TRO | The Responsible AI Innovation Playbook is Here and it's Excellent

Your Meliora briefing on how GenAI and Creativity are unlocking a brighter, smarter future.

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October 06, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

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In this fast-moving GenAI world, headlines are everywhere but optimism is rare.

Here’s our take on 3 stories that we hope will help you see a smarter, brighter future.

1. Supabase Raises $100M, Triples Value in Four Months

Supabase - the open-source alternative to Firebase - has raised $100M at a $5B valuation, tripling its value in just four months. The company plans to use the funding to expand its developer tools and strengthen integrations across the AI stack, increasing it’s capacity to support small team and unicorn builders.

Here’s why this matters: We hear plenty about growth in AI infrastructure, but innovation also accelerates when developers gain autonomy and speed. Supabase shows how lowering friction for builders can supercharge experimentation - and so this round of funding promises more of this kind of capability, resulting in the kind of progress that pushes entire economies forward.

2. The Responsible AI Innovation Playbook is Excellent

The World Economic Forum has launched its Advancing Responsible AI Innovation Playbook - a practical guide for moving from responsible principles into realised practice. It’s designed to help organisations turn ethical frameworks into working systems that build trust while keeping pace with innovation.

Here’s why this matters: This handbook focuses very much on responsible AI as a strategic advantage for organisations who are looking to innovate but scale safely and inclusively. It moves ethics out of the policy decks and into product design -giving teams tangible frameworks to innovate with confidence, not fear - something we love to see.

3. Anthropic to Triple International Workforce

Anthropic is tripling its team outside the US as demand for Claude surges. In fact, nearly 80% of consumer use now comes from international markets, with countries like South Korea, Australia, and Singapore leading the charge.

Here’s why this matters: AI adoption isn’t just a Silicon Valley story anymore. When growth spreads this widely, it builds resilience, creates space for new kinds of innovation, and shows that the future of AI will be shaped by many voices and perspectives - not just by one culture or centre.

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  • Heidi’s latest US$65m funding round is another case study in how GenAI can amplify human time, reduce burnout and make healthcare more scalable without losing empathy or oversight.

  • Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban labelled AI ‘the great democratiser’ this week, and we don’t disagree.

  • Mothers are using AI to help manage the mental and emotional load that comes with raising kids in today’s society, and ChatGPT Pulse could change the game.

  • Open AI’s newest acquisition Roi is the latest in a series of acqui-hires aimed at making ChatGPT and its consumer apps more personal, context-aware and human in tone.

  • Deepseek is pushing the limits of GenAI affordability - reducing API costs by 50% through its new experimental LLM.

  • Hopper's AI agent can book flights and cancel trips without human help - a major advance in AI-powered automation for the trillion-dollar travel industry.

  • The evolution of OpenAI’s Sora to a native app marks a new era in radical accessibility for creative tools.

GenAI At Its Best

Harvey is becoming a critical part of the GenAI backbone for professional services - supercharging small legal teams to help them increase their output and accelerating work without cutting corners. It frees high value resources to do what they do best: think, advise and grow.

Speaking of automated backbone, Meliora Ventures investment Fluency helps organisations build operational intelligence through automated workflows - that self-optimise. We love Fluency because it takes the heavy lifting out of repetitive operations - freeing teams up to do more meaningful work.

The challenge of producing high quality, well designed slide decks and social content is a universal one. Enter Gamma - an AI partner for creative production. We’ve been playing with Gamma here at Meliora and really thrilled with it’s ability to bring our ideas to life. GenAI at its best!

The Relentless Optimist Podcast

Have you listened to the first episode of The Relentless Optimist Podcast yet? In our premiere episode, the Meliora team reminisce on a previous life at Absolute Radio, where an intimate Elton John concert turned into something spectacular - and much longer than expected! From launching a FLAC stream to a set list that grew from three to thirteen, this is the story of what happens when curiosity, technology and creative courage combine.

Our Strategic Partners

We are excited to announce a new Strategic Partnership with Galvanized Inc. Danny and his team work with producers, filmmakers, game developers, and experience designers to create content across diverse immersive platforms- pushing the boundaries of new media to deliver unforgettable experiences that connect fans to the moments they love most.

The Relentless Optimist podcast is supported by our friends and Strategic Partners tbi media. As a a multi award-winning broadcast, live show & concert production agency, tbi create, produce and deliver content for stages, screens and speakers and are renowned for their innovative approach and high-quality output

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