Finance

Sam Altman has a proposition for startup founders: AI tokens for equity

Before some startup founders raise their Series A, they’ll be raising AI tokens. Loading audio narration… OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a new offer for Y Combinator’s current batch of founders: fork over some equity, and OpenAI will offer up $2 million in API tokens. YC general partner Tyler Bosmeny…

TikTok’s middle class is gaining power

The TikTok middle class is thriving. Loading audio narration… The average rates that TikTok “micro” creators — those with follower counts between 5,000 and 50,000 — charged brands for partnership deals rose dramatically in the first quarter compared with the year-ago period.That’s according to data compiled exclusively for CMO Insider…