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The White House convened major tech CEOs including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Dario Amodei to sign an AI safety pledge that President Trump termed "morally binding." Trump also signed an executive order officially rebranding AI as "super intelligence."
On this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O'Kane discuss the White House summit, Meta and OpenAI's efforts to present friendlier AI products to consumers, and why enterprise AI continues to attract the largest funding. The episode also covers startup funding developments including Quartermaster's $140 million raise, Atomic's founding by an ex-Tesla supply chain team, and Charter Space's insurance offering for space ventures.
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