An interview with Guillaume Verdon, who founded stealth AI startup Extropic and is behind the @BasedBeffJezos persona at the center of effective accelerationism
and spoke to Guillaume Verdon, the self-described “gentle Canadian” behind the account. https://www.forbes.com/... @autismcapital : New Forbes article on e/acc and unfortunately doxxing Beff Jezos. It...
Tiger Global Management's Scott Shleifer will transition from his role leading private investments to a senior adviser role, effective January 1, 2024
and a map of his empire Kul Bhushan / Entrackr : Tiger Global's private investment head Scott Shleifer steps down Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Tiger Global chieftain Scott Shleifer transitions to advi...
Medium founder Ev Williams is stepping down as CEO, to be replaced by Coach.me CEO Tony Stubblebine; Williams plans to start a new holding company/research lab
Next month will be the tenth anniversary of the launch of Medium. Coach Tony : Hello Medium readers, authors, editors and publishers Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Ev Williams calls it quits as CEO of M...
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann is stepping down and transitioning to executive chairman, to be replaced by Google's president of commerce Bill Ready
and Google's e-commerce exec takes the reins Mahira Dayal / The Information : Pinterest Bets Big on Commerce With CEO Hire; A Science Creator Shuns YouTube Ad Share Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google lose...
An interview with Keith Rabois, who has championed Miami as a tech destination after moving there, and whose investment portfolio has seen major exits this year
San Francisco isn't dying Brian Bandell / South Florida Business Journal : Silicon Valley tech leader Rabois buys Miami Beach mansion for $29M (Photos) Tweets: Mike Solana / @micsolana : we're turning...
a16z raises new $2B fund and says the firm's 150 employees are being registered as financial advisers, so they can go deeper on riskier bets, like buying crypto
and more company is coming Lauren Feiner / CNBC : One of Silicon Valley's most famous venture capital firms says it will no longer be a venture capital firm Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk : A16z Moves to Pla...