2 Major Sora 2 updates

👋 Good morning or evening, wherever you are. It’s Thursday.

2 updates for Sora 2:

• Storyboards are now available on web to Pro users

• All users can now generate videos up to 15 seconds on app and web, Pro users up to 25 seconds on web

Most people are sleeping on how big this is.

1. Stories drive everything, and AI keeps removing the friction to tell them faster and better.

2. The sweet spot for ads is 10 to 30 seconds. If a brand isn’t using AI yet, it’s already behind.

OK let’s keep going ↓

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Watch this AI video again.

It’s bringing the worlds of manga, anime, and gaming back to life in ways we’ve never seen. This is the kind of AI filmmaking that captures millions of views and keeps people coming back.

Alberto Borderas and the Blue Horizon team are only warming up. You’ll be hearing from them again very soon.

Watch the video. Posted on LinkedIn.

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💡 Here’s what you should know

• Making every Windows 11 PC an AI PC

  Microsoft is bringing new Copilot voice, vision, and agentic features to Windows 11, making AI a core part of everyday PC use with natural interaction, task automation, and integrated support across apps and workflows.

• KAYAK introduces AI mode

  Powered by ChatGPT, the new feature lets travelers plan entire trips in plain language, with real-time results across flights, hotels, and cars.

• Claude introduces Skills

  The new feature lets Claude load custom folders with instructions, code, and resources for specific tasks, making it smarter at Excel, document creation, and brand-specific workflows across Claude apps, Claude Code, and the API.

• Snowflake and Palantir partner on enterprise AI integration

  The integration connects Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud with Palantir Foundry and AIP, enabling customers like Eaton to unify data, eliminate duplication, and rapidly deploy AI agents that drive efficiency and results.

• DeepSomatic accelerates genetic analysis for cancer research

  Developed by Google Research with UC Santa Cruz and Children’s Mercy, the open-source AI model uses convolutional neural networks to detect somatic mutations with higher accuracy, helping scientists better understand and treat cancers like leukemia and glioblastoma.

• NFL uses AI to predict and prevent player injuries

  Through its partnership with Amazon Web Services, the league’s Digital Athlete platform analyzes millions of data points from all 32 teams to identify injury risks, optimize training loads, and guide rule changes aimed at keeping players healthier and on the field longer.

• Microsoft extends AI advancements in Dragon Copilot to nurses and partners

  The latest update introduces ambient AI tools for nursing workflows and an open ecosystem for partner integrations, enabling clinicians to access third-party apps, automate tasks, and improve patient care directly within their existing workflow.

• G42 provides update on construction of Stargate UAE AI infrastructure cluster

  The 1GW facility in Abu Dhabi, built by Khazna Data Centers within the 5GW UAE–U.S. AI Campus, is on track for 2026 completion with the first 200MW phase already underway.

• KPMG acquires YData technology to boost AI capabilities

  The move establishes a Synthetic Data Center of Excellence to advance KPMG’s AI offerings with secure, privacy-preserving data generation.

💰 The numbers

• Blue Owl seals $30B deal with Meta to fund the Hyperion AI data center in Louisiana, the largest private financing to date.

• EVOQ Therapeutics signs collaboration and license deal with Sanofi worth over $500M to advance its NanoDisc technology restoring immune tolerance for autoimmune diseases like celiac, lupus, and type 1 diabetes.

• Zepto raises $400M Series E led by CalPERS at a $7B valuation to expand its quick-commerce operations across India.

• Deel raises $300M at a $17.3B valuation led by Ribbit Capital, with plans to expand native payroll to 100+ countries by 2029 and pursue acquisitions amid its ongoing legal battle with Rippling.

• General Intuition raises $134M Seed led by Khosla Ventures to train AI agents in spatial-temporal reasoning using 2B+ gaming clips from Medal.

• Lila Sciences raises another $115M (now $350M total) for its “scientific superintelligence,” with Nvidia’s NVentures joining Flagship Pioneering to back its AI-driven autonomous research labs.

• Kuku FM raises $85M Series C led by Granite Asia (formerly GGV Capital) to expand its AI-assisted audio and video storytelling platform across India’s mobile-first content market.

• Dreamdata raises $55M Series B to build the AI-era go-to-market platform that unites data, attribution, and activation for B2B marketers

• ExaCare AI raises $30M Series A led by Insight Partners to build AI agents automating nursing-care operations across 1,500+ facilities.

• Basis Theory raises $33M Series A to scale its agentic AI commerce infrastructure for secure payments and data handling.

• Vertical Semiconductor raises $11M Seed (MIT spinout) to develop AI-optimized power chips for data centers and edge devices.

🧠 Thought starters

3 things to think about…

1.) Spotify is partnering with Sony Music Group, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Merlin, and Believe.

“AI tools will not replace human artistry” sounds comforting, but it’s outdated thinking.

Execs already know that AI music competes for attention, not authenticity. The threshold for commercial acceptance is much lower than people think, and the middle tier of the industry is where the disruption hits first.

2.) How Teddy Swims uses AI (full article).

“I’ve started going and taking old songs that were maybe four or five years old, that I always thought were special, I’ve been able to take those and throw them back in and reimagine them, give a prompt and get something back, and go ‘see, I knew there was magic in this’,” Swims, real name Jaten Dimsdale, told the SXSW Sydney crowd.

“Instead of taking time to reproduce something over and over and over again in so many different ways, which would take months sometimes, you could get the idea of what something would be fully fleshed out in seconds.”

3.) AI now writes more than humans.

The internet has shifted from a record of what we think to a reflection of how we think.

For the first time, language itself can scale.

😂 Meme of the day

Thanks for reading,

Eddie

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