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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.

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The 38-point framework two VCs use to spot the next unicorn founder
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 8, 2026
A test of Anduril's Altius drone.
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Defense tech could be entering its awkward teenage years. Is the boom a bubble?
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 2, 2026
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The defense tech boom has become a bubble—or it will be soon
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 2, 2026
The VCs betting founders need a village, not a blank check
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The VCs betting founders need a village, not a blank check
By Allie GarfinkleJune 30, 2026
Lux Capital cofounder Josh Wolfe’s limited-odds, high-stakes 2027 predictions
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Lux Capital cofounder Josh Wolfe’s limited-odds, high-stakes 2027 predictions
By Allie GarfinkleJune 25, 2026
As mega-funds grab 72% of all capital raised, the gap between VC’s haves and have-nots keeps widening
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As mega-funds grab 72% of all capital raised, the gap between VC’s haves and have-nots keeps widening
By Allie GarfinkleJune 24, 2026
Whatnot is worth $11.5 billion—and its sellers just hit one billion orders
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Whatnot is worth $11.5 billion—and its sellers just hit one billion orders
By Allie GarfinkleJune 18, 2026
PayPal mafia member and ex–Sequoia steward Roelof Botha joins SpaceX board—reuniting with Elon Musk after decades
Startups & Venture
PayPal mafia member and ex–Sequoia steward Roelof Botha joins SpaceX board—reuniting with Elon Musk after decades
By Allie GarfinkleJune 17, 2026
OpenAI’s balance sheet remains the most mysterious—and consequential—in business
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OpenAI’s balance sheet remains the most mysterious—and consequential—in business
By Allie GarfinkleJune 17, 2026
The SpaceX IPO marks a lopsided win for venture
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The SpaceX IPO marks a lopsided win for venture
By Allie GarfinkleJune 15, 2026
Elon Musk stands behind the Nasdaq opening bell and in front of a "SpaceX" background.
Startups & Venture
Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Valor, and the biggest VC winners from SpaceX’s IPO
By Allie GarfinkleJune 12, 2026
As SpaceX goes public, a $100 billion shadow market faces a reckoning
Startups & Venture
As SpaceX goes public, a $100 billion shadow market faces a reckoning
By Allie GarfinkleJune 11, 2026
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Anthropic’s confidential S-1 signals summer AI IPO race could heat up fast
By Allie GarfinkleJune 2, 2026
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Anthropic confidentially files its S-1 first—but the IPO race with OpenAI is just beginning
By Allie GarfinkleJune 1, 2026
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiling the company's new manned spacecraft in Hawthorne, Calif. on May 29, 2014. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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The key disclosures missing from SpaceX’s S-1
By Allie GarfinkleMay 28, 2026
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