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Jessica Mathews

Jessica Mathews

The Atlantic

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Anthropic hired president Daniela Amodei’s husband to work on the company’s AI safety strategy

The AI startup has been on a hiring spree, quietly bringing aboard EA philanthropist Holden Karnofsky, as well as Niki Parmar, whose research helped...

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Trump’s senior crypto advisor donated $1M in campaign advertisements to top Trump Super PAC one week before election

Bo Hines also served as the CEO of an “anti-woke,” Gen Z-focused digital news platform that partnered with a Trump-affiliated memecoin.

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Elon Musk’s underground transit system in Las Vegas is a magnet to trespassers and confused drivers who have to be escorted out

Individuals have wandered into the stations or tunnels to take photos, skateboard, or sleep.

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Elon Musk’s xAI is buying equipment—and getting a tax break—for an X data center in Atlanta, documents show

It’s the first step that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company has taken into Georgia, and is the latest indication of the...

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Exclusive: CEO of Ozempic prescription startup Calibrate steps down as investors eye ‘rapid downsizing’ of consumer business

Calibrate CEO Isabelle Kenyon is stepping down as chief executive and will no longer oversee day-to-day operations.

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Garry Tan says founders ‘have to be in San Francisco’ as Y Combinator ditches Mountain View headquarters for the big city

Y Combinator moved its headquarters out of Mountain View last year.

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Exclusive: Thrive Capital has invested in more than a dozen other VC firms from its growth fund, emails show

The firm’s eighth growth fund has made investments into VCs including Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang and Not Boring newsletter writer Packy McCormick.

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The startup behind the aspirational Hyperloop tunnel project in Northern Italy has struggled to pay employee salaries and rent this year, documents show

“We have endured months without being paid, and the company still owes several months of back salary,” reads a letter HyperloopTT’s CEO sent to...

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Executive assistant Carrie Sun spent years making her hedge fund boss’ work life run smoothly. Now she’s telling all

The memoir Private Equity is making waves for its entertaining and exhaustive detailing of the ins-and-outs of assistant work in this rarefied corner...

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GM-owned Cruise reached a more than $8M settlement with pedestrian who was dragged by robo taxi

The October accident in San Francisco led to Cruise pulling its fleet off the roads.

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Exclusive: Kickstarter shakes up leadership team, terminating senior employees and promoting execs, as it tries to rebrand itself

The restructuring is the latest attempt by the once-buzzy startup to restore its relevance.

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s guilty verdict should be a lesson for us all

SBF’s enormous fraud was made possible with venture capital dollars.

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Silicon Valley Bank puts its $10 billion venture arm up for sale

SVB Capital blasted a letter, seen by Fortune, to its limited partners via email Monday morning, saying it was “continuing to operate” following...

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Spying, poaching, and lawsuits: The long, strange history between Credit Suisse and UBS

The two banks have a long history of not getting along.

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11 unsung heroes of Silicon Valley’s banking crisis

They helped restore faith in the private markets—even when everything looked like everything might fall apart.

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The strange case of SVB Capital, where 110 employees are awaiting their fate during an extremely uneasy time

Hundreds of pages of bankruptcy filings reviewed by Term Sheet outline the bizarre limbo the VC unit finds itself in.

11.05.2026 6

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Microsoft’s chief scientific officer, one of the world’s leading A.I. experts, doesn’t think a 6 month pause will fix A.I.—but has some ideas of how to safeguard it

In a rare interview, Eric Horvitz talks about A.I., humanity, and how the two can coexist.

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From his new home in Austin, legendary VC Bill Gurley opens up about why he stepped back from Benchmark and his next act

The famous VC explains why Steve Martin inspired him to retire from day to day venture capital, and why if a programmer is not using A.I., “you're...

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Venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale pitched a $2.6 billion citywide tunnel system project built by Elon Musk’s Boring Company to Austin’s mayor, emails show

Lonsdale, a Boring Company investor, proposed a 45-station tunnel commuter system that would start out with a small-scale tunnel between his...

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Exclusive: Peter Thiel explains his decision not to fund any presidential candidates in 2024

“They will convince people or they will not convince people. And an extra $1 million or $10 million does not make any difference,” the billionaire...

11.05.2026 10

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More women come forward with claims of mistreatment at Carta, the startup unicorn last valued at $7.4 billion

Litigation, high turnover, and employee grievances against management are swirling around the equity management startup backed by a16z.

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How Jeffrey Epstein leveraged a prestigious U.N.-affiliated nonprofit—and the Gates Foundation—to control women and keep them in his orbit

DOJ emails and two victims’ personal accounts show how Jeffrey Epstein brokered one of the International Peace Institute’s important donor...

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His own journey through addiction propelled one entrepreneur to launch Sober Sidekick

VCs saw a compelling path for Chris Thompson's addiction app, but he thinks he found a better bet to keep users sober.

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The Kitchen 66 food entrepreneurship incubator has helped 118 businesses get a start

Mac n' cheese, honey jalapeño chicken, and a strong serving of entrepreneurial experience are on the menu.

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Legendary VC Alan Patricof says valuations still have further to fall

At 87, Alan Patricof is still an optimist, but he's a realist about the rough road startups are still facing.

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Walmart heiress Alice Walton’s financial ties to Canoo CEO revealed in court filings

New testimony in an ongoing employment dispute links the major Walmart shareholder to Tony Aquila’s private equity firm.

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Inside Lightspeed’s three-year strategy to get ahead of the downturn—and what’s next for the firm after its star investor steps back

The VC firm has made an unorthodox bet to challenge its own ideas, and set up a new generation of talent

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Serena Williams’ co-investor shares what comes next for the athlete’s venture firm

Williams has never just been a name on the door at the venture firm, and she’s only going to get more involved.

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Inside the chaos at Canoo, the zero-revenue, cash-burning EV company that just inked a major deal with Walmart

Under CEO Tony Aquila, Canoo has been beset by canceled deals, executive turnover, and legal spats, but Walmart's commitment to buy its vans could be...

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Private funds are entangled with Russian oligarchs. The problem is no one knows by how much

Private equity and venture capital firms aren’t legally required to know who’s behind their capital.

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The unauthorized profile of Chris Dixon, the world’s top crypto investor

The Andreessen Horowitz GP controls the biggest crypto investing fund on the planet—but has spent a career trying to stay in the background.

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Inside SoftBank’s side letter with Better CEO Vishal Garg

Documents show that Garg put his own personal fortune on the line and could face uncapped losses.

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Revelations from the Trump SPAC’s new registration statement

The social media network might need to undergo a rebrand and Dinesh D’Souza is one of its most popular users.

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The surprising heart of drone technology is on the Choctaw reservation in Oklahoma

After taking a flier on drones, the tribe has quickly become a leader in the emerging field.

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The good times in Silicon Valley come crashing to a halt

The easy money is gone, the market’s a mess, and there’s no exit in sight. Now investors in private companies are wondering how bad things are...

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Sweetgreen claimed it was profitable. According to its IPO filings, it is not

Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Neman has said the salad company is profitable, but its IPO filings reveal losses dating back to 2014.

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Better.com lays off 9% of staff as the SoftBank-backed company prepares to add $1 billion to its balance sheet ahead of a SPAC merger

CEO Vishal Garg allegedly told employees he should have made the cuts sooner, according to two people on the call.

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Better.com CEO blasts laid-off employees, accusing them of ‘stealing’ by working only two hours daily

Garg posted a series of messages seen by Fortune on an anonymous professional network in the days after laying off more than 900 workers.

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More than 100 startups have offices in Ukraine. Founders are rushing to protect their employees

Companies with primary or secondary offices in Ukraine now have employees who are now in a war zone.

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Dealmakers are thrilled to be operating in person again

Zoom calls helped make 2021 a record year for deals, but people signing the checks want to get together in person again.

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A16z-backed Infinite Machine is building e-bikes that feel like mopeds. Cyclists may have some qualms

The venture-backed bike maker is speeding past competitors with its newest 176-pound entrant.

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The Walmart billionaires next door: Quiet backlash is brewing against the heirs who remade the retailer’s hometown

The Walton family transformed Bentonville into a bike-friendly paradise. So why are residents so mad at them?

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Elon Musk’s coterie of companies are getting more and more pushback from Democrats

Between lawsuits and demand letters, Elon Musk’s various companies are being scrutinized—even in cities where they were once welcome.

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Elon Musk’s companies, once welcomed in Baltimore with open arms, are now getting stiff-armed—or sued

The demise of a Boring Co tunnel to the Ravens football stadium, within hours of the city's lawsuit against xAI, is a striking illustration of how...

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Defense startup Shield AI is projecting more than $540 million in revenue this year as valuation more than doubles to $12.7 billion

The surveillance drone and autonomy startup has raised $1.5 billion and is acquiring an autonomy simulation company.

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Exclusive: Nevada legislators press Governor Lombardo on Boring Co. oversight, demanding plan for state’s ‘structural failures’

State regulators and officials are under heightened scrutiny over safety and environmental issues involving Elon Musk’s Las Vegas tunneling projects.

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A turning point at the Pentagon: Anduril’s new mega‑deal rewrites the rules for Silicon Valley—and raises new risks

The $20 billion ceiling contract with the Army shows a new pattern: that VC‑backed platforms can win prime‑like enterprise deals.

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Uber will operate its own robotaxis again—this time with Rivian’s not‑yet‑built EVs

After studying the competition for years via partnerships, Uber is apparently ready to take on more risk again.

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp says there was ‘never a sense’ AI products would be used for domestic surveillance in Anthropic-DoD feud

In an exclusive interview with Fortune, the CEO of the software platform used by the Defense Department weighs in on which U.S. agencies should have...

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This land data startup is buying GPUs so tech giants and real estate developers can find property for data centers

Acres has become one of a number of niche data companies quietly assembling GPU clusters outside the walls of Big Tech.

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