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On August 14th, OpenAI appointed its second Chief Revenue Officer in less than a year, indicating the companys efforts to boost sales growth in preparation for its highly anticipated Wall Street IPO. OpenAI has hired Dali Radic, formerly president and COO of Wiz, Alphabets cybersecurity company, to succeed Dennis Dreser, who joined OpenAI last December. Dreser will leave the company after a transition period. This appointment comes amid ongoing changes in OpenAIs executive team, with recent departures including Brad Lightcap, Figgi Seymour, and Kevin Weil. OpenAI President Greg Blockman stated that the companys next phase requires continuously demonstrating "measurable business value" for every dollar invested in artificial intelligence by its customers. He revealed that OpenAIs annual revenue run rate increased by more than 20% month-over-month in July, with enterprise customer business growing by 32%. Last month, OpenAI announced that its weekly active users had surpassed 1 billion.The Premier of Saskatchewan, Canada: With the August 19 tariff deadline approaching, negotiations between Canada and the United States have clearly heated up in the past few weeks.The Premier of Saskatchewan, Canada, stated that both sides need to maintain a broader objective in the Canada-US trade negotiations, namely reviewing and updating the USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement).On August 14th, Freddie Mac reported that the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage in the United States fell to 6.67% from 6.69% a week earlier, ending a five-week streak of increases, but still remaining at its highest level in over a year. Latest data shows that the US job market is cooling, and the impact of the Iran war on inflation may be weaker than previously expected. US price increases slowed for the second consecutive month in July, with energy, gasoline, and food prices all declining from the previous month, and underlying inflation indicators falling to a five-year low. Combined with the jobs report, the market believes that US economic data is easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in the coming months, with investors expecting a 25 basis point rate hike in September to decrease from 48% to 38%. However, stalled negotiations in the Strait of Hormuz have raised concerns about persistently high oil prices, and high interest rates and economic uncertainty continue to suppress housing demand. Data shows that US home sales in July fell 4.1% from June, reaching their lowest level in nearly two years.Market news: Ukraine has proposed a ceasefire in the Black Sea to Russia.
