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A tech billionaire-backed super PAC is spending $125 million to undercut candidates pushing for AI regulation. New York’s Alex Bores, a former tech executive himself, is one of them.
AI companies are spending millions to thwart this former tech exec’s congressional bid Read More »
As generative AI evolves, a Google VP warns that LLM wrappers and AI aggregators face mounting pressure, with shrinking margins and limited differentiation threatening their long-term viability.
Google VP warns that two types of AI startups may not survive Read More »
In this week’s episode of the Equity podcast, Glean CEO Arvind Jain explains the company’s shift from enterprise search tool to middleware layer for enterprise AI.
The enterprise AI land grab is on. Glean is building the layer beneath the interface. Read More »
AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks. Half of xAI’s founding team has left the company — some on their own, others through “restructuring” — while OpenAI is facing its own shakeups, from the disbanding of its mission alignment team to the firing of a policy exec who opposed its “adult mode” feature. Watch as TechCrunch’s Equity podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony
Why top talent is walking away from OpenAI and xAI Read More »
Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, creating what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his $800 billion net worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE’s peak market cap, and Musk being vocal about his view that “tech victory is decided by velocity of innovation,” the question isn’t whether a personal conglomerate can be built, but rather how far Musk himself is
How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power Read More »
To unpack what SpaceX’s IPO chatter means, how private liquidity works before a debut, and what investors are looking for in today’s pre-IPO giants, we spoke with Greg Martin, managing director at Rainmaker Securities, a broker-dealer specializing in secondary share transactions for late-stage private companies.
SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime Read More »
AI adoption in enterprise is stalling as companies don’t know where to start. Vanessa Larco of Premise VC thinks 2026 will be the year of the consumer.
Why this VC thinks 2026 will be ‘the year of the consumer’ Read More »
Netflix’s $82.6 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. encapsulates a fraught moment for Hollywood, as the entertainment business is increasingly overshadowed by tech giants.
Making sense of the risky Netflix-Warner Bros. deal Read More »
Day One Ventures’ Masha Bucher doesn’t just invest in startups — she also tells their stories. Her integrated model aligns incentives and proves conviction matters more than contracts.
Why Day One Ventures’ Masha Bucher thinks VCs and storytelling go hand-in-hand Read More »
