the sway boys live rent-free in an LA mansion to make a bunch of TikToks. but they're also inviting founders there to get in on deals for some of silicon valley's hottest startups -- how successful can they be? latest for @businessinsider
- I'm very excited to announce that I've taken on a new role at the Wall Street Journal covering startups/venture capital, starting June 13. A big thank you to @jasonrdean and @JamieHeller for giving me this opportunity.
- my last piece from the summer for @business, a fun story about how the fictitious world of animal crossing lured gamers into becoming stock investors!
- I wrote about Elad Gil’s rise as one of Silicon Valley’s most active solo VCs and what his $620 million new fund might say about the future of the venture industry.
- Scoop: Tiger Global partners are committing $1 billion in personal cash to back other seed funds as part of a broader play to index the early-stage startup market firm has been hit hard by the market sell off (hedge fund down 23% this yr per bloomberg)
- Zuckerberg tried to buy Mira Murati’s new AI startup. After she said no, he tried to raid her company for talent Our latest piece on the AI talent wars, w/ @keachhagey
- 🚨 After a wonderful run at Business Insider, I'm excited to share that I will be joining @theinformation starting March 15, covering the intersection of finance and tech (SPACs, IPOs, late-stage VC, and all that good stuff). DMs are open if you'd like to get in touch!
- my profile on andreessen crypto, which became the firm's star investor last year but has been hit hard by the crypto sell-off, including: *~40% markdown on its 1st crypto fund *$2.9 billion loss of its remaining Coinbase stake *slowed investment pace
- in dc for president's day weekend, how do i make it into politico playbook
- Scoop - ChatGPT creator OpenAI is in funding talks that would value it at $29 billion a high price to pay for a company that still generates little revenue, though bulls say chatgpt could one day challenge google search w/ @MilesKruppa
- excited to announce I will be reporting on startups & venture capital for @businessinsider starting this week! if you'd like to chat, dm me or shoot me an email at [email protected]
- am i allowed to be a tech reporter and still grow out a mullet
- first day at the journal! get in touch at [email protected] or +19143184121 (signal/whatsapp)
- scoop - talks between openai and msft have gotten so bad that openai is now considering accusing msft of anticompetitive behavior before federal regulators they are also fighting over the terms of openai's windsurf acquisition more below @WSJ
