Musk v. Altman: Elon Musk testifies he is suing OpenAI because “it is not okay to steal a charity” and its pivot sets a concerning precedent for philanthropy
Elon Musk testified Tuesday he's suing OpenAI and two of its co-founders — Sam Altman and Greg Brockman …
Sources: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative cuts ties with FWD.us, an immigration advocacy group founded by Mark Zuckerberg, eliminating FWD.us' main funding source
Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropy has cut ties with the pro-immigration advocacy group that he founded more than a decade ago …
Asana announces CEO Dustin Moskovitz is retiring, and reports Q4 sales rose 10% YoY to $188.3M, in line with estimates; ASAN drops 25%+
>CEO and Co-founder Dustin Moskovitz to retire. $ASAN: -27% AH [image] Vijar Kohli / @vijarkohli : Dustin Moskovitz is finally retiring. I've used Asana for years. It's actually a great product. The c...
Mastercard withdrew its commitment to invest $100M in 54 Collective, a top VC firm in Africa, where startup funding fell from $4.6B in 2022 to $2.2B in 2024
Read the latest from @tarykuh.bsky.social: — restofworld.org/2025/masterc... X: @restofworld : Mastercard Foundations big withdrawal from Africa's top VC firm leaves a gap in support for early-stage...
Jim Simons, a mathematician and founder of hedge fund firm Renaissance Technologies who pioneered computer-based approaches to quantitative trading, dies at 86
Jim Simons just died. Simons was an award-winning mathematician … Thomas Sumner / Simons Foundation : Remembering the Life and Careers of Jim Simons Jonathan Kandell / New York Times : Jim Simons, Ma...
Sources: in January 2018, Alameda got a $110M loan from Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn and a $6M loan from philanthropist Luke Ding, who back Effective Altruism
The big money behind Alameda Research, the sister trading firm of crypto exchange FTX, came from two influential backers … Tweets: @lizrhoffman , @mikekoob , @timnitgebru , @woodhull , @timnitgebru , ...
A look at Brian Armstrong's GiveCrypto, which started to financially empower those in need and aimed to raise $1B but turned into a mess of misplaced assurances
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FORTUNE; ORIGINAL PHOTOS BY GETTY IMAGES — Christian Maloba needed a job. Tweets: @taylorlorenz , @justindoom , @leomschwartz , @leomschwartz , and @jeffjohnroberts Tweets: Tay...
An interview with Sam Bankman-Fried on crypto hype, blockchain's potential to build a fairer financial system, bitcoin as an asset, philanthropy, and more
An interview with Sam Bankman-Fried on crypto hype, blockchain's potential to build a fairer financial system, bitcoin as an asset, philanthropy, and more
When an aide told me that “one of our drivers” would pick me up for my lunch with Sam Bankman-Fried, I imagined a hulking black SUV …
How Facebook became indispensable in Africa with its ease of access, importance to small businesses, its facilitating of community organizing, and more
Nesrine Malik / The Guardian : Tweets: @nwstein , @protagorasto , @skepticafro , @nesrinemalik , @wolfiechristl , @samhaselby , and @glynmoody Tweets: Nick Stein / @nwstein : After following @Google ...