AI ROLLUP: ChatGPT's Viral Explosion | xAI Acquires X | Coreweave IPO Rocks Markets

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03 April 2025

AI heats up, markets shake, and the internet gets Ghbilified. OpenAI hits 1M users in 60 minutes, CoreWeave IPO rocks NASDAQ, and XAI acquires X. A new “world’s best” model quietly drops—did Google just take the lead? Cursor raises at a $9.6B valuation as “vibecoding” enters the mainstream. Welcome back to another week of the AI Rollup. ------ 📣CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | TAXES MADE EASY https://bankless.cc/Cryptotaxcalculator ------ 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 The Ghibli Effect https://x.com/alifarhat79/status/1904884015858884884 https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1906831621166440583 00:05:09 Coreweave IPO https://www.ft.com/content/519006a9-82c6-4939-afa1-58921a399105 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/01/coreweave-shares-bounce-ipo-price.html https://x.com/TheStalwart/status/1907438208662552647 00:14:28 xAI Acquires X https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1905731750275510312?s=46 00:20:02 Grok's Telegram Integration 00:24:38 New Best Model Has Arrived https://x.com/bookwormengr/status/1905050740110090429?s=46 https://x.com/gfodor/status/1904980153329242147?s=46 00:32:09 Cursor And The Vibe Coding Explosion https://x.com/ArfurRock/status/1906768733135098360 00:39:02 AI Crypto Trend Update https://x.com/defi0xjeff/status/1904154090424402163?s=46 00:45:47 BillyBets March Madness https://x.com/playprophetx/status/1899535745435742608?s=46 https://x.com/bunchubets/status/1904224002123473294?s=46 00:56:51 Olas https://olas.network/ 01:01:32 Vana https://x.com/anna_kazlauskas/status/1905414468315549737?s=46 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures