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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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EconomyU.S. debt is competing with a record supply of corporate bonds, pushing up the cost of federal borrowing just as war spending piles up
By Jason MaMarch 16, 2026
CryptoSaylor’s strategy ramps up sales of preferred in latest Bitcoin purchase
By Melos Ambaye and BloombergMarch 16, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scrunching his face.
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
Donald Trump
PoliticsTrump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ can’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz—and it’s threatening a recession
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 16, 2026
an ad for polymarket in a subway station
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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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
AIOpenAI sees $5 billion loss in 2024 and soaring sales as big ChatGPT fee hikes planned, report says
By Jason MaSeptember 28, 2024
TechSam Altman denies reports he will get a gargantuan equity stake in OpenAI as it restructures
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 27, 2024
David Silberman, cofounder and CFO at PingPod and its subsidiary PodPlay.
CommentaryHow our ping pong startup hit a $50M valuation in 5 years by tapping into automation
By David SilbermanSeptember 27, 2024
Newsletters‘Pattern matching’ is venture capitalists’ favorite tool—and their biggest blindspot
By Jeff John RobertsSeptember 27, 2024
TechOnly one person is left from this iconic photo of the OpenAI leadership team
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 26, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: In 2024, CVCs participated in 28% of overall venture deals, new report shows
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 26, 2024
NewslettersZip doubles down as the procurement startup expands into EMEA and debuts new brand design
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 25, 2024
NewslettersFor AI agent startups, deal count is up 81.4% year over year, says PitchBook
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 24, 2024
NewslettersAn $80 million crypto fund backed by Bill Ackman is winding down after its Forbes 30 under 30 founder went silent in China
By Leo SchwartzSeptember 23, 2024
TechInside Google Ventures’ first 15 years—and its plans for the next 300
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 20, 2024
CommentaryAI investors need focus—but their exuberance isn’t entirely unjustified
By Vibhor Rastogi and Cagla KaymazSeptember 20, 2024
NewslettersHow a spur-of-the-moment trip made GV the lead investor in Cribl’s summer Series E
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 20, 2024
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
SuccessSam Altman tells high schoolers dropping out of college wasn’t a big deal
By Paolo ConfinoSeptember 19, 2024
NewslettersCelebrities, CEOs, and sports stars pile into $5 million fundraise for Midi Health, a startup providing menopause care
By Nina AjemianSeptember 19, 2024
Rebelstork founder seated atop large delivery boxes inside a warehouse
EnvironmentExclusive: Online shopping startup Rebelstork has raised $18 million from Maveron and Serena Williams to help solve the returns crisis
By Jason Del ReySeptember 19, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Avid Ventures raises $87 million second fund
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 19, 2024
FinanceWarren Buffett’s brain and other finance legends channeled in new AI fund 
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 19, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Headline raises $865 million and hires new head of growth
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 18, 2024
NewslettersMedical AI could be great. But the way we are regulating it now is dangerous
By Jeremy KahnSeptember 17, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Hotel Engine reaches a $2.1 billion valuation, rebrands as Engine
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 17, 2024
NewslettersMobility tech deal value was up 13.9% quarter over quarter, led by autonomous driving startups, according to PitchBook
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 16, 2024
Xi Jinping claps hands
FinanceChina’s startup scene is dead as investors pull out—’Today, we are like lepers’
By Jason MaSeptember 14, 2024
Tristan Handy, founder and CEO of dbt Labs
Commentary‘Founder mode’ is missing a key to growth—take it from a founder and CEO
By Tristan HandySeptember 13, 2024
NewslettersFor startups and VCs, superstition isn’t just for Friday the 13th
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 13, 2024
LeadershipTech unicorn CEO refuses to leave after board announces his replacement—now the 2 CEOs are fighting over email
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 13, 2024
Eiso Kant, co-founder of Poolside, speaking at the ai-Pulse conference held at the Station F technology campus in Paris, France, on November 17, 2023. Wearing a black t-shirt and a conference badge, he holds a microphone while gesturing with his left hand.
TechAI startup Poolside nears $3 billion valuation before ever releasing product
By Benoit Berthelot, Shona Ghosh and BloombergSeptember 12, 2024
NewslettersOne of the largest blockchain fund of funds has raised over $135 million across two new vehicles
By Leo SchwartzSeptember 12, 2024
NewslettersIn the AI boom, incumbents are better positioned to compete with startups than in previous cycles, VCs say at Goldman Sachs Communacopia
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 11, 2024
CommentaryAustralia’s startup scene has delivered the 3rd-highest liquidity behind the U.S. and China, new analysis shows
By John HendersonSeptember 11, 2024
CommentaryNextdoor CEO: Forget ‘founder mode.’ Here’s how Oprah Winfrey, Steve Jobs, and Sam Walton mastered the ‘founder’s mentality’
By Nirav ToliaSeptember 10, 2024
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