How VCs are changing the way people learn about the tech industry, through a sprawling media ecosystem consisting of podcasts, newsletters, and streaming shows
Anne VanderMey / Bloomberg : Bluesky: @peark.es . X: @sarthakgh and @titanypw Bluesky: George Pearkes / @peark.es : I refuse to damage my brain by listing to VC podcast content lol X: Sar Haribhakti ...
Q&A with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth on joining US Detachment 201, the US Army's tech challenges, the “vibe shift” in Silicon Valley's military relations, and more
Shares How People At Facebook-Parent Reacted X: Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh : .@boztank to @PirateWires: “The degree to which people have been comfortable publicly supporting the military has changed ...
A profile of Chess.com, which has popularized online chess among pro athletes, as CEO Erik Allebest says the site has over $100M in annual revenue and 35M MAUs
Ira Boudway / Bloomberg : X: @sarthakgh , @willdkpalmer , and @business . LinkedIn: Avinash Persaud X: Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh : https://chess.com/: “Between June 2020 and December 2022, accounts...
Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on the trade-offs with Route Share, Uber's business structure, autonomous vehicles, working with fleet operators, and more
Today, I'm talking with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. We recorded this conversation the day Uber announced a big set of product updates … Bluesky: @edzitron.com , @martinsfp , @marypcbuk , and @reckles...
A profile of Dr. Shih Chin-tay, who led Taiwan's foray into chip production in the 1970s after joining the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Hsinchu
When 23-year-old Shih Chin-tay boarded a plane for the United States in the summer of 1969, he was flying to a different world. X: @wingcommander1 , @sarthakgh , @viv_chand , and @basuashis X: Rupert ...
An interview with Instacart founder and former CEO Apoorva Mehta on Instacart's beginnings, his board exit, his reluctance to take the company public, and more
and today he cut all ties with the company Reuters : Instacart set to be valued at nearly $13 bln in Wall Street debut Ari Levy / CNBC : Instacart closed up 12.33% in its Nasdaq debut, valuing the gro...
Q&A with Marc Andreessen on “Public Intellectual Marc”, software and the physical world, his essay on AI, COVID-19, China, a16z, crypto investments, and more
Today's Stratechery Interview — and the last Interview of the summer — is with Marc Andreessen. Twitter: @bmorrissey , @sarthakgh , @jrichlive , and @packym Twitter: Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey : I ...
Sources: US official Kurt Campbell confronted Sequoia's Don Vieira over funding Chinese startups that may threaten US security, leading to the three-way split
Wall Street Journal : Twitter: @niubi , @sarthakgh , and @kate_okeeffe Twitter: Bill Bishop / @niubi : Sequoia made a fortune investing in the U.S. and in China. Then the venture firm found it had to...
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...
Sources: Meta managers built up “kingdoms” as headcount surged, before layoffs led to an unprecedented morale crisis and lower confidence in Mark Zuckerberg
Roiled by waves of layoffs and a costly investment in the metaverse, many insiders say the Facebook founder has lost his vision — and the trust of his workforce Mastodon: @atomicpoet@mastodon.social ....