The AI revolution has more in common with shipping containerization than the boom unleashed by the microprocessor: diffuse global benefits but few new fortunes
The disruption is real. It's also predictable. — ISSUE 04 — Fortunes are made by entrepreneurs and investors … X: @actaccordingly , @shearic , @joincolossus , @sameer_singh17 , @patrick_oshag , @j...
A profile of Christian Garrett, co-founder of the Hill and Valley Forum and partner at 137 Ventures, who has become Silicon Valley's diplomat to Washington, DC
Margaux MacColl / The San Francisco Standard : X: @wolfejosh , @cgarrett_15 , @cgarrett_15 , @hkanji , and @seanhenryatl X: Josh Wolfe / @wolfejosh : He @CGarrett_15 is the man. A smart savvy class a...
Several media and tech executives say UK VC Matt Clifford, who has advised successive Tory and Labour governments, has an outsized influence over AI policy
British venture capitalist has advised successive Tory and Labour governments — Last year, as thousands of customers withdrew … X: @nickswan73 , @hkanji , @james_coe1 , and @krishnanrohit . LinkedIn...
Since the OpenAI board dispute, Microsoft diversified AI investments and partnerships, built its own models, and hired aggressively for its consumer AI efforts
Financial Times : X: @bgurley , @hetanshah , @hkanji , and @rwang07 X: Bill Gurley / @bgurley : This is a very long and interesting article. Must read I would say. It says Microsoft invested $13B in ...
A US judge sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for stealing from users of his now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange and orders him to forfeit $11B+
Past 6 pm on December 29 … Matthew Russell Lee / Matthew Russell Lee's Newsletter : Aftermath: SBF Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison After Coin Flip and Presidential Aspirations Cited by Judge - Ellison...
An in-depth look at the 2017 “Attention Is All You Need” paper, a big breakthrough in AI, and profiles of the eight Google researchers who co-authored the paper
They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the “Transformers” paper—the most consequential tech breakthrough in recent history. X: @jsmarr , @webbarr , @sandraupson , @hkanji , and @stevenle...
French billionaire Xavier Niel plans to invest €200M in AI projects, including an Nvidia cloud supercomputer, a research lab in Paris, and an annual conference
and we can — create a European AI champion. It's a question of sovereignty...supercomputer powered by Nvidia”. European sovereignty, powered by Nvidia. 🤷🏼♂ ️ https://www.ft.com/... Hussein Kanji / @h...
A look at Meta's “spirit of the policy” exception that lets the company break its moderation rules in conflict zones and crises; critics want more transparency
An Oversight Board case from Sri Lanka shows the power of Facebook's “spirit of the policy” exception Tweets: @hkanji , @restofworld , @decka227 , and @mvzelenks Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : A li...
A closer look at the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest US bank whose unrealized losses snowballed from $0 in June 2021 to $16B by September 2022
Markets/Econ — General Sherman's memoirs about the Page & Bacon 1855 bank run in San Francisco. Mike / Nongaap Investing : SIVB: Held-to-Mortem Governance Tweets: Mike / @nongaap : It kind of blows ...
Analysis: at least eight companies that went public via SPACs filed for bankruptcy since June 2022, almost 100 are spending unsustainably, and 73 trade below $1
Bloomberg : Tweets: @mattzeitlin , @carlquintanilla , @herbgreenberg , @hkanji , and @thestalwart Tweets: Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin : If we scrapped the accredited investor rules, it's not like ...