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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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CryptoSaylor’s strategy ramps up sales of preferred in latest Bitcoin purchase
By Melos Ambaye and BloombergMarch 16, 2026
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LawFederal judge blocks RFK Jr.’s childhood vaccine cuts, says he likely broke the law
By The Associated Press and Mike StobbeMarch 16, 2026
Elon Musk, wearing a black DOGE hat, looks down and holds his chin in his hand.
Politics‘No, we didn’t’: DOGE staffer admits Elon Musk’s cost-cutting agency failed to reduce the federal deficit
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 16, 2026
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PoliticsTrump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ can’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz—and it’s threatening a recession
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 16, 2026
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CryptoBetting on 5-minute swings on Bitcoin price are the hot new thing on prediction markets
By Carlos GarciaMarch 16, 2026
Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel
InnovationPeter Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to Rome — and Italian politicians are calling his ideas ‘scandalous’
By Tristan BoveMarch 16, 2026
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 may be working
By Jake AngeloMarch 16, 2026
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NewslettersFormer Humana CEO Bruce Broussard joins Define Ventures as venture partner
By Allie GarfinkleOctober 22, 2024
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TechLuminance debuts AI assistant for lawyers that’s aimed at doing some of the legal grunt work 
By Jenn BriceOctober 22, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Gili Raanan’s Cyberstarts raises $60 million for fourth seed fund
By Allie GarfinkleOctober 21, 2024
Group photo of Oriole Networks cofounders, from left to right: Joshua Benjamin, George Zervas, James Regan, and Alessandro Ottino.
TechInvestors pour into photonics startups to stop data centers from hogging energy and to speed up AI
By Jeremy KahnOctober 21, 2024
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NewslettersBehind the scenes at 23andMe, questions about a star CEO 
By Lila MacLellanOctober 18, 2024
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NewslettersNasdaq Private Market CEO says only 25 of 1,200 unicorns are actively trading on the secondaries market
By Jessica MathewsOctober 17, 2024
Guild founder Rachel Romer
ConferencesGuild founder Rachel Romer had a stroke at 34. Her nurses inspired her company’s next phase
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 15, 2024
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Conferences‘Godmother of AI’ wants everyone to have a place in the tech transformation
By Jenn BriceOctober 15, 2024
Human Native AI cofounder James Smith (left) and Jack Galilee
TechStartup that wants to be the eBay for AI data taps Google vets and a top IP lawyer for key roles
By Jeremy KahnOctober 15, 2024
Semyon Dukach, founding partner of One Way Ventures
CommentaryI run a $100M VC fund for immigrants—here’s why they’re often better than those born here
By Semyon DukachOctober 15, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Ghost, B2B retail inventory marketplace, raises a $40 million Series C led by L Catterton
By Allie GarfinkleOctober 15, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Toy brand KiwiCo has surpassed $1 billion in lifetime revenue
By Allie GarfinkleOctober 14, 2024
NewslettersMayfield’s Navin Chaddha on the firm’s AI Garage and the qualities of a strong prospective founder
By Allie GarfinkleOctober 11, 2024
PoliticsAmerica’s long overdue pivot on immigration: Regaining control of the borders—and boosting H-1B visas
By Gary ShapiroOctober 10, 2024
Mona Sabet
CommentaryMy tech startup failed due to 3 mistaken assumptions—entrepreneurs take note
By Mona SabetOctober 10, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Imprint, a co-branded credit card startup, closes $75 million Series C and boosts valuation to $600 million
By Allie GarfinkleOctober 10, 2024
NewslettersFor startups, attracting deep tech talent from large companies is more attainable than ever, says Mytra CEO and cofounder Chris Walti
By Allie GarfinkleOctober 9, 2024
FinanceShein’s U.K. sales hit $2 billion ahead of possible London listing
By Jennifer Creery and BloombergOctober 9, 2024
NewslettersHugging Face cofounder Thomas Wolf says open-source AI’s benefits far outweigh its risks
By Jeremy KahnOctober 8, 2024
Auger founder Dave Clark is seated, hands folded, gazing at the camera
FinanceDave Clark made Amazon a logistics powerhouse. Now he’s raised $100 million to help Fortune 500s perfect their supply chains too
By Jason Del ReyOctober 8, 2024
NewslettersSequoia’s Alfred Lin on the art and math of spotting outliers
By Allie GarfinkleOctober 8, 2024
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TechElon Musk’s underground transit system in Las Vegas is a magnet to trespassers and confused drivers who have to be escorted out
By Jessica MathewsOctober 8, 2024
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MagazineMartha Sazon leads the Philippines-based finance superapp GCash with a majority-female 94 million user base
By Lionel LimOctober 7, 2024
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NewslettersInitialized Capital’s recent layoffs are part of a much larger (and longer) cycle
By Allie GarfinkleOctober 7, 2024
NewslettersThe pharmacy benefit management sector just might be set for a VC-backed shakeup, says Rightway CEO and cofounder Jordan Feldman
By Allie GarfinkleOctober 4, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Lorikeet, an AI customer service platform, comes out of stealth with $5 million in seed funding
By Allie GarfinkleOctober 3, 2024
NewslettersCerebras could restart a stagnant IPO market, but clear risks abound
By Allie GarfinkleOctober 2, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Rogo, an AI startup focused on finance, raised its $18.5 million Series A
By Allie GarfinkleOctober 1, 2024
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, speaks into a microphone.
TechWhy investors want startup founders to own equity—including OpenAI’s Sam Altman
By Sharon Goldman, Kali Hays and Verne KopytoffSeptember 30, 2024
NewslettersExplaining venture capital to kids with Lux Capital’s Deena Shakir
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 30, 2024
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