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Elon Musk admits xAI ‘wasn’t built right’ as only 2 co-founders remain and its biggest AI bet stalls out

Nine of xAI’s 11 original co-founders, not including Musk, have left the company.

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 16, 2026
AI is reviving tech sectors that VCs had all but forgotten
By Lily Mae LazarusMarch 16, 2026
Inside the Gen Z Shark Tank where influencers are becoming venture investors
By Leo SchwartzMarch 16, 2026
An Australian tech entrepreneur used AI to help create the first-ever bespoke cancer vaccine for a dog to treat his beloved pet Rosie
By Jason MaMarch 15, 2026
Travis Kalanick sees benefits of being in stealth mode for 8 years. ‘You build a culture of people that want to build and do not need to be famous’
By Jason MaMarch 14, 2026
Vinod Khosla sits on a blue chair
OpenAI’s original VC bet: How Vinod Khosla stepped in after Elon Musk balked
By Lily Mae LazarusMarch 13, 2026
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EconomyRay Dalio sees a pattern that shows China killing America’s economy. This 2,000-year chart explains why
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 16, 2026
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Personal FinanceBest checking account bonuses for March 2026: Bonuses between $300 and $7,000
By Joseph HostetlerMarch 16, 2026
NewslettersThe most powerful moments for women at the 2026 Oscars
By Ellie AustinMarch 16, 2026
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EconomyThe energy crisis isn’t recessionary yet, but there’s a scenario where oil prices could bring the US economy to a ‘standstill,’ Oxford Economics says
By Tristan BoveMarch 16, 2026
"Sinners" director Ryan Coogler wins Oscar
SuccessRyan Coogler was $200K in student debt and ‘making no money’ while filming ‘Creed’—now, his $365 million success ‘Sinners’ took home four Oscars
By Emma BurleighMarch 16, 2026
SuccessMeet Autumn Durald Arkapaw, the cinematographer behind ‘Sinners’ who shattered a major glass ceiling in Hollywood
By Sydney LakeMarch 16, 2026
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EconomyA ‘debt spiral’ before a fiscal crisis: Interest on the national debt will be growing faster than GDP in just 5 years, think tank warns
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 16, 2026
Middle EastIran’s attacks have collapsed, and the trend is ‘overwhelmingly positive,’ analysts say. But the military side is separate from politics and markets
By Jason MaMarch 16, 2026
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NewslettersJD Vance has a message for Silicon Valley: The Trump administration is ‘working with you’
By Jessica MathewsMarch 20, 2025
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SuccessThis millennial AI CEO works with Ebay and has just raised millions for her start-up—unlike tech bros she doesn’t use futuristic gadgets calling them mostly ‘useless’ 
By Emma BurleighMarch 20, 2025
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NewslettersExclusive: SemperVirens raises $177 million fund focused on healthcare and workforce tech
By Leo SchwartzMarch 19, 2025
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SuccessWiz founder thought leaving Microsoft was the ‘most horrible decision ever.’ Now he’s selling his startup to Google for $32 billion
By Fortune StaffMarch 18, 2025
TechWiz founders’ bold bet: Rejecting Google’s original offer leads to $32 billion buyout deal—and $9 billion in extra cash
By The Associated PressMarch 18, 2025
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NewslettersKlarna is ready to ride the IPO roller coaster
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 18, 2025
From left: Wiz co-founder and CEO Assaf Rappaport, Thrive Capital investor Philip Clark, and Fortune’s Allie Garfinkle at the 2024 Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Park City, Utah. (Photo: Steve Vargo/Fortune)
NewslettersAlphabet and Wiz, kissing in a tree, K-I-S-S…
By Andrew NuscaMarch 18, 2025
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TechShe never set out to work in AI. Now she’s ensuring the transformative technology is accessible across more than 100 languages
By Sharon GoldmanMarch 17, 2025
MPWGwyneth Paltrow is taking Goop back to basics—and says her best source of business advice is her ‘Fight Club’ group chat of female CEOs
By Emma HinchliffeMarch 17, 2025
NewslettersExclusive: Inside Pillar VC’s $175 million fourth venture fund focused on the Boston tech ecosystem
By Leo SchwartzMarch 17, 2025
TechInside the AI talent wars where research scientists get multimillion-dollar stock grants and wooed by Mark Zuckerberg
By Sharon GoldmanMarch 15, 2025
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NewslettersRex Woodbury’s Daybreak Ventures unveils $33 million first fund
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 14, 2025
NewslettersFormer Stripe CBO Jeanne DeWitt Grosser joins Vercel as COO
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 13, 2025
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NewslettersExclusive: Peer-to-peer clothing rental marketplace Pickle raises $12 million to become the Airbnb of fashion
By Emma Hinchliffe and Nina AjemianMarch 12, 2025
CommentaryEntrepreneurs: Don’t overlook these three critical factors when choosing a capital partner
By Ellen HavdalaMarch 12, 2025
Kelsie Zhao and Dar Mehta
NewslettersExclusive: Causal Labs emerges from stealth, raises $6 million for AI weather prediction
By Nina AjemianMarch 12, 2025
Brandon Yang, Karan Goel, Albert Gu, and Arjun Desai
NewslettersExclusive: Cartesia, voice AI startup, raises $64 million Series A
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 11, 2025
TechMike Maples and Jim Breyer on spotting breakthrough founders
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 10, 2025
CommentaryMy son’s rare disease diagnosis spurred me to ditch Big Pharma for a biotech startup
By Michelle WernerMarch 10, 2025
Logo of failed company Synapse breaking into shattered pieces
NewslettersThis wunderkind’s first startup went bankrupt, leaving $200 million in customer assets frozen. Yet VCs are still throwing money at him
By Leo SchwartzMarch 10, 2025
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
dbt Labs founder and CEO Tristan Handy.
SuccessCEO of $4.2 billion tech giant says defying Silicon Valley’s ‘move fast and break things’ mantra was essential to growing his business
By Emma BurleighMarch 7, 2025
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NewslettersWhy Edward Jones launched its new venture arm, Edward Jones Ventures
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 6, 2025
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TechSilicon Valley’s ‘red pill’ moment: How Trump’s victory is transforming one of America’s bluest towns
By Jessica MathewsMarch 6, 2025
TechIn 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
TechRoelof Botha interview: Sequoia’s managing partner on VC market optimism, embracing vulnerability, and the truth about unicorn exits
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 5, 2025
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NewslettersSequoia’s Roelof Botha on the current dealmaking climate, VC firm proliferation, and sneaker style
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 5, 2025
CuspAI cofounders Max Welling (left) and Chad Edwards.
TechStartup aiming to build AI models for chemistry adds two AI ‘godfathers’ to advisory panel as it grabs top research talent from Google
By Jeremy KahnMarch 5, 2025
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NewslettersVesta, mortgage infrastructure startup, reports growth at high-pressure time in housing
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 4, 2025
SuccessMillennial CEO of Kraft Heinz’s most recent acquisition has mostly ditched AI note-taking tools in favor of an old-fashioned pink notebook—here’s why 
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 4, 2025
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