EP-36 : Openai’s Record Fundraising 💰, Amazon’s Retail Recalibration 🛒, 23andme’s Valuation Plunge 📉

welcome to echo-pod's tech briefing for sunday, october 6th! this week, we're diving into some significant tech developments:

• openai's record-breaking funding: openai has raised a historic $6.6 billion, led by thrive capital, valuing the company at $157 billion and boosting its funding total to nearly $18 billion.
• amazon's retail strategy shift: amazon is dialing back on cashierless checkouts in favor of dash carts in fresh and who...