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šŸ¤– Microsoftā€™s Quantum Computing Breakthrough

PLUS: OpenAI Just Got DeepSeekā€™d Again!, Arc Institute Develops ChatGPT for DNA

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In todayā€™s Daily Report:

  • āš™ļøMicrosoftā€™s Quantum Computing Breakthrough

  • šŸ”„OpenAI Just Got DeepSeekā€™d Again!

  • šŸ§¬Arc Institute Develops ChatGPT for DNA

  • šŸ› Trending Tools

  • šŸ„ŖBrief Bites

  • šŸ’°Funding Frontlines

  • šŸ’¼Whoā€™s Hiring?

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šŸ—žRECENT NEWS

MICROSOFT

āš™ļøMicrosoftā€™s Quantum Computing Breakthrough

Image Source: John Brecher for Microsoft/ā€œMicrosoftā€™s Majorana 1 Chipā€/-1-300Ɨ200.jpg/Screenshot

Microsoft unveiled ā€œMajorana 1,ā€ the worldā€™s first Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) thatā€™s designed to scale to a million ā€œqubits.ā€

Key Details:
  • A Quantum is the smallest discrete unit of a phenomenon. For example, a Quantum of electricity is an electron.

  • While Traditional Computers use ā€œbitsā€ (i.e., 0 or 1) to process information, Quantum Computing uses ā€œqubitsā€ (i.e., 0 or 1, or both at the same time).

  • The Quantum State is when a ā€œqubitā€ has the potential to be either 0 or 1, but itā€™s not one or the other yet. Itā€™s like a Coin flipping in the air; itā€™s both heads and tails until it lands.

  • ā€œMajorana 1ā€ aims to maintain the Quantum State for as long as possible by using ā€œtopological qubits,ā€ which are based on exotic particles called Majorana Fermions.

Why Itā€™s Important:
  • The Quantum State enables you to explore a vast number of possibilities at the same time.

  • Quantum Computing can solve a complex problem in Minutes that would take a Supercomputer 10 Septillion Years to complete.

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CONVERGENCE AI

šŸ”„OpenAI Just Got DeepSeekā€™d Again!

Image Source: Canvaā€™s AI Image Generators/Magic Media

Convergence AI just released ā€œProxy 1.0,ā€ the worldā€™s most capable Web-Based AI Agent thatā€™s free to use.

Key Details:
  • ā€œProxy 1.0ā€ can autonomously click, scroll, type, browse, and navigate the web for you.

  • It can Buy Gifts on Amazon, Job Hunt on LinkedIn, summarize Pull Requests on GitHub, or Book Reservations on a restaurantā€™s website.

  • ā€œProxy 1.0ā€ was developed by a London-Based Startup with just 24 Employees and $12 Million, which is only 0.067% of OpenAIā€™s Budget.

Why Itā€™s Important:
  • Convergence AI is directly competing with OpenAIā€™s ā€œOperator,ā€ an AI Agent that fills out forms, orders groceries, and creates memes.

  • But ā€œOperatorā€ is only available for ChatGPT Pro Plans in the U.S., which costs $200 per month.

AI RESEARCH

šŸ§¬Arc Institute Develops ChatGPT for DNA

Image Source: Arc Institute/ā€œGenome modeling and design across all domains of life with Evo 2ā€/Screenshot

Arc Institute developed ā€œEvo 2,ā€ a biological Foundation Model trained on DNA to predict, design, and understand genetic sequences.

A Foundation Model is an AI model trained on massive amounts of diverse data so it can be applied across a wide range of use cases. ā€œEvo 2ā€ was trained on over 9.3 trillion Nucleotides (i.e., fundamental building blocks of DNA) from more than 128,000 species.

While other AI models like OpenAIā€™s ChatGPT are trained on text, ā€œEvo 2ā€ learns from the information encoded within DNA, enabling it to generate DNA Sequences of over a million Bases.

A DNA Sequence is a specific order of the four Nucleotides that make up a strand of DNA: Adenine (A), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G), and Thymine (T). A Base is one of the four Nucleotides.

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šŸ„ŖBRIEF BITES

Apple revealed the new $599 iPhone 16e thatā€™s built for Apple Intelligence.

Tech Billionaire Elon Musk announced the launch of xAIā€™s Gaming Studio to ā€œmake games great again!ā€

Crunchbase is now an AI-powered Prediction Engine that forecasts a startupā€™s Funding Rounds, Acquisition Potential, and Growth Trajectories.

The Cleveland Clinic announced the rollout of AI-enabled tools for Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) and Point of Care Coding (POC) to offer better patient experiences.

šŸ’°FUNDING FRONTLINES

  • tvScientific lands a $25.5M Series B to lead the shift to TV 2.0.

  • Suger raises a $15M Series A to automate cloud marketplace workflows.

  • Era secures a $6.2M Seed Round to advance Agentic AI for personalized ā€œWealth-Care.ā€

šŸ’¼WHOā€™S HIRING?

  • Zocdoc (New York, NY): Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2025

  • Pure Storage (Santa Clara, CA): Software Engineer Intern, Summer 2025

  • Anduril (Costa Mesa, CA): Business Operations Analyst, Entry-Level

  • Curri (Ventura, CA): Software Engineer, AI, Mid-Level

  • Scale AI (New York, NY): Engineering Manager, Agent Data, Senior-Level

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