Vivek Wadhwa

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  • US President Donald Trump departs after attending a House Republican caucus meeting at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Trump on Tuesday pushed back on demands from Republicans who have threatened to sink his giant tax bill if the legislation does not significantly boost the state and local tax deduction, lawmakers said. Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    Trump is killing the goose that laid America’s golden eggs

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  • Old doctor and nurse examining medical x-ray at hospital corridorCommentary

    Why the world’s best hope for health-care innovation is not America, but India

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 28: U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office at the White House on February 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump and Zelensky are meeting today to negotiate a preliminary agreement on sharing Ukraine’s mineral resources that Trump says will allow America to recoup aid provided to Kyiv while supporting Ukraine’s economy. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Commentary

    The Trump-Zelensky spectacle went beyond geopolitical drama. Our world is changing

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  • Usha Vance, center, watches as her husband J.D. Vance is sworn in as U.S. vice president on Monday.Commentary

    As the H-1B visa debate tears MAGA apart, Indian-Americans are shaping America’s future

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  • TOPSHOT – US Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves at supporters as she walks off stage after speaking at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. Donald Trump won a sweeping victory on November 6, 2024 in the US presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris to complete an astonishing political comeback that sent shock waves around the world. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    Why Indian-Americans are breaking from the Democrats

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  • Piggy banks leap off of a cliff like lemmings in an image about the dangers of investing.Commentary

    The next wave of AI won’t be driven by LLMs. Here’s what investors should focus on instead

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  • Toronto , Canada – 28 June 2023; Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI, University of Toronto, on Centre Stage during day two of Collision 2023 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada. (Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile for Collision via Getty Images)Commentary

    The controversy surrounding AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton’s Nobel Prize misses the point

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  • TOPSHOT – Visitors enjoy installations by artist Roy Nachum at Mercer Labs Museum of Art and Technology during an exhibition preview on February 29, 2024, in New York. Touted as a “museum of art and technology,” a $50 admission “immersive and sensory” space opens in New York. The “Mercer Labs: Museum of Art and Technology,” in honor of artist Roy Nachum – painter, sculptor, installer and designer of soundtracks, electronic music, light and laser effects, photos and videos – has already been accessible since January in the Wall Street financial district in lower Manhattan. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST ROY NACHUM UPON PUBLICATION – TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION / TO GO WITH AFP PHOTO by Nicolas REVISE, “Touted as a “museum of art and technology”, an “immersive and sensory” space opens in New York City” (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    The future is charging at us—and humanity must cope with what was once the stuff of science fiction

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  • TOPSHOT – Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Seattle Convention Center Summit Building in Seattle, Washington, on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    Why Indian CEOs rarely turn into comic book villains

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 21: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an NCAA championship teams celebration on the South Lawn of the White House on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Joe Biden abandoned his campaign for a second term after weeks of pressure from fellow Democrats to withdraw and just months ahead of the November election, throwing his support behind Harris. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Commentary

    The rise of Kamala Harris proves Indian-Americans’ winning bet on assimilation is paying off

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  • Toronto , Canada – 23 May 2019; Mike Maples, Floodgate, on Centre Stage during day three of Collision 2019 at Enercare Center in Toronto, Canada. (Photo By Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile via Getty Images)Commentary

    Legendary venture capitalist Mike Maples has revealed the one thing world-changing startups have in common. Use it to spot the next winners in the age of exponential tech

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  • LANSING, MICHIGAN – APRIL 01: A man walks by a closed church in downtown Lansing on April 01, 2024 in Lansing, Michigan. According to recent state employment data projections, the number of jobs in Michigan is not expected grow over the next seven years as the state struggles with population growth and an auto industry facing challenges. In population growth, Michigan ranks 49th in the country ahead of only West Virginia. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Commentary

    Why a ‘heartland visa’ for skilled workers could be the answer to America’s immigration debate

    By Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever
  • Vivek Wadhwa has decided to move his AI startup, Vionix Biosciences, to India.Commentary

    Vivek Wadhwa is building the AI-powered anti-Theranos. Now he’s moving it to the anti-Silicon Valley–India

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  • Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, during a fireside chat at University College London (UCL) in London, UK, on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Altman said part of the reason for his current tour of European cities is to discover a suitable location for a new office. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    Silicon Valley’s elites can’t be trusted with the future of AI. We must break their dominance–and dangerous god complex

    By Vivek Wadhwa and Vinita Gupta
  • SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 26: A pedestrian walks by a sign at a LinkedIn office on July 26, 2023 in San Francisco, California. LinkedIn announced plans to cut nearly 200 jobs at offices in the San Francisco Bay Area. The cuts follow 700 layoffs earlier in the year. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Commentary

    LinkedIn is uniquely positioned to benefit from Twitter’s meltdown–and disgruntled X users are offering Microsoft a blueprint for social media supremacy

    By Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever