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10/25/2023
6 : 14
Snap pops, Threads rises, and cold plunges . . .are the hot new thing in networking(?)
View in browser Top News California's DMV has suspended Cruise's robotaxi permit, effective immediately. The DMV stated in its order that Cruise withheld the full video from an accident in
10/24/2023
4 : 24
Fifteen-minute-long TikTok videos, pricey olive oil, and Nvidia is going after PC chips now, too
View in browser Top News The Justice Department is expanding its inquiry into Tesla's business practices to look into how far Tesla vehicles can actually go on a single charge and what "
10/21/2023
7 : 44
Okta gets hacked, Musk confirms two new tiers for X users, and Google and Meta drop out of Web Summit
View in browser Friday, and what a week it has been! 🫠 Hope you have a happy weekend, everyone. We ran out of time to write much today (our new job is keeping us busy), but for the newest StrictlyVC
10/20/2023
6 : 44
IPO candidates told to lower their expectations, millions more 23andMe records leaked, and tennis with Carlos
View in browser Top News In testimony today at the fraud trial of FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, Can Sun, FTX's former general counsel, stated that Bankman-Fried asked him "come
10/19/2023
6 : 24
Bionic clothing, opaque large language models, and a VC who headed to Miami puts his SF manse on the market
View in browser Hello! Yesterday, we shared a Forbes report that listed some of the many Silicon Valley venture firms to count Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund as one of their limited partners
10/19/2023
6 : 4
A look at: Stanford's investment fund, the data center boom, and the Lone Star State's extremely vacant buildings
View in browser Friday the 13th! I don't consider myself a triskaidekaphobiac. However, I *did* wipe out on a mountain bike ride earlier this week, then tumble down a ravine like a hapless cartoon
10/19/2023
3 : 44
Founders, VCs, and others are boycotting Web Summit, Europe's biggest tech conference, following founder's remarks
View in browser Top News SEC head Gary Gensler is warning that a financial crisis is "nearly unavoidable" if financial institutions don't pay more attention to their use of AI models.
10/19/2023
3 : 14
The price of using X, reviews of a tech manifesto, and possible new clues for aging humans
View in browser Top News New users of X in New Zealand and the Phllippines will soon be asked to pay $1 per year to tweet, reply, quote, repost, like, bookmark, and create lists, reports Fortune. The
10/10/2023
8 : 14
The Israel-Hamas war has X drowning in disinformation
View in browser Top News Israel was prepared for a different war, observes the WSJ, noting its military's focus on intelligence, air power and technology left it vulnerable to a low-tech ground
10/7/2023
6 : 44
A 23andMe leak, Amazon satellites, and why "making custom burritos is actually 'very, very difficult for a robot'"
View in browser No time to package together a podcast this week, but things will surely slow down, right? 🆘 Hope you have a terrific weekend.:) Stay cool. Top News The information of nearly 7 million
10/6/2023
7 : 34
The SEC sues Elon Musk, an FTX co-founder shares some truly crazy data, and talking with a "TikTok whisperer"
View in browser Top News The SEC has filed suit against Elon Musk to force him to testify about his 2022 acquisition of Twitter. In response, Musk tweeted, "A comprehensive overhaul of these
10/5/2023
6 : 14
Pathological liar or "math nerd": Sam Bankman-Fried's court case gets underway in Manhattan
View in browser Top News The trial of FTX CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried kicked off today, and the opening statements described a man who either "lied to the world" or a "math nerd
10/4/2023
4 : 54
Anthropic strikes while the iron is hot, Masa Son goes gaga for AI, and more bad Cruise news
View in browser Top News Anthropic, one of the main rivals of OpenAI, is in talks with investors to raise at least $2 billion in new funding, following a commitment from Amazon last week to invest
10/3/2023
6 : 24
Microsoft trashes Google, VCs tells founders to hold off on IPOs, and how an Italian fashion brand became the new flex
View in browser Top News Meta is considering charging users $14 per month for an ad-free Instagram. In a pot-calling-the-kettle-black moment, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today threw Google under the
9/30/2023
6 : 54
SmileDirectClub's bankruptcy filing, Vuori's designs on an IPO, and the baby-faced racer winning over Formula 1 fans
View in browser It's National Coffee Day, everybody! (You never know, it could be a trivia question or crossword answer this weekend.) Speaking of the weekend, we're fast sinking into ours, but
9/29/2023
5 : 24
Epic's layoffs, Palantir's big deal, and a deep dive into Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's leather jacket
View in browser Top News This is amazing. 🤯 According to a report from Bloomberg, back in 2020, Microsoft tried to sell Bing to Apple. But Apple passed and likely never truly given much thought to
9/28/2023
7 : 4
A purported plan to build the "iPhone of artificial intelligence," aided by SoftBank
View in browser Top News Jony Ive, the renowned designer of the iPhone, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have been discussing building a new AI hardware device, says The Information. Per the report: "It
9/27/2023
6 : 4
The fall of what was India's most valuable startup, the return of net neutrality, and much more!
View in browser Top News Amazon was sued today by the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states (ouch). They accuse the online shopping behemoth of acting like a monopoly by placing pricing pressure on
9/26/2023
8 : 14
Post-IPO blahs, OpenAI gives ChatGPT a voice, and Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy is on a new Bitcoin-buying binge
View in browser Top News Amazon is backing AI startup Anthropic to the tune of $1.25 billion with an option to increase its stake to $4 billion. As part of the deal, Anthropic has agreed to use
9/23/2023
6 : 54
Battle of the venture funds, Bird gets the boot, and Tinder goes "ultra premium"
View in browser And we are on the move (onto the couch). Hope you have a terrific weekend. Note: We didn't have time to record a typical podcast for you this week because of Disrupt, which was