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☆ Sam Altman is getting into the transition team game — for San Francisco's newly elected mayor
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementSam Altman has been tapped to cochair the transition team for San Francisco's mayor-elect. The OpenAI cofounder and CEO is cochairing the transition team for San Francisco mayor-elect Daniel Lurie, Lurie announced Monday. According to San Francisco's campaign finance database, Altman donated $500 to current San Francisco mayor London Breed in 2018. We need to get him to embrace San Francisco." BI could not find any contributions from Altman to San Francisco mayoral candidates during this election.

Persons: Sam Altman, Daniel Lurie, Altman, Lurie, Ned Segal, OpenAI, San, Levi Strauss, Jan Koum, Jonathan Gans, Oleg Nodelman, " Altman Organizations: San Francisco's, San Francisco, Business, London Breed, Breed, Los Angeles Times Locations: Bay, San Francisco

Roughly $130 million of Harris’ campaign spending went toward media expenses. Thursday’s filings show that Musk’s super PAC drew other donors in October. He had previously donated to a super PAC supporting Nikki Haley’s failed bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Legal feesEven as Trump raises money for his presidential campaign, his political operation continues to underwrite the former president’s legal bills. Between October 1 and 16, Save America, the former president’s leadership PAC, spent $3.9 million on “legal consulting,” records show.

Persons: CNN — Elon, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Harris ’, Trump, Joe Biden, Musk, Nelson Peltz, Betsy DeVos, Richard Uihlein, Uihlein, Elizabeth, Miriam Adelson, Sheldon Adelson, Ronald Cameron, WhatsApp, Jan Koum, Nikki Haley’s, MAGA, Warren Stephens, Woody Johnson, Dustin Moskovitz, Liz Cheney, isn’t, ”, Robert, Clifford Robert Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Trump, Federal, Commission, US Justice Department, America PAC, Republicans, Republican, Billionaire, Trump’s, PAC, Schlitz Brewing, Preserve, Preserve America, Inc, New York Jets, Facebook, Harris, American, president’s Locations: AdImpact, Michigan, Arkansas, United Kingdom, Wyoming, New York

Save America was once so flush with cash that Trump’s political operation used its money to seed a super PAC, MAGA Inc., that advertises in support of his presidential campaign. But as Trump’s legal bills have grown and its cash dwindled, Save America clawed back more than $42 million in refunds from the super PAC last year. The super PAC supporting her candidacy, SFA Fund, spent more freely. Its year-end report shows that the group raised $50.2 million and spent $63.7 million between July and December. The substantial burn rate left the super PAC with just $3.5 million in cash on hand entering 2024.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s, Biden, Nikki Haley, Haley, Haley’s, Trump, “, ”, Ken Griffin, Jan Koum, Paul Singer, Jim Davis, Griffin, Singer, George Soros, Eric Schmidt, Shonda Rhimes, Ron DeSantis ’, DeSantis, Donors Organizations: CNN, Trump, GOP, South Carolina Gov, Federal, Republican, Save America PAC, Make, PAC, FEC, Save, MAGA Inc, SFA Fund, SFA, Palmetto State, Haley, Citadel, New, American Opportunity Alliance, Hollywood, DeSantis Locations: Iowa, New Hampshire, Save America, South Carolina, Palmetto, Florida

☆ Meta's WhatsApp is chasing big businesses in effort to finally capitalize on app's popularity
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

Newton-Rex joined WhatsApp four years ago, leaving her high-level position at London-based financial firm WorldRemit for the new gig. Newton-Rex said Zuckerberg has been "a big part of the team," adding that he regularly speaks with Will Cathcart, the current head of WhatsApp. What's up with WhatsApp's business? In June, Meta said the WhatsApp Business app had quadrupled in the past three years to 200 million monthly active users. The Pew Research Center has previously detailed that WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app used by Hispanic Americans.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, WhatsApp, it's, It's, sidelining WhatsApp, Rather, Zuckerberg, Jim Cramer, Alice Newton, Rex, Uber, Newton, WorldRemit, Will Cathcart, Nick Lane, Debra Aho Williamson, Williamson, Jan Koum, Brian Acton, Jan Koum David Ramos, Acton, Koum, Meta, Meta's, that's, Mobilesquared's Lane, Lane Organizations: Facebook, Meta, CNBC, Consumers, Netflix, Insider Intelligence, Getty, Reuters It's, Intelligence, Pew Research Center, Twitter, Cambridge, SMS Locations: WhatsApp, India, Brazil, London, Indonesia, Colombia, Singapore, Newton, U.S, Canada, Spain, Italy, Argentina, North

☆ Elon Musk is escalating his beef with Mark Zuckerberg, claiming WhatsApp 'cannot be trusted' and saying the Meta CEO seems 'extremely partisan'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk slammed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, saying he seemed "extremely partisan." Elon Musk is amping up his beef with Mark Zuckerberg this week, saying the Meta CEO seems "extremely partisan," and blasting WhatsApp over privacy concerns. And on Tuesday, Musk moved on to criticizing WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta. And when Zuckerberg questioned Musk's negativity toward AI as "irresponsible" in 2017, Musk tweeted that the Meta CEO's "understanding of the subject is limited." Musk and Meta did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.

☆ Inside Facebook, WhatsApp is now an 'urgent' growth valve with 'superapp' ambitions taking shape
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

This has become something "we have to do," said Matt Idema, vice president of business messaging. Messaging throughout Facebook, led by WhatsApp, generated a relatively paltry $218 million in the most recent quarter. "It's a really big challenge," Matt Idema, promoted last year to vice president of business messaging for Meta, told Insider. Now it's time to bring together WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram Messaging and "treat it like one messaging strategy," Idema said. It held in May its first-ever conference dedicated to its messaging business.

☆ Malibu Mansion Sells for $100 Million to Billionaire Media Mogul
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Katherine Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Billionaire media mogul Byron Allen has paid $100 million for a Malibu estate formerly owned by self-storage billionaire Tammy Hughes Gustavson, according to a person familiar with the situation. The deal represents the most ever paid for a home by an African-American buyer in the U.S. and is one of the highest prices paid for a U.S. home this year. The roughly 11,000-square-foot compound, built around 2000 and located in the sought-after Paradise Cove enclave, has been on the market since May, when it was listed for $127.5 million, The Wall Street Journal reported. It sits on about 3.5 acres on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean and is directly adjacent to a roughly $190 million compound owned by WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum.

☆ Malibu Mansion Sells For $100 Million to Billionaire Media Mogul
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Katherine Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ I tried the popular weight-loss app backed by Tony Xu and Scooter Braun. Keeping the weight off was harder than expected.
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-25 | by ( Lisa Rabasca Roepe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Noom is a weight-loss app that uses a psychology-based approach to change your eating habits. One writer tried Noom for eight months to shed some pounds and prevent pandemic weight gain. In my latest attempt to lose weight, I turned to the Noom app. Lisa Rabasca RoepeI imagine that this is a powerful exercise for someone who has more than 10 pounds to lose. In fact, I've noticed that the people who have the most weight to lose have the most success with Noom.

☆ Moldova Startup Week 2020: startup-urile din Moldova vor fi incluse pe harta internațională
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +7 min

Celor curajoși le vin în ajutor mai multe inițiative de dezvoltare lansate cu suportul partenerilor internaționali, așa cum este și „Moldova Startup Week 2020” (16-20 noiembrie 2020) – cel mai important eveniment local dedicat antreprenoriatului. „Moldova Startup Week 2020” este un eveniment Techstars organizat de Programul Startup Moldova cu suportul Agenției pentru Dezvoltare Internațională a Statelor Unite (USAID) și a Suediei, în cadrul Proiectului TEKWILL. „Moldova Startup Week 2020” face parte din seria de proiecte dezvoltate de TEKWILL în cadrul Programului Național Startup Moldova. Vino la „Moldova Startup Week 2020”! „Moldova Startup Week” este un eveniment marca Techstars, care are loc în peste 50 de țări din lume.

Persons: Ana Chirița, Jan, Max Levchin, !, . Organizations: Statelor, Samsung, Siemens, City, Blink, Forbes SUA, Sillicon Locations: Moldova, Statelor Unite, Suediei, Republica Moldova, Europa, Europa Centrală, Est, Ucraina, SUA, București, Statelor Unite ale Americii, Israelul, China, India, Canada

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