March 30 – April 5, 2026:
• Frothing of the bubble or faster development: OpenAI raises $122 billion for the next phase of AI;
• Hoping the support is better than in the 1970s: DOL & NSF to collaborate on the AI workforce;
• Looking over their shoulder in the c-suite: In new study CEOs say they feel threatened by CFOs;
• Peering into the future and shuddering: I’m a VC who bets on AI and this keeps me up at night;
• Generating angst over generative AI: AI workplace rollouts fuel backlash over monitoring & job risks.
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• TAtech Europe 2026 – Take advantage of TAtech’s unique business-building formula for talent tech companies, ATS and job boards: Content that provides a clear picture of the Market and Buyer, the competitive landscape and new product innovations; and Connections that provide the opportunity for partnerships, product integrations, marketing joint ventures and more! September 8-9 in Amsterdam. Seating is very limited, so register right now!
Today, we closed our latest funding round with $122 billion in committed capital at a post money valuation of $852 billion. OpenAI is becoming the core infrastructure for AI, making it possible for people around the world and businesses, big and small, to just build things. The broad consumer reach of ChatGPT creates a powerful distribution channel into the workplace, where demand is rapidly shifting from basic model access to intelligent systems that reshape how businesses operate.
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Science Foundation to advance workforce development efforts related to artificial intelligence. The MOU solidifies the department’s formal partnership with the NSF on the TechAccess: AI-Ready America initiative, a newly launched national effort led by NSF to expand access to AI knowledge, tools, and training for American workers and businesses.
Roughly one quarter of CEOs surveyed (26%) ranked CFOs as the top job security risk within their own C-suites, followed closely by 24% who saw chief operations officers as a threat and chief commercial officers (20%), according to Boston Consulting Group’s CEO Insomnia Index report released Wednesday. The perceived vulnerability may arise from the CFO’s ongoing relationship with board members; finance chiefs regularly brief the board on financial performance, forecasts and capital performance and that role can position them as the CEO’s “natural heir apparent,” the report states.
I’m going to be honest about something most VCs won’t say out loud: what keeps me up at night isn’t that the AI companies I back will fail. It’s that AI as a technology will succeed so much that it makes the business models of the companies I back completely irrelevant.
New AI tools like Kuse AI’s ‘Junior’ are intensifying workplace tensions by automating tasks while closely monitoring employees, prompting fears over job security and privacy. Glassdoor reviews and social media posts reveal growing resentment toward AI mandates, with some workers quitting over feeling excluded from AI adoption decisions. Studies also show that AI’s promised efficiency gains are often offset by time-consuming rework, raising questions about its true net value.
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