• Home
  • Latest
  • Fortune 500
  • Finance
  • Tech
  • Leadership
  • Lifestyle
  • Rankings
  • Multimedia
Right Arrow Button IconLeft Arrow Button IconHome
Right Arrow Button IconLeft Arrow Button IconTech
Right Arrow Button IconStartups & Venture

Startups & Venture

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
Latest Stories
bofa
EconomyRay Dalio sees a pattern that shows China killing America’s economy. This 2,000-year chart explains why
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 16, 2026
A bag of money.
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
President Donald Trump at the White House
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
trump
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
More Startups & VenturePage 28 of 100
TechAI startup CoreWeave files for 2025’s first big tech IPO—and reveals it gets more than half its $1.9 billion in revenue from a single customer
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 3, 2025
A robotic arm operates at a smart production line
NewslettersExclusive: MongoDB cofounder Eliot Horowitz raises $30 million Series C for hardware automation platform Viam
By Leo SchwartzMarch 3, 2025
NewslettersThe Upfront Summit, less than two months after the fires, draws tech’s elite to Los Angeles
By Allie GarfinkleFebruary 28, 2025
TechOpenAI launches long-awaited GPT-4.5—but ‘Orion’s’ capabilities already lag competitors
By Jeremy KahnFebruary 27, 2025
Stripe cofounders Patrick and John Collison
FinanceStripe hits a $91 billion valuation amid ‘lumpy’ payments growth that cofounder says can’t be managed ‘on a supertight quarterly EPS basis’
By Paolo ConfinoFebruary 27, 2025
Trump meme coin illustration with pro-Trump signage in the background
NewslettersCrypto and fintech are enjoying a Trump bump, but how long will it last?
By Leo SchwartzFebruary 27, 2025
George Bousis
NewslettersExclusive: Raise nets $63 million in round led by Haun Ventures to build a crypto platform for gift cards
By Ben WeissFebruary 26, 2025
CommentaryHow we raised $10.5M to help satellites navigate an increasingly crowded orbit in the age of Musk
By Mark Stokes and Thomas ClaysonFebruary 25, 2025
Scott Woody
NewslettersExclusive: Metronome, usage-based billing startup, raises $50 million Series C
By Allie GarfinkleFebruary 25, 2025
The AI cost structure is changing fast, as DeepSeek demonstrated.
CommentaryDeepSeek shows AI startups can now outpace the tech giants—who may have wasted billions 
By Tomasz TunguzFebruary 24, 2025
NewslettersShe sold John Frieda for $450 million but was left in a ‘dark place.’ That motivated her to build another $500 million a year haircare business
By Emma Hinchliffe and Nina AjemianFebruary 24, 2025
NewslettersExclusive: IT software startup NinjaOne raises $500 million led by CapitalG and Iconiq
By Leo SchwartzFebruary 24, 2025
Marc Lore wears a t-shirt and jacket and sits onstage with a microphone
NewslettersFoodtech deal count hit a record low in Q4 2024, says PitchBook
By Allie GarfinkleFebruary 21, 2025
CEO Jake Loosararian at the Pittsburgh headquarters of Gecko Robotics.
CommentaryGecko Robotics CEO: How I bucked Silicon Valley’s monopoly on frontier tech
By Jake LoosararianFebruary 20, 2025
man in collard shirt smiles for photo portrait
NewslettersExclusive: Mark Cuban-backed fintech Yendo hires its first CFO
By Sheryl EstradaFebruary 20, 2025
NewslettersExclusive: Bonfire Ventures, seed stage VC firm focused on B2B software, raises $245 million fourth fund
By Allie GarfinkleFebruary 20, 2025
CommentaryAI energy demand means innovation must crackle in an unlikely place: Electric utilities
By Raghu MadabushiFebruary 20, 2025
man standing in a lab
NewslettersExclusive: Verkada’s $200 million Series E values the company at $4.5 billion
By Allie GarfinkleFebruary 19, 2025
Mira Murati
TechFormer OpenAI CTO Mira Murati finally unveils her Thinking Machines Lab startup—and a leadership team stacked with former OpenAI colleagues
By Sharon GoldmanFebruary 18, 2025
middle-aged man in red glasses and business casual clothing smiling for a photo portrait
NewslettersTPG-spinout Greenfield Partners raises $400 million fund to back early growth companies
By Leo SchwartzFebruary 18, 2025
Senior woman running in the morning.
NewslettersThese founders and investors want the longevity industry to cater to women—whatever their budget
By Ellie Austin and Nina AjemianFebruary 17, 2025
Zack Lipton, Shiv Rao, and Julia Chou wearing casual clothes and posing for a photo portrait
NewslettersExclusive: Abridge raises $250 million Series D led by Elad Gil and IVP
By Allie GarfinkleFebruary 17, 2025
Shiv Rao
TechFor Shiv Rao, practicing doctor and founder of $2.75 billion AI startup Abridge, innovation is an art form
By Allie GarfinkleFebruary 17, 2025
John Collison
NewslettersJohn Collison on Stripe Billing’s rise, books, and ‘the tyranny of being first’
By Allie GarfinkleFebruary 14, 2025
TechHow Stripe’s billing experiment propelled a $500 million AI-fueled business
By Allie GarfinkleFebruary 14, 2025
TechAnthropic hired president Daniela Amodei’s husband to work on the company’s AI safety strategy
By Jessica Mathews and Sharon GoldmanFebruary 13, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI.
AIAt the Paris AI summit, the tech world asks: Does Europe’s tech culture drive startups and talent away?
By Vivienne WaltFebruary 13, 2025
family coat of arms
NewslettersThe rise of the family office
By Jeff John RobertsFebruary 13, 2025
TechExclusive: Legal AI startup Harvey lands fresh $300 million in Sequoia-led round as CEO says on target for $100 million annual recurring revenue
By Sharon GoldmanFebruary 12, 2025
Burkay Gur and Gorkem Yurtseven in casual clothing pose for a photo portrait
NewslettersExclusive: Fal, generative media platform for developers, raises $49 million Series B
By Allie GarfinkleFebruary 12, 2025
1...
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
...100
Most Popular
Politics
After 93 years and a 25-hour filibuster, Washington finally has an income tax, and billionaires are already packing their bagsAn image of a popular article
By Catherina GioinoMarch 15, 2026
Workplace Culture
Gen Z is dating less. The result is one of the most unprepared workforcesAn image of a popular article
By Jake AngeloMarch 15, 2026
Commentary
Ray Dalio: I've studied 500 years of history and fear we're entering the most dangerous phase of the 'Big Cycle'An image of a popular article
By Ray DalioMarch 14, 2026
Fortune Secondary Logo
Rankings
  • 100 Best Companies
  • Fortune 500
  • Global 500
  • Fortune 500 Europe
  • Most Powerful Women
  • Future 50
  • World’s Most Admired Companies
  • See All Rankings
Sections
  • Finance
  • Fortune Crypto
  • Features
  • Leadership
  • Health
  • Commentary
  • Success
  • Retail
  • Mpw
  • Tech
  • Lifestyle
  • CEO Initiative
  • Asia
  • Politics
  • Conferences
  • Europe
  • Newsletters
  • Personal Finance
  • Environment
  • Magazine
  • Education
Customer Support
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Customer Service Portal
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms Of Use
  • Single Issues For Purchase
  • International Print
Commercial Services
  • Advertising
  • Fortune Brand Studio
  • Fortune Analytics
  • Fortune Conferences
  • Business Development
  • Group Subscriptions
About Us
  • About Us
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Press Center
  • Work At Fortune
  • Diversity And Inclusion
  • Terms And Conditions
  • Site Map
Fortune Secondary Logo
  • About Us
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Press Center
  • Work At Fortune
  • Diversity And Inclusion
  • Terms And Conditions
  • Site Map
  • Facebook icon
  • Twitter icon
  • LinkedIn icon
  • Instagram icon
  • Pinterest icon

© 2026 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy | CA Notice at Collection and Privacy Notice | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information
FORTUNE is a trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, registered in the U.S. and other countries. FORTUNE may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.