The Marin Community Foundation sold 13.4M+ Figma shares for $440M+ in the IPO; source: the foundation had received the shares from Figma co-founder Evan Wallace
As Figma went public this week to much fanfare—and an almost instantaneous 250% stock pop—quite a few folks from Silicon Valley made money. X: @ajs X: Alyson Shontell / @ajs : Figm...
Memo: Sergey Brin says Google could reach AGI if employees worked harder and were in the office more, saying “60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity”
The tech giant's co-founder said that if employees worked harder and were in the office more …
Zuckerberg says Meta will restore “free expression” on its platforms, including by replacing its fact-checking program with Community Notes, starting in the US
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the move in a post Tuesday morning. — Meta is scrapping its fact-checking program …
A profile of AWS CEO Matt Garman, including his first few months on the job, what his stewardship means for the business, and his opportunities and challenges
It's true. I *can't* understand why he wouldn't take a selfie with me! — fortune.com/2024/12/19/a... Mastodon: Greg Linden / @glinden@sigmoid.social : @Techmeme It seems weird t...
Three Nvidia customers spent a collective $12.6B in Q3, over a third of Nvidia's total $35.1B Q3 revenue; each of them spent $10B+ in the nine months to October
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang doesn't have any real competition in the market for AI training chips. Bluesky: @emilprotalinski.bsky.social . X: @ajs Bluesky: Emil Protalinski...
Source: Figure, which is building a humanoid robot, is in talks to raise as much as $500M in a round led by Microsoft and OpenAI at a $1.9B pre-money valuation
could we see ChatGPT robots soon? Jyoti Mann / Business Insider : Microsoft and OpenAI are in talks to inject $500 million into humanoid robotics startup Figure AI, report says K L...
A look at OpenAI's complicated relationship with Microsoft, which does not have a seat on the OpenAI board due to OpenAI's origins as a non-profit organization
but the leading theory about the drama at OpenAI tells a different story Benson Mawira / Cryptopolitan : OpenAI's Mission: Balancing Profit and Ethical AI Development Rohan Goswami...
Sources: OpenAI has received only a fraction of Microsoft's $10B investment, a big portion of which is in cloud purchases, giving Microsoft significant leverage
Only a fraction of Microsoft's $10 billion investment in OpenAI has been wired to the startup, while a significant portion of the funding …
Some Gen Z Americans are buying flip phones like the $75 TCL Classic or the $90 Nokia 2780, seeking a break from endless social media and email notifications
Modern models are a bit smarter than those from the early 2000s, but still offer a needed break from endless notifications
A look at Sam Bankman-Fried's rise and fall in DC: becoming the face of crypto regulation, proposing bills, and testifying to Congress before FTX collapsed
Sam Bankman-Fried sought digital asset legislation and donated heavily to Democrats — In less than four years …
Current and former FTX and Alameda staff describe rampant conflicts of interest, nepotism, and a lack of oversight while SBF ran the companies with housemates
“The whole operation was run by a gang of kids in the Bahamas,” a person familiar with the matter told CoinDesk on condition of anonymity.
Snap unveils its first AR glasses, with four built-in microphones, two stereo speakers, and a touchpad, and says it will test them with some AR effects creators
Snap unveils its first AR glasses, with four built-in microphones, two stereo speakers, and a touchpad, and says it will test them with some AR effects creators
The fourth-gen glasses have built-in AR displays — Snap's new Spectacles glasses are its most ambitious yet.
Sources: Andreessen Horowitz to launch an opinion section on its website that will publish articles related to technology and business from outside contributors
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Sources: Andreessen Horowitz to launch an opinion section on its website that will publish articles related to technology and business from outside contributors
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A look at a16z's communication efforts over the years, as the firm expands its own media operations and has largely stopped cooperating with reporters
Why media whisperer Margit Wennmachers is going direct. — Benedict Evans, Andreessen Horowitz's former in-house analyst … Tweets: @mdudas , @ajs , @jason , @jeffjohnroberts , @aj...
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 , @q...
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 , @q...
A look at a16z's communication efforts over the years, as the firm expands its own media operations and has largely stopped cooperating with reporters
Why media whisperer Margit Wennmachers is going direct. — Benedict Evans, Andreessen Horowitz's former in-house analyst … Tweets: @mdudas , @ajs , @jason , @jeffjohnroberts , @aj...