Mistral eyes $10B, Apple teases AI & more (August 4, 2025)

👋 Good morning!

Apple’s ChatGPT rival is in the works, Grok wants to be your go-to video buddy, and smart glasses may just eat your phone. Let’s dive into what’s real and what’s rapidly evolving.

🧠 The AI Future Is Personal

🍎 Apple Builds a ChatGPT Rival

Apple has quietly spun up a new “Answers, Knowledge, and Information” team to build a natural language answer engine. Think ChatGPT, but deeply embedded into Siri, Safari, and Spotlight. Tim Cook hinted at acquisitions to catch up fast.

👓 AI Glasses Might Replace Smartphones

Tech futurists say AI glasses will outmode smartphones. With gesture, voice, and thought interfaces on the way, the next platform war is brewing, and it’s wearable.

📽️ Grok Imagine: AI Video at Lightning Speed

xAI has launched Grok Imagine, a new AI video tool for creating 15-second clips with native audio. It’s 2–4x quicker than leading image models, though visual realism still lags behind tools like Veo 3. Musk says it’s just getting started.

🧪 AI Research, Models & Experiments

🧠 Gemini 2.5 “Deep Think” Goes Multi-Agent

Google’s newest model creates multiple parallel agents to solve complex questions like a research team. It’s already outperforming Grok 4 and OpenAI’s o3 on key benchmarks. Available via Google’s $250/month Ultra plan.

🧬 Anthropic Studies AI's “Personality Drift”

Anthropic researchers found neural “persona vectors” tied to troubling behaviors like sycophancy and hallucinations. These insights could lead to models that are more stable, and less unhinged.

💰 Mistral Eyes $1B Raise at $10B Valuation

European startup Mistral is reportedly in talks to raise $1B, with Abu Dhabi’s MGX among the investors. The funding would fuel the open-source leader’s race to rival giants like OpenAI and Google in foundational models.

🛠️ Tools of the Day

• Learnify – Turn any blog, PDF, or link into a video course
• Aleph – Runway’s video editor, now with API access
• Concierge – Integrate your stack with AI models like GPT & Claude

💡 Prompt of the Day

“You are a witty, visionary founder pitching an AI-powered smart glasses startup. Write your opening paragraph for investors.”

⚡ Quick Hits

• OpenAI pulled search-engine discoverability from ChatGPT conversations
• Meta aims to sell $2B in data center assets to fund its AGI push
• Anthropic revoked OpenAI's Claude Code access ahead of GPT-5
• Amazon may add ads to conversations via Alexa+

🧾 TLDR
Apple’s building a ChatGPT competitor, xAI debuts ultra-fast video generation, and smart glasses may replace your phone. Mistral is chasing a $10B valuation while Google and Anthropic push forward in model design and safety.

Until tomorrow,
David