Takeaways from the 2026 Game Developers Conference: a high volume of job seekers amid layoffs, AI was the hot buzzword, more outsourcing than ever, and more
GDC in San Francisco this week was full of job-seekers, co-development studios and AI — Hi everyone.LinkedIn:Jason Schreier.Forums:r/GamesLinkedIn:Jason Schreier:I spent the week in San Francisco at...
Naveen Mallela, JPMorgan's global co-head of blockchain unit Kinexys, leaves after 11 years at the bank; Kinexys handled $5B transactions per day as of December
The global co-head of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s blockchain division has left after more than a decade at the bank, as it steps up an expansion in digital-asset payments.LinkedIn:Naveen MallelaLinkedIn:Na...
An interview with OpenAI for Science head Kevin Weil on the team's mission, why LLMs can't come up with game-changing discoveries yet, and more
In the three years since ChatGPT's explosive debut, OpenAI's technology has upended a remarkable range of everyday activities at home, at work …LinkedIn:Will Douglas HeavenLinkedIn:Will Douglas Heaven...
A profile of SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell, who has worked at the startup since 2002 and is known as a customer emissary and an Elon Musk translator
Shotwell has an expansive role at the rocket and satellite company, helping to foster its rise. With an IPO looming, the toughest stretch may still lie ahead.LinkedIn:Jacob BungeandMicah MaidenbergLi...
How Skövde, a small Swedish city of 58,000, churns out world-famous video games via a degree for game developers at University of Skövde and a startup incubator
Ralph Jones / The Guardian : LinkedIn: Henrik Jonsson LinkedIn: Henrik Jonsson : Skövde, the place where the Swedish Indie Game boom was formed, is in UK newspapers - The blueprint for building a gam...
An interview with Marcos Galperin, the CEO of MercadoLibre, which has a $105B market cap, on deciding to resign, MercadoLibre's rivalry with Amazon, and more
Bloomberg : LinkedIn: Brad Stone and Patrick Gillespie LinkedIn: Brad Stone : Is there anyone more directly responsible for the economic transformation of Latin America than Marcos Galperin, founder ...
A look at Microsoft Excel's evolution, as it remains the most widely used spreadsheet software with 500M paying users despite competition from Google and others
Before it took over her life, Leila Gharani mostly took Microsoft Excel for granted. She was working on a process optimization project … X: @mattmday . LinkedIn: Rachel Metz and Max Chafkin . Forums:...
The AI boom has led to high demand and more pay for the construction workers who build data centers; a trade group estimates there's a shortage of ~439K workers
Te-Ping Chen / Wall Street Journal : X: @reidhoffman . LinkedIn: Jake Rasweiler X: Reid Hoffman / @reidhoffman : In the coming months and years, there will be more conversations about what the Americ...
An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg on lessons from AOL, the rise of esports, turning around EA's Star Wars: The Old Republic, helping Zynga, and more
An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg about a career focused on turnarounds, from EA's KOTR to Zynga and now to Unity. X: @mbromberg and @nepali_investor . LinkedIn: Matthew Bromberg X: Matthew...
An account of working at Cursor for 60 days: a largely in-person culture, few scheduled meetings, aggressive recruiting, heavy internal product testing, more
On recruiting and culture — Nivi: You're listening to the Naval Podcast. X: Jim O'Shaughnessy / @jposhaughnessy : “When I asked co-founder Sualeh Asif what he's most concerned about when it comes to...