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🚀 AI's $150B Boom: Key Trends & Deals You Need to Know!

💡 Dive into the Future of AI: Major Acquisitions, Innovations & More!

🔍 This week’s AI pulse: Palo Alto's Protect AI buy, AI in CT schools, Google’s AI search, IBM’s $150B bet, Nvidia’s export push, Meta & Microsoft boost AI stocks.

In This Issue

 Today in AI: Palo Alto acquires Protect AI as RSA Conference kicks off

 Spotlight 1: 🌟 Apple & Nvidia open AI plants in Houston

 Spotlight 2: 🌟 Google Search gets AI Mode for U.S. users

 Top Tools: Dora, 10Web.io, Framer, Unicorn, Hostinger

 Image of the Week: Guardians of the Ancestral Echo — photorealistic AI art

 AI Guides: Free courses on prompt engineering, AI, TensorFlow, Vertex

 Prompt of the Week: Fix resume for ATS + Turn work into achievements

 Legit Offers: GPT-4o prompts for jobs, CVs, and business planning

 Tech Funding: Anysphere, Supabase, Cast AI, Exowatt, Skillvue

 Top Communities: r/midjourney, r/deeplearning, OpenAI, Lexica, AI Discord

 Blogs: DeepSeek Coder — features, tips, vs traditional coding

🎯 BIG NEWS

Top AI Updates and Releases

 Palo Alto Networks acquires Protect AI as RSA Conference kicks off

Connecticut school districts embracing AI in classrooms

 Google CEO Pichai: AI will play a huge role in search

 IBM’s $150 billion bet on American AI and quantum tech

 Nvidia CEO urges Trump to revise AI chip export rules

 White House shares AI photo of Trump with confusing lightsaber color

 Meta, Microsoft reports lift AI-related stocks

Trump’s stance against AI bias efforts in tech industry

🎯 BIG NEWS

AI Stock Tracker

📢LATEST IN AI

🌟Google Launches AI Mode in Search for U.S. Users

Google is introducing AI Mode in Search, transforming how users interact with information by offering AI-generated overviews, personalized suggestions, and intuitive follow-ups—all directly within search results.

Highlights:

  • AI-powered results: AI Overviews summarize search results with context-rich insights.

  • Conversational follow-up: Users can refine queries and ask follow-up questions seamlessly.

  • Productivity tools: Includes planning features for meals, vacations, and shopping.

  • Tech backbone: Powered by Google’s Gemini AI for fast, intelligent responses.

  • Public launch: Rolling out to all U.S. users with global expansion to follow.

Why it Matters

This marks the most significant change to Google Search in years, shifting it from a static results list to a dynamic AI assistant that helps users think, plan, and act—all in one place.

🌟Meta Q1 Earnings: AI Investments Fuel Growth, But Outlook Falls Short

Meta’s Q1 earnings highlight strong growth driven by AI advancements, yet investor concerns rise as forward guidance underperforms Wall Street expectations.

Highlights:

  • Revenue rise: Q1 revenue hit $36.5B, up 27% year-over-year.

  • AI acceleration: Significant investments in AI infrastructure, especially for ad targeting and Reels.

  • Profit jump: Net income surged to $12.4B, nearly double from last year.

  • Cost concerns: Capital expenditures climbed due to ongoing AI infrastructure buildout.

  • Outlook dip: Q2 revenue guidance missed analyst forecasts, spooking investors.

Why it Matters

Meta’s aggressive AI push is boosting revenue and product performance, but rising costs and cautious outlook signal challenges ahead in balancing innovation with investor expectations.

💪WEEKLY FUNDING REPORT

Tech Funding News

 Anysphere – Raised $900M to scale Cursor, an AI coding assistant.

 Cast AI – Secured $108M to boost cloud automation for enterprises.

 Supabase – Landed $200M Series D to rival Firebase with open-source tools.

 Exowatt – Got $70M to power AI data centers with renewable energy.

 Skillvue – Raised $6.3M to help companies discover top talent with AI.

💪 PRODUCTIVITY

Trending AI Tools: Top AI Chatbots 🚀

 Dora – Design and publish stunning 3D websites effortlessly with AI.

 10Web.io – AI-powered WordPress builder for fast, responsive websites.

 Framer – Turn prompts into fully functional websites with sleek design.

 Unicorn – Create landing pages for startups using intuitive AI tools.

 Hostinger – Launch AI-built websites with hosting and design in one place.

🛠️ AI GUIDES AND RESOURCES

5 AI Courses to Enhance Your Skills

🚩 PROMPT OF THE WEEK

Fix My Resume for ATS

COPY AND PASTE THE PROMPT

Rewrite my resume for [Role] using the XYZ formula (Accomplished X by doing Y, resulting in Z). Turn every responsibility into a results-driven bullet. Add exact keywords from this job description [Paste JD], use power verbs and add metrics (like %, $, time saved). Keep the layout ATS-friendly - no tables or columns, use a clean font like Arial or Calibri. Resume: [Paste Resume].

Turn My Work Into Achievements

COPY AND PASTE THE PROMPT

Take my work experience and convert basic job duties into impactful success stories. Highlight the problem I solved, the action I took, and the value I delivered, with quantifiable metrics (revenue, efficiency, cost reduction, etc.). For each major achievement, include project scope, team size, and tools/technologies used. Resume: [Paste Resume].

🗽 IMAGE OF THE WEEK

 Guardians of the Ancestral Echo

/imagine prompt: A collage of four indigenous women of different generations, standing with grace and strength in remote mountain landscapes, wearing traditional woven fabrics, hand-crafted jewelry, and intricate headwraps, each face radiating resilience, wisdom, and cultural pride, surrounded by misty terrain and soft natural light, earth-toned color palette with deep browns, reds, and greens, photorealistic style, cinematic shadows, soft depth of field, ultra-detailed facial features and textured garments, storytelling composition –ar 16:9 –v 5.2 –style raw

🤝 AI COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS

Top AI Communities to Promote your Startups

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 OpenAI

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 Lexica

  • Members: 63.8K

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