This is the best AI movie trailer (so far)

👋 Good morning/evening (wherever you are). It’s Wednesday.

I’ve watched hundreds of AI videos since the start of the year.

This one is the best so far. I posted it on LinkedIn.

OK let’s keep going ↓

Here’s what you should know:

• AI in the FDA?

  Reportedly, OpenAI and the FDA have discussed a project called cderGPT, which appears to be an AI tool for the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE).

• OpenAI for Countries

  OpenAI aims to partner with governments to grow AI infrastructure.

• Figma introduces ‘vibe-coding’ AI software design feature

  A new way to test, edit, and prompt designs.

• Level-5 CEO says games are now being made 80-90% by AI

  As AI becomes more common in game development, developers will need a "sense for aesthetics" to stand out, says Akihiro Hino.

• Concerns raised over AI trained on 57 million NHS medical records

  The makers of an AI model called Foresight say it could help predict disease or hospitalization rates, but others have raised concerns about it being trained on millions of health records.

• Anthropic announces web search via API

  With web search enabled, developers can build Claude-powered applications and agents that deliver up-to-date insights.

• Stripe unveils AI foundation model for payments

  The highlights include a new AI foundation model for payments, accounts powered by stablecoins, a new Orchestration offering, and a recent migration with Nvidia.

• Netflix debuts its new look and AI-powered search tool

  This new search experience will utilize OpenAI's ChatGPT to provide users with a conversational discovery experience.

• Microsoft announces support for Google’s Agent2Agent (A2A)

  A2A can enable structured agent communication—exchanging goals, managing state, invoking actions, and returning results securely and observably.

• NBA star Russell Westbrook launches AI-enabled funeral planning startup

  The Los Angeles-based company uses AI to curate options based on budget and preferences, including a voice-activated AI agent that can communicate with funeral homes.

• Trump administration to rescind and replace Biden-era global AI chip export curbs

  The rule was set to take effect on May 15.

• SourceNow announced the launch of Sage AI

  The first intelligent agent fully embedded within a Vendor Management System (VMS).

• HD Hyundai and Persona AI sign agreement to deploy humanoid

  This is Korea’s first humanoid welding initiative, with prototype completion targeted for the end of 2026 and field testing and commercialization beginning in 2027.

The numbers:

• Orca AI, an autonomous shipping platform, has raised a $72.5M Series B led by Brighton Park Capital.

• Bezos Expeditions is reportedly leading a $72M investment in AI data firm Toloka to accelerate the company’s growth.

• Ox Security has raised a $60M Series B led by DTCP to enhance its AI-powered code vulnerability scanning platform, bringing total funding to $94M.

• TSOLife, whose data dashboards help skilled nursing staff translate and transcribe resident interviews, has completed a $43M Series B.

• Sett has raised $27M total, with a $15M Series A led by Bessemer and a $12M seed round, scaling its agentic AI platform for mobile games.

• WisdomAI has raised a $23M seed round led by Coatue, building an AI data analytics platform that avoids hallucinations even with messy data.

• Unblocked, an AI-powered codebase assistant, has raised a $20M Series A led by B Capital and Radical Ventures.

• StackOne, a UK-based AI-powered platform for AI agents and SaaS integrations, has raised a $20M Series A led by GV.

• Carta Healthcare, a leading provider of AI-powered clinical data abstraction, has secured $18.25M in funding.

• Fastino has raised a $17.5M seed round led by Khosla Ventures to launch TLMs (Task-Specific Language Models), delivering 99X faster inference on gaming GPUs.

• Agree.com, an AI-powered e-signature platform, has raised a $7.2M seed round led by Pelion Venture Partners.

• Rentana, an AI-driven revenue intelligence platform for multifamily owners and operators, has raised a $5M seed round led by Zigg Capital and Benchstrength.

Thought starters:

How is AI changing browser behavior?

Excerpts from CNBC and CNS:

Alphabet and Apple shares sank after Eddy Cue, Apple’s services chief, said he believes that AI search engines will eventually replace standard search engines such as Google, according to Bloomberg.

The news slammed shares of Google-parent Alphabet, which closed down 7.3%, wiping off roughly $150 billion from its market value.

He added that Google searches on Safari had dropped for the time ever last month, pointing to the growing use of AI products like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Microsoft AI as a search engine. 

“That has never happened in 22 years,” Cue said. 

Google pays Apple approximately $20 billion to make its search engine the default option on Safari, but could reevaluate the need for such a hefty sum as users begin turning to AI. 

“I’ve lost sleep thinking about it,” Cue said.

Meme of the day:

Thanks for reading,

Eddie

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