Jason Karaian

Jason Karaian is a seasoned financial journalist with a strong background in business news. He currently serves as the business news director for The New York Times and is based in London. He joined the publication in 2020 from Quartz, where he held positions as the senior Europe correspondent and global finance and economics editor. Prior to his time at Quartz, Karaian worked for The Economist Group, covering corporate finance for the European edition of CFO magazine and financial services for the Economist Intelligence Unit. He also served as industries editor for The World In. Karaian is the author of 'The Chief Financial Officer: What CFOs do, the influence they have, and why it matters' (The Economist/Profile Books). His journalistic approach is characterized by his ability to use data and statistics to demystify complex business stories. He began his career as a macroeconomic analyst in Chicago.

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The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

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Conflicts of Interest

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Contradictions

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  • Anthropic has raised roughly $8 billion with much of it from Amazon and reached a valuation of about $15 billion.
  • OpenAI has a valuation of $80 billion and roughly $13 billion in backing from Microsoft.
  • The funding round valued xAI at $18 billion without the new investment.
  • The funds will be used to take xAI's first products to market and accelerate research and development.

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Recent Articles

Elon Musk's xAI Raises $6 Billion for AI-Powered Chatbot and Research Development

Elon Musk's xAI Raises $6 Billion for AI-Powered Chatbot and Research Development

Broke On: Monday, 27 May 2024 Elon Musk's new AI venture, xAI, secures $6bn in funding from top investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital. With Musk at the helm and a valuation of $24bn, xAI aims to compete in the rapidly growing AI industry. The company's first product is an AI-powered chatbot called Grok, which has been described as having real-time access to information.