How AI automation can fulfill Thomas Piketty's predictions on rising economic inequality, and why highly progressive taxes on capital can help slow the spiral
Piketty was wrong about the past. He's probably right about the future. — 1. Introduction X: @briancalbrecht , @saikatc , @harryh , @jankulveit , @daniel_271828 , @krishnanrohit , @besttrousers , @...
Garry's Mod is removing “all Nintendo related stuff” from its Steam Workshop, covering “20 years of uploads”, after receiving a takedown request from Nintendo
Fans aren't happy, as you can imagine. — Following a takedown request issued by Nintendo …
A profile of YC's Garry Tan, whose combative online persona has sparked controversies as he tries to shift SF politics from idealistic progressivism to centrism
discussing his increasing local political presence just as Demo Day is about to kick off in the city. 🎁 https://www.nytimes.com/... Mastodon: Glenn Fleishman / @glennf@twit.social : My life likely tu...
Interviews with Garry Tan, Paul Graham, YC partners, and others about Tan reshaping YC in a “return to roots”, as some founders complain about politicization
Former venture capitalist Garry Tan has slashed programs and turned up the mics in a bid to restore … X: @johnpaczkowski , @madhuyalamarthi , @yuris , and @n_sportelli LinkedIn: Alex Konrad and Alex K...
Y Combinator names Garry Tan as its next president, replacing Geoff Ralston in January 2023; Tan will step away from his role at his firm Initialized Capital
YC gave me my start, and I'm deeply grateful to the community. https://www.forbes.com/... @initialized : News alert: Congratulations to @jenhwolf & @brettdg, our new managing partners. Jen & Brett joi...
Interview with Initialized Capital's Garry Tan on the firm's seed investment in Coinbase, Ohanian's departure, building a presence on social media, and more
Covering venture capital, software and startups — In March 2012, Garry Tan received an email from the founder of a new startup called Bitbank, Brian Armstrong. Tweets: @garrytan , @initialized , @al...
Shogun, which helps e-commerce brands build faster websites, has raised $10M Series A, led by Initialized Capital with participation from VMG Partners and YC
Amazon may have a market cap of more than $1 trillion, but Finbarr Taylor, CEO of Y Combinator-backed startup Shogun, said the e-commerce giant is “kind of dropping the ball.” Tweets: @rishmishra and ...
Tundra, a new zero-commission wholesale marketplace, announces $12M Series A; Tundra generates revenue via premium checkout options like faster shipping
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch : Tweets: @garrytan Tweets: Garry / @garrytan : Tundra raised $12M from our friends at Redpoint!The $1 trillion B2B wholesale market is set up with platforms/distributors ch...
SEC approves the creation of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, or LTSE, a Silicon Valley-based national securities exchange proposed by Eric Ries
if they don't kill each other first Tweets: Alexis Ohanian Sr / @alexisohanian : This is great news: @WSJ reports that @ltse cleared to become 14th U.S. Stock Exchange. Very happy to have @ericries an...
A roundup of the 88 companies that launched at YC's Winter 2019 Demo Day 2, including ride-sharing, insurance, developer tool, and crypto trading startups
TechCrunch : Tweets: @ilan , @garrytan , and @pt Tweets: Ilan Abehassera / @ilan : Most of the YC startups I am seeing from this batch (W19) are super super early, with much later stage valuations. I...