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...
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...
A profile of Alexandr Wang, a co-founder of Scale AI, which outsources ~240K workers via its subsidiary Remotasks to label the data used to train AI systems
hundreds of thousands of them — powering AI. https://www.forbes.com/... https://twitter.com/... @ycombinator : “There's two things I deeply believe. One, AI is a huge force for good, and it needs to b...
California regulators close SVB and name the FDIC as the receiver to protect insured deposits; SVB ended 2022 with ~$209B in assets and $175.4B in deposits
banks, lawyers, etc — and it's a minor but not insignificant screening mechanism. https://twitter.com/... Jason Zweig / @jasonzweigwsj : If you want to create a perverse incentive for banks to become ...
An analysis of Elon Musk's reported attempts to raise money for Twitter via an equity sale at an absurd price, why his successor will be unpopular, and more
Matt Levine / Bloomberg : Tweets: @matt_levine , @shoepergirl , @gthartley , @iihavetoes , @johnpaczkowski , @ben_mathes , and @rachaelmyrow Tweets: Matt Levine / @matt_levine : This newsletter must ...
Apple names longtime company spokesperson Kristin Huguet as VP of worldwide communications, replacing Stella Low, who is leaving after joining Apple in May 2021
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Apple hires ex-Cisco communications chief Stella Low as new VP of worldwide corporate communications; Phil Schiller has been overseeing Apple's PR since 2019
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Greg Joswiak will replace Phil Schiller as SVP of Worldwide Marketing; Schiller becomes an Apple Fellow and will continue to lead the App Store and Apple Events
iPhone! — they couldn't have made it any more clear that he was next in line. Neil Cybart / @neilcybart : @jammasternate Many of those names worked at Apple for some time while also having the title. ...
Some Facebook ex-staffers think Twitter-inspired 2013 shift to display more news was a failed experiment, as time spent on FB has declined the past two years
Getty Images / John Paczkowski, BuzzFeed News — When news broke on Thursday evening of Facebook's dramatic overhaul of its News Feed …
After years of rejecting the “media company” label, Twitter is hiring Periscope editors, broadcasting news alerts, and airing premium live video
If you're wondering whether Twitter views itself as a media company or not, take a look at its careers page. Tweets: @trengriffin , @kantrowitz , @peterhimler , @eileenmcarey , @johnpaczkowski , @jayf...