Mon. 01/22 – How Many Vision Pros Did Apple Sell This Weekend?
Just what the title says. How many Vision Pros do we think Apple sold this weekend? And Mark Gurman has some ideas for why developers are so lukewarm on the product. Eleven Labs is an interesting raise. Sam Altman seems serious about making his own AI chips. And the breakthrough in VR from Disney Imagineers that would allow you to literally walk through the Metaverse.
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Show Notes
Just what the title says. How many Vision Pros do we think Apple sold this weekend? And Mark Gurman has some ideas for why developers are so lukewarm on the product. Eleven Labs is an interesting raise. Sam Altman seems serious about making his own AI chips. And the breakthrough in VR from Disney Imagineers that would allow you to literally walk through the Metaverse.
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Links:
- Vision Pro sales estimated at 160k to 180k over first three days (9to5Mac)
- Apple’s Testy Developer Relationships Threaten to Hamper Vision Pro (Bloomberg)
- Meta will let EU users unlink their Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger info ahead of DMA (The Verge)
- Voice cloning startup ElevenLabs lands $80M, achieves unicorn status (TechCrunch)
- Altman Seeks to Raise Billions for Network of AI Chip Factories (Bloomberg)
- Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use (VentureBeat)
YouTube Video Of The Holotiles From Disney Imagineering
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