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AI News; 90% off AI Summit (this weekend); 50% off Step SF 2025; Meet our Accelerator Cohort; and more!

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We’re getting close and prices are going up.
It’s almost time for Step SF 2025!

This year Step SF hosts a Startup Pitch Competition on Weds. 8/20, followed by our hugely popular Step SF 2025 event on Thurs. 8/21.

See More at: StepSF.com

Last chance for our 50% off “Mater Pass” (full price) with code “Aiify50”: lu.ma/StepSF25?coupon=aiify50
Once these codes run out, use “Aiify20” for 20% off lowest available Master Pass pricing. Click here to apply discount: https://lu.ma/StepSF25?coupon=AIIFY20 
(Discounts and unlocks available at checkout)

Don’t miss this weekend’s AI Summit, part of the Viva Frontier Tower pop-up: 90% off 2-Day Pass w/ “Aiify49”

Let's generate the future of AI together.
Frontier Tower is a positive community of founders, builders, investors, and deep thinkers working at the frontier of AI

Big discount for Pop-up Villiage Program - already in progress. Still remaining: 2-week tracks in AI, Crypto:
https://lu.ma/viva-frontier-tower?coupon=AIIFY-5

  • July 4 - July 17: AI track (summit Jul 12 - 13)

  • ​July 18 - Aug 4: Crypto track (summit Jul 19 - 20)

  • ​Aug 1: Demo Day (for selected startups participating in the incubator sub-program)

  • ​Aug 3: Closing Ceremony

YSK, Founders Space, & Aiify.io are hosting an 8-week Korean accelerator, with 8 exciting startups (all with revenue, traction, and some funding).
We’re currently providing introduction opportunities to investors and advisors with a genuine interest in helping these companies along their trajectory. 

Please check out the company info here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pWYlKoYGzrrqCeCMx8NPpBY4hgcWSPC0zkif-lpH92Y/

Submit this form if interested:
https://forms.gle/VeE7Lphnfen8L1ys8

What an Amazing Event!!

CHECK OUT (and add your) PHOTOS & VIDEOS FROM THE EVENT: https://photos.app.goo.gl/zvLLuz2PndXjdC6m6 

AND TALK TO GOBBY ALL ABOUT IT:
“Gobby,” our AI Event Docent, is still here to chat and hear your experiences: humantechweek.com/gobby

Recent Industry News

OpenAI moves to release its own web browser to challenge Google Chrome & Perplexity’s Comet: As part of OpenAI's strategy to capture user web behavior data, it’s moving to release a browser with chat interface and AI agent integrations enabled. https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openai-release-web-browser-challenge-google-chrome-2025-07-09/
This is on top of OpenAI’s $6.5B merger with ex-Apple designer Jony Ive’s “LoveFrom,” poised to re-imagine the human machine interface with a yet to be announced AI enabled gadget: https://openai.com/sam-and-jony/

xAI’s Grok 4 unveiled: Is this “the smartest model in the world”?
Grok 4’s base model uses a single agent, while its “heavy” version employs multiple agents comparing notes and working together. Seems there’s a lot more to this news than just Grok 4 itself. https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1lDGLzplWnyxm https://x.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/1943166841150644622

Nvidia breaks all time corporate valuation record! Nvidia just became the first company in the world to break a market cap of $4 Trillion Dollars (a valuation similar to the GDP of countries like India and Japan). https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/09/nvidia-4-trillion.html

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