex-General Catalyst managing director Niko Bonatsos, who backed Discord and AI hiring platform Mercor before they scaled. Early track record on consumer AI bets that turned into category leaders.
Stage: Fund formation
Raising: $250M–$300M
Investors: Bonatsos (ex-GC) + Michael Fertik (entrepreneur)

• ElevenLabs
What they do: AI voice generation for customer service, text-to-speech, and multilingual dubbing.
Why it matters: $330M ARR, up from $200M just months ago. If the new round closes at $11B, it becomes the UK's most valuable AI company.
Stage: Growth
Raising: Hundreds of millions (undisclosed)
Investors: Sequoia, Iconiq, Andreessen Horowitz, NEAv

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