Sequoia's Shaun Maguire speculated in an X post that an innocent Palestinian student was behind the Brown University shooting; the post was later deleted
and unleash chaos Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Sequoia partner spreads debunked Brown shooting theory, testing new leadership Media Matters for America : After the Brown University shooting, right-med...
Alphabet's X is increasingly spinning out projects as independent companies via a Series X Capital fund, which has raised $500M+ with a minority Alphabet stake
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An interview with CEO Amjad Masad on Replit's path to a $3B valuation, revenue growth, pivot to non-technical white-collar workers, $350M war chest, and more
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Bluesky: @pierrejulian and @geniusrefi Bluesky: @pierrejulian : So, we failed to convert the actual devs, now we're going with non-devs so they can code some slop. Legit...
A profile of Katie Haun, a former federal prosecutor turned a16z partner who later founded Haun Ventures and believes the GENIUS Act will make stablecoins safer
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Elad Gil, backer of Perplexity, Character.AI, Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe, invested in Enam Co., which aims to use AI to reinvent businesses via PE roll-ups
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An interview with Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia on building the “next Nextdoor”, not licensing data to AI firms for now, his relationship with Bill Gurley, and more
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Q&A with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev about the company's aggressive plans for 2025, including competing with prediction market startups like Kalshi and Polymarket
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Q&A with Laela Sturdy, the head of Alphabet's growth stage venture arm CapitalG, about its decision-making process, AI strategy, Stripe's valuation, and more
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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...
Q&A with Founders Fund GP Keith Rabois on why the VC firm halved its newest fund, investing in online wholesale marketplace Faire and jobs board Traba, and more
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