The clouds have passed, and my time making rain has come to an end.

Few people have the opportunity in their lifetime to work this hard on a problem so meaningful and have this much fun. For the family that we have built, and the impossible we’ve taken on, I will always be a Rainmaker, and I am indebted to the team for the joy and purpose they brought into my life. The team knows how much I love them. @ADoricko: thank you, brother, for bringing me in, for giving me pastures to bulldoze and this beautiful family to lead. One of the greatest honors of my life. As for me, if I’ve learned anything from Rainmaker, it’s that the grand, civilization-scale problems that stress our nation are worth pursuing and capable of solving. Putting my head down again, will share more on my new mission soon. God bless, and Godspeed.

Exclusive: OpenAI is scrapping the release of its next-generation AI model because it failed to meet safety standards on.wsj.com/4xPPgao

Rainmaker has raised $100M to become the world’s best lab for weather modification and atmospheric science. Thank you @noavctech @upfrontvc @DCVC @lowercarbon @DreamVenturesVC and other visionary partners. We are aggressively hiring and scaling our research org to create a flywheel of atmospheric data collection, synthesis, understanding, and intervention. We will solve the weather and we will set the stage for the terraformation of Earth. More in my essay below.

Sources: Anthropic considers releasing a new AI model to counter OpenAI's momentum since Astra's launch, ahead of an IPO and after Amodei's call for a slowdown (Reuters) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)