On Tuesday of this week, neuroscientist, founder and author Gary Marcus sat between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Christina Montgomery, who is IBM’s chief privacy trust...
Austin Russell is on quite a run. The 28-year-old founder and CEO of Luminar, which develops vision-based lidar and machine perception technologies primarily for self-driving cars,...
Critics are flaming the New York Times today for posting earlier this morning what they say is an overly empathetic 5,500-word profile of Theranos founder Elizabeth...
In Silicon Valley, some of the brightest minds believe a universal basic income (UBI) that guarantees people unrestricted cash payments will help them to survive and...
It’s more than a feeling. According to new data coming out from the research firm Pitchbook and the National Venture Capital Association, venture firms are raising —...
Andreessen Horowitz is now openly courting capital from Saudi Arabia, despite U.S. strains. According to Bloomberg, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz appeared on stage with WeWork...
Yesterday at around noon in Los Angeles, investor Mark Suster of the venture firm Upfront Ventures had began urging “calm” on Twitter. Silicon Valley Bank had...
Fake virtual identities are nothing new. The ability to so easily create them has been both a boon for social media platforms — more “users” —...
Last month, Volition Capital, a 13-year-old, 30-person Boston-based growth equity firm, announced it has closed its fifth fund with $675 million in capital commitments, bringing its...
For most founders, being seen by employees as cheap isn’t exactly a badge of honor, but venture investor Chris Farmer doesn’t mind. While Farmer’s 10-year-old, seed-stage...
