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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
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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
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
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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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TechExclusive: AI startup Glean aiming to build the ‘Google for Work,’ raises $260M at $4.6B valuation
By Sharon GoldmanSeptember 10, 2024
NewslettersWhat Sam’s Grill, the VC lunch spot of the 1950s, can tell us about today
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 10, 2024
NewslettersWhy Nanowear cofounder Venk Varadan isn’t chasing venture capital
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 9, 2024
LeadershipIs ‘founder mode’ or ‘manager mode’ better? Here’s what the 22 Fortune 500 companies still run by founders show
By Geoff ColvinSeptember 8, 2024
Chris O’Neill (above) believes startup success comes from leaders building a people-first company culture from day one.
CommentaryI’ve led multiple tech businesses. This is the biggest mistake startup leaders make
By Chris O’NeillSeptember 6, 2024
TechDefense tech startup Anduril has hired more than 1,000 employees in 9 months as it prepares to build unmanned jet fighters for the Air Force
By Jessica MathewsSeptember 6, 2024
NewslettersWhy Paul Graham’s ‘founder mode’ became a rallying cry
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 6, 2024
Voyo Popovic, founder and CEO of Piece of Cake Moving
CommentaryIn 6 years I’ve bootstrapped my moving company to $100M in revenue. Avoiding VC funding has been key
By Voyo PopovicSeptember 5, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Laravel, an open source startup in Arkansas founded by Taylor Otwell, raises $57 million from Accel
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 5, 2024
TechNew Mexico’s sovereign wealth fund is investing $50M in a bet that scientists will build startups in Albuquerque
By Jessica MathewsSeptember 4, 2024
NewslettersVCs invested $1.2 billion in insurtechs in Q2 2024, according to PitchBook
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 4, 2024
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, dressed in a light blue blazer, smiles and points enthusiastically while speaking at a podium with two microphones. The background features a blurred crowd, emphasizing the focus on Harris as she interacts with those in attendance.
PoliticsHarris proposes 10x increase in small business startup deduction to $50,000
By Akayla Gardner and BloombergSeptember 3, 2024
NewslettersHow tech’s booms and busts have evolved over time—and how they’ve stayed the same, according to Venrock’s Ethan Batraski
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 3, 2024
Paul Graham, cofounder of Y Combinator
LeadershipStartup guru Paul Graham eviscerates Silicon Valley’s conventional wisdom about founders
By Jason MaSeptember 1, 2024
Joshua Kushner, founder of Thrive Capital
MagazineThe rise of Joshua Kushner: How the young VC quietly built Thrive Capital into the powerhouse leading OpenAI to a $100 billion valuation
By Alyson ShontellAugust 30, 2024
CommentaryThe U.S. must pursue ‘fleet-scale’ nuclear development to ensure the lessons learned at Vogtle won’t be for naught
By Juliann EdwardsAugust 30, 2024
SuccessHow Warby Parker built a $1.8 billion brand without ever changing the original glasses price
By Jane ThierAugust 29, 2024
CommentaryThe U.K.’s quantum advantage is about to pay off—but a government spending review risks squandering it
By Carmen Palacios-BerraqueroAugust 28, 2024
NewslettersMike Lynch leaves a complex, still-unfolding legacy
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 26, 2024
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FinanceY Combinator’s first bet on weapons eyes a U.S.-China war and SpaceX playbook
By Jason MaAugust 25, 2024
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NewslettersWhat IPO readiness really looks like
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 23, 2024
A man in a green sweater and brown pants carries his food through the door of a Cava restaurant.
FinanceCava CEO Brett Schulman talks strategy as food chain beats Q2 earnings
By Greg McKennaAugust 22, 2024
CommentaryU.S. investors are dominating Europe’s AI scene—and learning to live with the old continent’s regulators
By Serhiy TokarevAugust 22, 2024
NewslettersGlobal VC funding in media, entertainment, and gaming is up 58% for the first half of 2024, says Crunchbase
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 22, 2024
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TechMeet the $465 million startup UPS acquired that helps solve the ‘free returns’ nightmare that Amazon fueled
By Jason Del ReyAugust 21, 2024
Sunil and Anil Varanasi, cofounders of Meter.
NewslettersWhy Meter’s Varanasi brothers have to think beyond internet infrastructure to excel
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 21, 2024
Sunil and Anil Varanasi, cofounders of Meter.
TechMeter cofounders Sunil and Anil Varanasi are brothers, partners, and competitors—who play on the same team
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 21, 2024
Gen Z tech entrepreneurs Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche, cofounders of Movement Labs.
CommentaryWe’re Gen Z college dropouts who raised $41.4M for our blockchain startup. Here’s how we did it
By Cooper Scanlon and Rushi MancheAugust 20, 2024
NewslettersAMD’s ZT acquisition marks a new chapter in the chip maker’s chase of Nvidia
By Allie GarfinkleAugust 20, 2024
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SuccessBillionaire Google cofounder Larry Page’s unlikely advice for new grads: Be lazy
By Jane ThierAugust 19, 2024
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