Daily Brief · Nov 13

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Flash·Companies & Capital

Jensen Huang Resigns as Nvidia CEO; CFO Kress Named Interim Chief

Nvidia announced on Nov 12 that Jensen Huang resigned as president, CEO and board member, effective immediately; CFO Colette Kress serves as interim CEO while the board searches for a successor.

Why it mattersNvidia's first CEO change in 33 years, with the successor search and the Nov 17 earnings report as the next two dates to watch.
Flash·Companies & Capital

Mirendil Raises $1B Series A Led by Kleiner Perkins and Clearlake

Mirendil announced a $1 billion Series A on Nov 12, led by Kleiner Perkins and Clearlake Capital.

Why it mattersThe round discloses no valuation; Mirendil cut the cost of one pretraining run to a single researcher plus under $10 million of compute, and the funding goes toward turning that a…
Story·Companies & Capital

Anthropic Launches Its IPO Website, Disclosing $17.0B in Q3 Revenue

Anthropic launched its IPO website on Nov 12, disclosing Q3 financials: revenue of $17.0 billion, up more than 12x year over year; 825 million shares at $70 to $78, pricing Nov 18 and trading Nov 19.

Why it mattersThe site gathers the roadshow, financials and retail access in one place less than a week before listing; the offering plus the private placement could reach about $90.4 billion.
Flash·Apps & Agents

ByteDance Launches Seedance 2.5 Flash: Twice the Speed at About ¥0.99 per Second

ByteDance's Volcano Engine released Seedance 2.5 Flash on Nov 12, a video model the company says runs about twice as fast as the flagship, with 720p at about ¥0.99 per second, roughly 34% below the flagship, and clips u…

Why it mattersThe Seedance line now has a cheaper, faster tier, with 720p generation down to about ¥0.99 per second; 1080p and 4K stay with the flagship, and the API opens Nov 15.
Flash·Apps & Agents

Samsung Gemini Smart Glasses Open for Preorders From $395, Shipping Dec 10

Samsung and Google opened preorders on Nov 12 for Gemini-powered smart glasses, with Warby Parker frames from $395 and Gentle Monster frames from $449 to $489, shipping in the US and South Korea from Dec 10.

Why it mattersThis is the first retail launch of the Google-Samsung smart glasses partnership — 30 styles from $395, shipping Dec 10 — and the glasses carry no display, so the AI experience dep…
Flash·Safety & Risk

OpenAI Launches Daybreak Red Team and Defense Factory Security Tools

OpenAI introduced Daybreak Red Team and Daybreak Defense Factory on Nov 12: agents run authorized penetration tests on web applications, and other agents scan codebases and draft fixes for engineers to review.

Why it mattersDaybreak hands both attack and defense to agents, linking penetration testing and patch drafting into one pipeline, while patches still need an engineer's review before merging.