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Jessica Mathews

Jessica Mathews is a senior writer for Fortune covering transportation, defense tech, and Elon Musk’s companies. Previously, she wrote the daily dealmaking newsletter Term Sheet, where she won an EPPY award for best business/finance blog. Before joining Fortune, she covered wealth management and custody as a reporter at Financial Planning magazine. Jessica was a 2018 Dow Jones News Fund intern, and she interned at CNBC in 2017. She is a graduate from The King’s College in New York City, where she was the editor-in-chief of her student newspaper, the Empire State Tribune. Originally from Memphis, Tenn., you can now find her biking around Bentonville, Ark.

‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: One startup is trying to use Trump’s anti-regulation rhetoric to get an enforcement action reversed

Tech ‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: One startup is trying to use Trump’s anti-regulation rhetoric to get an enforcement action reversed

By Jessica MathewsMarch 7, 2025

Trump supporters are gathered at a Republican Watch Party for 2024 Presidential Elections in San Carlos, California, United States on November 5, 2024.

Tech Silicon Valley’s ‘red pill’ moment: How Trump’s victory is transforming one of America’s bluest towns

By Jessica MathewsMarch 6, 2025

In a win for Silicon Valley, Senate votes to overturn key payments regulation that could benefit Elon Musk’s X

Tech In a win for Silicon Valley, Senate votes to overturn key payments regulation that could benefit Elon Musk’s X

By Leo Schwartz and Jessica MathewsMarch 5, 2025

Anthropic hired president Daniela Amodei’s husband to work on the company’s AI safety strategy

Tech Anthropic hired president Daniela Amodei’s husband to work on the company’s AI safety strategy

By Jessica Mathews and Sharon GoldmanFebruary 13, 2025

Read the full letter of intent Elon Musk’s lawyer sent to OpenAI this week

Tech Read the full letter of intent Elon Musk’s lawyer sent to OpenAI this week

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 12, 2025

Elon Musk sets May 10 deadline for $97.4 billion ‘all cash’ OpenAI bid, requests access to company records — letter of intent

Tech Elon Musk sets May 10 deadline for $97.4 billion ‘all cash’ OpenAI bid, requests access to company records — letter of intent

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 12, 2025

5 Tesla takeaways as shares ‘become completely divorced from the fundamentals’

Tech 5 Tesla takeaways as shares ‘become completely divorced from the fundamentals’

By Jessica MathewsJanuary 30, 2025

Elon Musk says Tesla paid robotaxi service launching in Austin in June

Tech Elon Musk says Tesla paid robotaxi service launching in Austin in June

By Jessica MathewsJanuary 29, 2025

GM says its EV business has become ‘variable profit positive’— but experts say the automaker is still a ways out before it starts making money on electric cars

Tech GM says its EV business has become ‘variable profit positive’— but experts say the automaker is still a ways out before it starts making money on electric cars

By Jessica MathewsJanuary 29, 2025

RTX now has a $218 billion backlog for its commercial aircraft and defense products

Tech RTX now has a $218 billion backlog for its commercial aircraft and defense products

By Jessica MathewsJanuary 28, 2025

Elon Musk’s xAI is buying equipment—and getting a tax break—for an X data center in Atlanta, documents show

Tech Elon Musk’s xAI is buying equipment—and getting a tax break—for an X data center in Atlanta, documents show

By Jessica MathewsJanuary 24, 2025

Steve Davis was Elon Musk’s chief cost-cutter at X and the Boring Company. DOGE might be his next big project

Magazine Steve Davis was Elon Musk’s chief cost-cutter at X and the Boring Company. DOGE might be his next big project

By Jessica MathewsJanuary 21, 2025

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Newsletters xAI could have power problems in Memphis

By Jessica MathewsJanuary 9, 2025

Memphis warns it may not be able to power Elon Musk’s lofty ‘Colossus’ supercomputer expansion plans

Tech Memphis warns it may not be able to power Elon Musk’s lofty ‘Colossus’ supercomputer expansion plans

By Jessica MathewsJanuary 7, 2025

Inside Robinhood’s effort to retain employees of its $300 million acquisition with ‘exploding offers’

Tech Inside Robinhood’s effort to retain employees of its $300 million acquisition with ‘exploding offers’

By Jessica MathewsDecember 19, 2024

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