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Allie Garfinkle is a senior writer and editor at Fortune, where she runs Term Sheet—the flagship weekday dealmaking newsletter—and leads coverage of private capital, investors, and startups. She writes longform features—her first Fortune cover story profiled AI pioneer Demis Hassabis’s Isomorphic Labs—and co-chairs the Brainstorm conference series. The host of the Term Sheet podcast, she’s also been a frequent moderator at major conferences like SXSW and regular contributor to the BBC. Before Fortune, Allie covered Amazon, Google, and Meta at Yahoo Finance and helped produce Emmy-nominated PBS Frontline documentaries, including Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover and The Power of the Fed. She holds degrees from The University of Chicago and NYU and is based in New York.

The Boston Dynamics spinout building robots you’ll actually want to hug
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The Boston Dynamics spinout building robots you’ll actually want to hug
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 8, 2026
John Ternus takes the helm at Apple, as AI pressure hits
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John Ternus takes the helm at Apple, as AI pressure hits
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 4, 2026
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To get into Anthropic right now, you need at least $25 million. For OpenAI, it’s closer to $1 million.
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 3, 2026
David Tisch has always been a collector. His firm’s biggest prize is a $1 billion return on Cursor
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David Tisch has always been a collector. His firm’s biggest prize is a $1 billion return on Cursor
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 27, 2026
How David Tisch’s BoxGroup turned a $750K bet on Cursor into a $1 billion exit by breaking all the VC rules
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How David Tisch’s BoxGroup turned a $750K bet on Cursor into a $1 billion exit by breaking all the VC rules
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 26, 2026
OpenAI’s new revenue chief has a simple mission: make the money match the hype
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OpenAI’s new revenue chief has a simple mission: make the money match the hype
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 26, 2026
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Private equity’s $860 billion zombie company problem
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 25, 2026
Portfolio review takes on a new urgency for VCs as AI makes 2024’s great deals look like 2026’s clear mistakes
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Portfolio review takes on a new urgency for VCs as AI makes 2024’s great deals look like 2026’s clear mistakes
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 20, 2026
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AI gets its own “boiler room” scandal
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 18, 2026
Wispr talks its way to a $2 billion valuation. The company says dictation’s only the beginning
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Wispr talks its way to a $2 billion valuation. The company says dictation’s only the beginning
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 17, 2026
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87.5% of venture dollars went to AI. The rest fought over scraps
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 12, 2026
In AI-obsessed Silicon Valley, live commerce platform Whatnot just notched a new funding round valuing it at $20 billion
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In AI-obsessed Silicon Valley, live commerce platform Whatnot just notched a new funding round valuing it at $20 billion
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 7, 2026
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Northwood Space’s Bridgit Mendler on the next chapter for space startups
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 6, 2026
To power AI, Khosla and a16z bet this startup can reinvent mining
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To power AI, Khosla and a16z bet this startup can reinvent mining
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 3, 2026
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By Allie GarfinkleJuly 31, 2026
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