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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
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OpenAI’s original VC bet: How Vinod Khosla stepped in after Elon Musk balked
By Lily Mae LazarusMarch 13, 2026
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By Carlos GarciaMarch 16, 2026
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InnovationPeter Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to Rome — and Italian politicians are calling his ideas ‘scandalous’
By Tristan BoveMarch 16, 2026
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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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By Nick LichtenbergMarch 16, 2026
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FinanceFidelity boosts valuations of its stakes in Elon Musk’s X and xAI startup, report says
By Jason MaDecember 1, 2024
FinanceElon Musk asks US court again to block OpenAI’s for-profit conversion
By AFPDecember 1, 2024
NewslettersHow one e-commerce focused founder, Yiqi Wu of Aimerce, is thinking about Black Friday
By Allie GarfinkleNovember 29, 2024
United States strikes the ball
NewslettersAlexis Ohanian and soccer star Midge Purce on docuseries The Offseason—and the venture case for women’s sports
By Allie GarfinkleNovember 27, 2024
TechOpenAI’s Sora video tool was leaked by a group of artists to protest ‘corporate AI overlords’
By Sharon GoldmanNovember 26, 2024
CommentaryThe real reason Spain’s economy is bucking the trend of European decline
By Jorge LluchNovember 26, 2024
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NewslettersExclusive: Wherobots, cloud-based geospatial data platform, closes $21.5 million Series A
By Allie GarfinkleNovember 26, 2024
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NewslettersHow New York transformed from tech backwater into global venture capital
By Leo SchwartzNovember 25, 2024
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NewslettersTomasz Tunguz on raising Theory Ventures’ $450 million second fund
By Allie GarfinkleNovember 22, 2024
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Magazine2 key factors that could make the difference between success and failure for your startup
By Andy DunnNovember 22, 2024
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AIThe CEO of Anthropic blasts VC Marc Andreessen’s argument that AI shouldn’t be regulated because it’s ‘just math’
By Kali HaysNovember 21, 2024
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TechSilicon Valley CEO warns ‘absolutely there’s a bubble’ in AI valuations: ‘Nobody would be surprised’ if OpenAI ‘disappeared next Monday’
By Paolo ConfinoNovember 21, 2024
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NewslettersExclusive: Arcade, visual storytelling platform, raises $14 million Series A led by Kleiner Perkins
By Allie GarfinkleNovember 21, 2024
TechArk’s Cathie Wood lets retail investors bet on Elon Musk’s private startups and potentially profit from his proximity to Trump
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezNovember 21, 2024
TechFrench AI startup backed by Arnault plans to raise more funds
By Benoit Berthelot and BloombergNovember 21, 2024
CompaniesBitcoin billionaire Barry Silbert talks about his next big bet—on ‘decentralized AI’
By Jeff John RobertsNovember 20, 2024
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NewslettersExclusive: Oishii, vertical farming startup, closes its Series B at $150 million
By Allie GarfinkleNovember 20, 2024
TechQuiet Capital raises $377 million for new fund: Filing
By Leo SchwartzNovember 19, 2024
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NewslettersAt Web Summit last week, no sign of an AI slowdown—even if some wouldn’t mind one
By Jeremy KahnNovember 19, 2024
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TechExclusive: Manufacturing platform Keychain raises $15 million in Series A funds, including from the maker of iconic breakfast cereals
By Paolo ConfinoNovember 19, 2024
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NewslettersExclusive: Roboflow, vision AI startup, raises $40 million Series B
By Allie GarfinkleNovember 19, 2024
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NewslettersElon Musk’s business empire is taking over a small Texan town. Not all of its residents are pleased
By Leo SchwartzNovember 18, 2024
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By Leo SchwartzNovember 15, 2024
LifestyleThis Berlin company is pioneering a chilling new €50-a-month cryogenics subscription
By Femke Colborne and AFPNovember 15, 2024
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NewslettersExclusive: Portal Ventures raises oversubscribed $75 million crypto fund backed by Chris Dixon and Marc Andreessen
By Leo SchwartzNovember 14, 2024
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TechExclusive: Tessl worth a reported $750 million after latest $100 million funding to help it build ‘AI native’ software development platform
By Jeremy KahnNovember 14, 2024
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By Leo SchwartzNovember 13, 2024
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By Jeremy KahnNovember 12, 2024
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By Leo SchwartzNovember 12, 2024
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