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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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U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following their meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on December 28, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida.
Politics‘Blackmail is also not what I wish for’: America’s allies are ghosting Trump on Strait of Hormuz
By Eva RoytburgMarch 16, 2026
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InvestingPeter Thiel is actively convincing billionaires to abandon The Giving Pledge — and it’s working
By Jake AngeloMarch 16, 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
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
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NewslettersWith Trump 2.0, the balance of power shifts from banks to Silicon Valley
By Leo SchwartzJanuary 20, 2025
CommentaryWhat Donald Trump and Elon Musk backing H-1B visas means to me as an immigrant entrepreneur
By Harry (Harjinder) SinghJanuary 17, 2025
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NewslettersWhat’s really going on with startup exits
By Alexei OreskovicJanuary 17, 2025
David Zeng, Jay Madheswaran, and Matt Noe
NewslettersExclusive: Eve, AI legal platform, raises $47 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 16, 2025
Sam Altman gesticulates during the NYT Dealbook Summit
SuccessSam Altman says he ‘stalked’ his OpenAI cofounder to convince him to join the company
By Stuart DyosJanuary 16, 2025
NewslettersRubrik CEO Bipul Sinha on learning the ropes post-IPO
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 15, 2025
the frame of a garage and a car burnt by fire
NewslettersAs Los Angeles burns, the view from the top of the hill with Upfront Ventures’ Mark Suster
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 14, 2025
Photo of Robeauté cofounders Bertrand Duplat, left, and Joana Cortocci, sitting at a table in what looks like a bar or restaurant.
TechExclusive: Startup pioneering tiny robots that can travel inside the brain gets $28 million in new venture funding
By Jeremy KahnJanuary 13, 2025
Ben Lerer
NewslettersHow top New York venture investors view the future of the VC industry
By Leo SchwartzJanuary 13, 2025
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NewslettersLos Angeles fires expose insurance shortcomings. Could startups do better?
By Jeff John RobertsJanuary 10, 2025
Elon Musk
NewslettersxAI could have power problems in Memphis
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 9, 2025
CommentaryThere’s a $32 trillion reason to bet big on women entrepreneurs as your 2025 investment resolution
By Olivia WaltonJanuary 8, 2025
NewslettersMark Cuban on healthcare in America, the NBA, AI, and social media
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 8, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
NewslettersCapital and carnival collide in Las Vegas at CES (or, how a pigeon walked into a Dunkin’)
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 7, 2025
Sriram Krishnan
NewslettersAn ugly debate over immigration reveals cracks in the fragile Trump coalition
By Leo SchwartzJanuary 6, 2025
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NewslettersThe Crystal Ball: Envisioning how AI will shape our world in 2025
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 3, 2025
not pictured - Loom cofounder Vinay Hiremath blogs about his struggles post startup sale
SuccessLoom’s founder reveals painful insecurities after selling a startup for $1 billion: ‘I am rich and I have no idea what to do with my life’
By Amanda GerutJanuary 3, 2025
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NewslettersThe Crystal Ball: What 2025 holds for pivotal sectors, including crypto, consumer, and health
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 2, 2025
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NewslettersThe Crystal Ball: The 2025 outlook for IPOs, M&A, and the regulatory landscape
By Allie GarfinkleDecember 31, 2024
TechGerman flying taxi startup Volocopter faces insolvency just days after investors stepped in to save competitor Lilium
By AFPDecember 31, 2024
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NewslettersThe Crystal Ball: VCs, entrepreneurs, and tech executives on what lies ahead in 2025
By Allie GarfinkleDecember 30, 2024
Elon Musk listens as US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC.
NewslettersTech’s 2024 winners and losers—from Elon Musk to GM’s Cruise
By Allie GarfinkleDecember 27, 2024
Thumbtack CEO Marco Zappacosta.
CommentaryThumbtack CEO: Entrepreneurial advice from a founder more than 15 years in
By Marco ZappacostaDecember 24, 2024
David Sacks and JD Vance at the Republican National Convention
NewslettersA look inside D.C.’s new financial power scene
By Leo SchwartzDecember 23, 2024
Randy Goldberg (left) and David Heath, co-founders of Bombas.
SuccessHow the Bombas founders navigated tumultuous early careers to create the best-selling Shark Tank product in history
By Jane ThierDecember 22, 2024
FinanceWhy companies like OpenAI and SpaceX are staying private longer
By BloombergDecember 21, 2024
David Sacks standing with arms folded in a crowd at the Republican Nation Convention in 2024.
TechTrump AI and crypto ‘czar’ role is being scaled back as David Sacks clings to Silicon Valley commitments
By Kali HaysDecember 20, 2024
AWS CEO Matt Garman smiling onstage while gesticulating with arms spread wide
NewslettersAWS CEO Matt Garman on startups, nuclear power, and soaring AI compute costs
By Allie GarfinkleDecember 19, 2024
NewslettersBy 2030, the metaverse gaming market will reach $168.4 billion, estimates startup Gamefam
By Allie GarfinkleDecember 19, 2024
TechOpenAI says it’s not using voice data or transcripts of calls to new 1-800-ChatGPT phone line for AI training
By Jenn BriceDecember 18, 2024
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