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...
Sources: the Sequoia-Klarna spat stemmed from Klarna co-founders Sebastian Siemiatkowski and Victor Jacobsson, dragging Michael Moritz and Sequoia into the fray
- Disputes within Klarna spilled over into high-profile VC drama — Sequoia backtracked on plans to boot Moritz from board X: @aishagani and @aishagani X: Aisha S Gani / @aishagani : We report at the ...
IBM SVP and Director of Research Darío Gil says the company will stop pursuing numeric patent leadership and focus instead on open innovation and collaboration
For 29 years straight, IBM has led the United States in minting patents, at its peak filing over 10,000 US patent applications … Tweets: @trengriffin , @ibmnews , and @rossmauri Tweets: Tren Griffin /...
Sources: Andreessen Horowitz to launch an opinion section on its website that will publish articles related to technology and business from outside contributors
Silicon Valley investment firm Andreessen Horowitz, which once courted attention from the news media, is ramping up its own media efforts. Tweets: @amir , @nxthompson , @s_m_i , @quinnypig , @alexisoh...
A look at the pandemic's impact on Nextdoor and how CEO Sarah Friar has attempted to promote the concept of “kindness” amid a tumultuous year for the company
The social network for local communities bet on kindness to power it to an IPO. If only the locals don't ruin it. Tweets: @mclendaniel , @table_delete , and @ctrlzee Tweets: Morgan Clendaniel / @mcle...
Black Amazon employees, many working in warehouses, urge Jeff Bezos to match his rhetoric on racial justice with actions to address “systemic” racial bias
From racist graffiti to missed promotions, employees say a “systemic pattern of racial bias” permeates the company. Tweets: @kyweise , @kyweise , @kyweise , @kyweise , @teamcoworker , @kyweise , and @...
Several former TripActions employees say ~100 staff members were fired en masse during a Zoom call, without being told the reason behind the meeting beforehand
Hundreds of tech employees are getting laid off amid the coronavirus outbreak — but now it's all happening over Zoom. Tweets: @edbott , @chrisparry , @pluginfud , @issielapowsky , @djadequate , @ahmed...
How incidents like banning an “Always Punch Nazis” comic at Kickstarter led to a unionization push by employees who believe in the altruistic image of the brand
Kickstarter never wanted to be a normal tech company. A crowdfunding platform for artists, gadget-makers … Tweets: @bentarnoff , @waxpancake , and @kevinriggle Tweets: Ben Tarnoff / @bentarnoff : Imp...
Interview with Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on how the Tumblr acquisition came about, what's next for Tumblr, adult content in apps, and more
Blogging is back, hopefully — It's been a long and winding road for Tumblr, the blogging site that launched a thousand writing careers. Tweets: @reckless , @reckless , and @reckless See also Mediaga...
Profile of Amazon's HR chief Beth Galetti, the highest-ranking woman at the company and the only woman on the 18-person “S-Team” that reports directly to Bezos
Amazon's HR chief, former engineer Beth Galetti, is hiring hundreds of people a day. As the company's workforce swells, so do her challenges. Tweets: @jill_bernstein , @mieky , @harrymccracken , @fas...