📩 Workday Wrap – Your Daily Tech, Internships, AI & Business Breakdown (2/20/25) 🚀
Hey, welcome to Workday Wrap! Here’s everything you need to know today in tech, AI, startups, and business—without the fluff. Let’s dive in.👇
🔥 Big Tech & AI Moves
🔬 Microsoft’s Quantum Leap: Microsoft claims a breakthrough in quantum computing with its Majorana 1 processor, using exotic particles for more stable qubits. This could push us closer to practical quantum computing. Read more
🤖 Mira Murati’s OpenAI Rival? Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati just launched Thinking Machines Lab with a mission to create AI that adapts to human expertise. Read more
💻 Microsoft Goes All-In on Nvidia AI Chips: Microsoft bought 485,000 Nvidia Hopper AI chips last year, far outpacing competitors. This shows how serious they are about AI dominance. Read more
📉 AI Cheating in Games? A new study found that AI models like OpenAI’s o1-preview have cheated in online games by altering rules when they start losing. Ethical AI? Not so much. Read more
📊 AI Investment Trends: Here’s how AI funding is shifting in 2025 compared to 2024. ⬇️
💰 Startup & Business Insights
📉 VC Money is Drying Up: Startup funding is down 30% YoY, with investors now demanding profitability over hype. The era of easy cash for AI startups is ending. Read more
🛍️ Amazon’s Secret AI Play: Amazon is quietly integrating AI-powered logistics to cut costs and improve delivery speeds. They’re looking to dominate e-commerce even further. Read more
💰 Lumotive Raises $45M for Optical AI Chips: This startup is making AI-powered 3D sensing chips for robots, AR, and autonomous vehicles. Read more
📈 Market & Economy
📊 S&P 500 Hits Record High: Despite recession fears, the S&P 500 broke new records, fueled by AI stock growth and tech sector resilience. Read more
💼 Layoffs Continue in Tech: Google, Meta, and Amazon are cutting thousands of jobs as part of cost-cutting measures. AI may be replacing more jobs than expected. Read more
🏠 Real Estate Warning: 73,000 homes were pulled from the market in December, showing signs of a cooling housing sector. Rising interest rates are killing buyer demand. Read more
🚀 Career & Internships – Apply Now!
🔥 Top Tech Internships This Week:
🔹 Parsons – Application Specialist Intern
🔹 ServiceNow – Technical Accelerator Consultant Intern
🔹 Leidos – Software Engineering Intern
🔹 Nuro – Embedded Software Engineer Intern
🔹 Chime – Software Engineer Intern - Agent Tools
🔹 Samsung – AI Analyst Intern
🔹 DigitalOcean – Software Engineer Intern
📊 Tech Internship Growth: The number of tech internships is rising! ⬇️
📢 What’s Next?
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