An interview with CEO Amjad Masad on Replit's path to a $3B valuation, revenue growth, pivot to non-technical white-collar workers, $350M war chest, and more
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Bluesky: @pierrejulian and @geniusrefi Bluesky: @pierrejulian : So, we failed to convert the actual devs, now we're going with non-devs so they can code some slop. Legit...
Intel announces top executive changes, including the departure of Intel Products CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus, and establishes a new central engineering group
company also establishes new custom chip design unit Prasanth Aby Thomas / Computerworld : Intel announces leadership overhaul, underscoring long road to recovery Jacob Fox / PC Gamer : Intel reshuffl...
An interview with Lovable CEO Anton Osika on competition, staying in Europe, and more; the startup now has 2.3M+ active users, including 180K paying subscribers
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A profile of Katie Haun, a former federal prosecutor turned a16z partner who later founded Haun Ventures and believes the GENIUS Act will make stablecoins safer
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Anthropic co-founder Jared Kaplan says Anthropic cut Windsurf's direct access to Claude models largely because of reports that OpenAI was acquiring Windsurf
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GM names Aurora co-founder and CPO Sterling Anderson as its VP of Global Product and its Chief Product Officer, a newly created position, starting on June 2
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Hasan Sukkar, the founder of AI startup 11x, which has raised $70m+ to date, steps down as CEO; CTO Prabhav Jain has been named the new CEO
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SEC filing: Intel EVP and Chief Commercial Officer Christoph Schell is resigning “in order to pursue another career opportunity” after joining in February 2022
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Automattic lays off 16% of its staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become “more agile and responsive”; ahead of the layoffs, its website listed 1,744 employees
· — Earlier today, CEO Matt Mullenweg shared … Business Today : WordPress parent Automattic lays off 16% of its employees amid legal and market challenges Emma Roth / The Verge : WordPress.com owner...
Prolific fintech VC and QED Investors co-founder Frank Rotman says he will become partner emeritus by the end of 2025 and focus on launching his own startups
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