Silicon Valley has shifted from Web 2.0 to a new “hard tech”, AI-dominated era with fewer perks and a more serious mood, as startups use San Francisco as a base
In a scene in HBO's “Silicon Valley” in 2014, a character who had just sold his idea to a fictional tech company … Bluesky: @romitmehta.com . Mastodon: @ricmac@mastodon.social . X: @obrien , @profschl...
Tech investors and founders are flocking back to San Francisco, which is undergoing an AI boom, after leaving during the pandemic for Miami and other US cities
In 2020, venture capitalist Keith Rabois urged startup founders to join him in ditching San Francisco for Miami … Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to . X: @thesafestspace , @pitdesi , @producercities , @ws...
a16z plans to open a crypto-focused office in London and leads a $43M round in London-based Gensyn, which offers a decentralized compute network for training AI
Over the last year it has become clear that blockchains … Reuters : London crypto move is a sign of desperate times FinSMEs : Gensyn Raises £33.8M in Series A Funding Eli Dambel / Bitcoinist.com : a16...
As Miami prepares to host Bitcoin 2023 on May 18, the city and its mayor, who continues to take his salary in bitcoin, have mostly moved on from crypto
On the eve of the annual bitcoin conference, the city and its mayor have mostly moved on from crypto — A year ago, when the annual … Tweets: @silvermanjacob , @deborahacosta , and @mdudas Tweets: @s...
MobileCoin Chief Product Officer Bob Lee, who worked on CashApp as Square's CTO and on Android at Google, dies after being stabbed in San Francisco on April 4
I worked with Bob Lee when I first started working at Google. … Jenny Lee : Last night, I heard about Bob Lee's passing. I am completely devasted and heartbroken. — Bob was our Chief Product Office...
A look at delivery startup Gopuff's rise, reaching 165 warehouses covering 600 US cities by 2020 and a $15B valuation by 2021, and fall, as pandemic trends fade
Bloomberg : Tweets: @modestproposal1 , @carnage4life , @harrymccracken , @shiraovide , @bradstone , @mhbergen , @caseynewton , and @caseynewton Tweets: @modestproposal1 : 🔥 “It is a poorly kept secre...
An interview with Bored Ape Yacht Club creators Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow on BuzzFeed “doxxing” them, Yuga Labs, the future of BAYC, Otherside, and more
The evening of February 4, business partners Greg Solano, 33, and Wylie Aronow, 35, were at their respective homes … Tweets: @nickchilds , @ethangach , @jiwilde , @taylorlorenz , @inputmag , @inputmag...
A look at Jack Dorsey's life after Twitter, as 30+ people who have worked with him say his “favorite child” is promoting bitcoin, not working at Block
As he walked onstage at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Jack Dorsey was still technically the chief executive officer …
Sources: as Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen buy Las Vegas properties, they are less involved in a16z's daily operations and cutting down on board memberships
Recently, the Bay Area-based venture capitalist Ben Horowitz took part in a popular pandemic-era pastime: updating the location on his LinkedIn profile. Tweets: @pt , @lucas_shaw , @chafkin , @tomgara...
Profile of Francis Suarez, the mayor of Miami, who tweets relentlessly about Miami's merits as a hub for the tech industry, but has a relatively powerless job
Bloomberg : Tweets: @apompliano , @charlesarthur , @jstrauss , and @claire Tweets: Pomp / @apompliano : Miami is the city of the future. Entrepreneurs - move here. It will be a competitive advantage ...