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Lora Kolodny

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53 articles accelerating

Seven stories in 2025 Q4 capped a coverage shift from Elon Musk and Tesla to AI platforms, Big Tech governance, and federal policy.

Who they are

Lora Kolodny is a person whose coverage footprint sits in technology-industry stories involving Elon Musk, Tesla, Twitter and its social-media alternatives, then broadens into the business, policy, safety, and platform-control questions surrounding Apple, Microsoft, OpenAI, and AI startups.

The recent arc

The most recent coverage peak came in 2025 Q4, led by stories about the infrastructure and governance consequences of the AI buildout: Microsoft’s withdrawn Wisconsin data-center proposal amid local opposition, Figure AI’s former product-safety head suing the humanoid-robot company, Microsoft’s $3.1 billion earnings hit tied to its OpenAI investment, and Trump’s order seeking to preempt state AI laws. Apple also features prominently, through its removal of ICEBlock after a Justice Department request, the reported Prompt AI acquihire, and researcher departures to Meta.

The tension

The central tension is between technology companies’ control over increasingly consequential AI platforms and the external forces contesting that control. Apple is challenged by xAI’s accusation that its App Store favors OpenAI, while its ICEBlock removal puts platform moderation under direct government pressure; Microsoft and OpenAI illustrate how AI investment, infrastructure expansion, and public resistance are becoming intertwined. Earlier Tesla Full Self-Driving scrutiny and Musk’s conflict with Trump add a parallel theme of companies whose product ambitions and government relationships carry regulatory risk.

Why it matters

If this trajectory continues, the coverage will matter less as a record of isolated product or corporate developments and more as a view into who sets the operating rules for AI: platform owners, major model providers, regulators, states, or local communities. The outcome remains uncertain, but the mix of App Store disputes, data-center opposition, safety allegations, and federal preemption points to AI’s deployment becoming a contested governance issue rather than solely a competitive technology race.

Lora Kolodny has appeared in 53 articles since 2015-11. Coverage peaked in 2025Q4 with 7 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Elon Musk, Elon, Bluesky, Twitter.

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Coverage Timeline

2025-10-30
CNBC 6 related

Microsoft's OpenAI investment resulted in a $3.1B hit to Q1 net income; Productivity and Business Processes revenue, with Office and LinkedIn, grew 17% to $33B

www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/ m... Robert Evans / @iwriteok : silicon valley investors: for the low one-time price of $5 billion i promise to lose you significantly less than $11.5 billion a quarter...

2025-07-19
Bloomberg 13 related

Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange Bullish files for an IPO, plans to trade on the NYSE, and reports a net loss of ~$349M on digital asset sales of $80M in Q1

This is our initial public offering.  We are offering a total of ordinary shares … Godfrey Benjamin / Coinspeaker : Bullish Exchange Files to Go Public in the United States Sebastian Villafuerte / Bit...

2025-02-05
Nikkei Asia

Worldpay: cash will make up 14% of transactions in Asia by 2027, down from 49% in 2019, driven by the adoption of QR codes and other smartphone-based payments

Nikkei Asia : Bluesky: @lorak Bluesky: Lora Kolodny / @lorak : cash is still awesome.  but.  it's going extinct possibly.  [embedded post]

2024-10-26
CNBC 29 related

Waymo closed a $5.6B Series C led by Alphabet to expand its robotaxi service in and beyond LA, San Francisco, and Phoenix, bringing its total funding to $11.1B

Having had the pleasure of seeing Waymo come … Lora Kolodny : Waymo has closed its series C funding round at $5.6 billion.  The self-driving venture owned by Google parent Alphabet plans to use the fu...

2021-06-26
CNBC 1 related

SafeAI, which retrofits industrial vehicles like dump trucks, bulldozers, and skid steers with autonomous systems, raises $21M Series A led by Builders VC

Lora Kolodny / CNBC :

2020-08-13
CNBC 12 related

Lyft reports Q2 revenue of $339M, above expectations but down 61% YoY, as active riders drop 60% YoY to 8.7M; revenue per active rider was $39.06, down 2% YoY

Lora Kolodny / CNBC :

2018-06-21
CNBC 5 related

Bossa Nova, whose robots are used by Walmart's grocery stores, raises $29M round led by Cota Capital, bringing its total raised to $70M

Lora Kolodny / CNBC :

2017-04-15
TechCrunch 11 related

Lidar sensor startup Luminar comes out of stealth, says it has raised $36M in seed funding from Canvas Ventures, GVA Capital, and Peter Thiel-backed 1517 Fund

Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch :

2017-04-14
TechCrunch 16 related

Lidar sensor startup Luminar comes out of stealth, says it has raised $36M in seed funding from Canvas Ventures, GVA Capital, and Peter Thiel-backed 1517 Fund

Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch :

2017-04-02
TechCrunch 5 related

JoyRun, which lets consumers order food and drink through people already heading out, raises $8.5M Series A, bringing total raised to $9.8M

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