Filing: West Co, founded by Biz Stone and Evan Sharp, raised $29M; it launched the invite-only social app Tangle, “designed for intentional living”, in November
Biz Stone and Evan Sharp raise new funds for ‘Tangle’ as they assess the ‘devastation’ caused by online excess Bluesky: @tonytassell Bluesky: Tony Tassell / @tonytassell : This is fascinating.,Two Sil...
Sources: Chinese hardware maker Goertek is strengthening its grip on Meta's AI glasses supply chain, including making “Hypernova”, through a spate of dealmaking
similar to the Quest — on local ecommerce platforms. Meta executives debated launching a lawsuit against its Chinese supplier, but ultimately decided against pursuing a case ‼️ Bluesky: Tony Tassell /...
An interview with computational linguist Emily Bender, who coined the term “stochastic parrot”, on her AI skepticism, co-writing the book The AI Con, and more
The computational linguist on her motivations for taking on Big Tech, the dangers of chatbots — and why AI is just a ‘glorified Magic 8 Ball’ Bluesky: @hypervisible , @tonytassell , and @nataliegreenp...
The AI arms race between employers and jobseekers isn't going well for anyone, as applicants turn to GenAI to speed up a process that already felt dehumanized
www.ft.com/content/43cd... Colm Murphy / @colmpm : Some interesting parallels in this @sarahoconnorft.ft.com piece on hiring with some of the dilemmas we face in higher education. For example, the ad...
Chinese firms like Alibaba, Baidu and DeepSeek are open sourcing AI models to bypass US curbs, decentralize development, and tap global talent for refinement
but BoFA sees a correction coming Wency Chen / South China Morning Post : AMD CEO Lisa Su visits China, touting AI chip compatibility with DeepSeek, Alibaba models Callum Keown / Barron's Online : Bai...
A look at the relationship between Tether and Trump transition co-Chair Howard Lutnick, who boasted about Cantor Fitzgerald handling $10B in redemptions in 2022
Howard Lutnick has defended the stablecoin company which has been used by gangs and US adversaries Bluesky: @tonytassell Bluesky: Tony Tassell / @tonytassell : An eye-opening look at Tether and Howard...
A profile of Alex Gerko, who used an Icelandic supercomputer and 25K AI chips to build XTX, an algorithmic trading firm that handles $250B of daily trades
XTX Markets conquered foreign exchange trading and made its Russian-born founder a multibillion-pound fortune X: @hsu_steve and @tonytassell X: Steve Hsu / @hsu_steve : Alex Gerko in FT. Not on X anym...
NYU professor Aswath Damodaran on an AI bot that is trained on his equity valuation work that is in the public domain, why AI will empower generalists, and more
Whether the risks to jobs is real or not, it behoves us all to act like it is given how consequential the costs could be X: @tonytassell and @adsinuk X: Tony Tassell / @tonytassell : Strategies to bea...
Sources paint a bleak picture for startup founders in China; IT Juzi report: only 1,202 startups were founded in the country in 2023 compared to 51,302 in 2018
Venture capital finance has dried up amid political and economic pressures, prompting a dramatic fall in new company formation X: @carnage4life , @tonytassell , @michaelxpettis , @eleanorolcott , @hsu...
Elon Musk boosts a post that disparages the abilities of “women and low T men”, advocates a “Republic of high status males”, and mentions a “Reich effect”
With about two months until Election Day, the guardrails established … Ariana Baio / The Independent : Elon Musk suggests support for replacing democracy with government of ‘high-status males’ Jyoti M...