Technology
Founders Fund nears $6B close for latest growth fund, sources say
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund is nearing the close of its fourth growth fund, Founders Fund Growth IV, ...View More
Ring’s Jamie Siminoff has been trying to calm privacy fears since the Super Bowl, but his answers may not help
When Ring founder and CEO Jamie Siminoff decided to use the company’s first-ever Super Bowl commerci ...View More
Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedly seeks funding at $1B valuation
ModRetro, the vintage gaming startup by Palmer Luckey, is in talks to raise funding at a $1 billion ...View More
Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startups away from defense work?
In just over a week, negotiations over the Pentagon’s use of Anthropic’s Claude technology fell thro ...View More
Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in AI man camps
To house the hundreds or thousands of temporary workers needed to build an AI data center, developer ...View More
A roadmap for AI, if anyone will listen
While Washington’s breakup with Anthropic exposed the complete lack of any coherent rules governing ...View More
Push for $40 smartphones builds momentum, but still faces cost hurdles
A push by a coalition of telecom operators, device makers, and industry groups to bring $40 smartpho ...View More
Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package
Sundar Pichai’s new pay package could be worth $692 million. Per a filing first spied by the FT, Alp ...View More
PopSockets founder David Barnett talks about building a viral business
David Barnett has learned a lot since first launching PopSockets more than a decade ago. As t ...View More
OpenAI delays ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ again
OpenAI has delayed the launch of “adult mode,” a ChatGPT feature that will give verified adult users ...View More
