OpenAI closed a $122 billion funding round at an $852 billion valuation, making it the largest private raise in history. About $3 billion came from retail investors through bank channels, a first for the company and a clear signal that an IPO is getting closer. SoftBank, a16z, Amazon, Nvidia, and Microsoft all participated. (Axios)

Oracle is cutting an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 employees, roughly 18% of its workforce, to free up $8 to $10 billion in cash flow for AI data center construction. Workers across the US, India, Canada, and Mexico received termination emails at 6 AM with no prior warning from HR or their managers. (CNBC)

Nvidia is investing $2 billion in Marvell Technology for a roughly 2.5% ownership stake, locking the data infrastructure company into its AI ecosystem. The deal includes a partnership to integrate Marvell's custom AI chips and networking products with Nvidia's platform, plus a joint effort on silicon photonics that uses light instead of copper to move data faster. Marvell stock jumped 13%. (Yahoo Finance)

Salesforce unveiled 30+ new AI features for Slackbot, the most sweeping overhaul of the platform since the $27.7 billion acquisition in 2021. Slackbot can now transcribe meetings across any video provider, operate as a desktop agent that reads your screen outside of Slack, and connect to 6,000+ apps as an MCP client. Starting in April, limited AI features hit free and Pro plans too. (VentureBeat)

Crowdsourced AI feedback startup Yupp is shutting down less than a year after launch, despite raising $33 million from a16z crypto's Chris Dixon and angels including Google DeepMind's Jeff Dean, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, and Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas. The company signed up 1.3 million users but said it "didn't reach strong enough product-market fit" as AI models improved faster than its service could stay relevant. (TechCrunch)

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That's how long a first-time visitor spends deciding whether your website is worth their attention, or whether they're hitting the back button and finding someone else.

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Here's what most agency and SaaS sites serve up in that window. A logo. A nav bar. A headline that says something like "Empowering businesses to reach their full potential." A stock photo of someone looking at a laptop. And a button that says "Learn More."

The visitor arrived with a problem. They wanted to know, fast: do you solve it, are you legit, and what do I do next? In five seconds, you answered none of it. So they left.

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Your hero section needs to answer four questions in five seconds:

What do you do?
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