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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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A person using Ozempic on November 2, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. Novo Nordisk, the Danish firm that manufactures Ozempic, has reported record quarterly results, up almost 3% on the stock market. The company's revenues rose by 38% to DKK 58.73 billion, some 7.8 billion euros. Ozempic is a diabetic drug that causes a loss of up to 15% of body weight because it acts as an appetite suppressant, a side effect that has made the drug fashionable on social media as a weight loss drug.
NewslettersAs more and more weight-loss startups prescribe Ozempic and Wegovy, doctors say they’re making unproven claims
By Jessica Mathews and Alena BotrosJuly 10, 2024
SuccessWhy Lyft and Twitch succeeded while Quibi and Kodak failed—and why smart entrepreneurs focus on inflections
By Mike Maples, Jr. and Peter ZiebelmanJuly 9, 2024
A person using Ozempic on November 2, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. Novo Nordisk, the Danish firm that manufactures Ozempic, has reported record quarterly results, up almost 3% on the stock market. The company's revenues rose by 38% to DKK 58.73 billion, some 7.8 billion euros. Ozempic is a diabetic drug that causes a loss of up to 15% of body weight because it acts as an appetite suppressant, a side effect that has made the drug fashionable on social media as a weight loss drug.
FeaturesOzempic and Wegovy are marketed as a short-term holy grail for weight loss by some startups. Doctors disagree
By Jessica Mathews and Alena BotrosJuly 9, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Canoe Intelligence raises $36 million for Series C led by Goldman Sachs
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 9, 2024
Odyssey cofounders Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke.
TechTwo self-driving car guys take on OpenAI’s Sora, Kling, and Runway to be Hollywood’s favorite AI
By Jeremy KahnJuly 8, 2024
SuccessFrom barista to billionaire: Andrew Wilkinson reflects on his entrepreneurial journey and a life-changing offer from Charlie Munger in his new memoir 
By Andrew WilkinsonJuly 8, 2024
NewslettersHow whaling ventures in the 1800s shaped venture capital as we know it
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 8, 2024
TechU.K. tech overtakes China, cementing its position as the world’s second-largest ecosystem by funding
By Oliver SmithJuly 5, 2024
NewslettersFintech is likely to face increased scrutiny after Evolve hack
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 5, 2024
NewslettersWhy Universal Hydrogen folded—and why the company’s mission will live on
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 3, 2024
TechThese are the nine AI startups that VCs wish founders would pitch them
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 2, 2024
NewslettersThe AI startups of VCs’ dreams, from recruiting to an Nvidia alternative
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 2, 2024
NewslettersIVP’s Tom Loverro on why startups need to seize this moment
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 1, 2024
CommentaryDavid meets Goliath: Japan and Korea make startups work with large conglomerates in a twist on the Silicon Valley model
By Robyn Klingler-Vidra and Ramon Pacheco PardoJune 30, 2024
Perplexity AI logo is seen on a smartphone screen
FinanceAmazon is reviewing reports that Perplexity AI is scraping online news content without approval
By Haleluya Hadero and The Associated PressJune 29, 2024
Andy Dunn, American entrepreneur and the co-founder of Bonobos Inc
LeadershipAsk Andy: How much should startup founders pay themselves?
By Andy DunnJune 27, 2024
Guitarist and vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong brandishing a guitar on stage in front of a screen showing images of a large audience as he performs live with American punk band Green Day at the Isle of Wight Festival.
NewslettersThe ‘move fast, break sh*t’ ethos of today’s AI startups is already coming back to haunt them—and us
By Jeremy KahnJune 25, 2024
TechExclusive: Andreessen Horowitz plans to launch a private equity fund, documents show
By Jessica MathewsJune 24, 2024
smartphone screen shows facial-recognition software
TechAn AI startup that doesn’t have enough cash to settle a privacy lawsuit is giving plaintiffs a share of the company’s value instead
By Kathleen Foody and The Associated PressJune 22, 2024
TechVenture capitalists wanted Sober Sidekick’s founder to take his addiction recovery app in a different direction. Now he’s proving them wrong
By Jessica MathewsJune 21, 2024
Mike Sievert, CEO of T-Mobile.
LeadershipT-Mobile’s CEO shares the management shift that vaulted the company from a $6B to $195B telecom giant
By Emma BurleighJune 21, 2024
Jotform founder Aytekin Tank
CommentaryI grew my business with no outside funding. Bootstrappers have an advantage over VC-backed startups—especially now
By Aytekin TankJune 21, 2024
Image of a doctor in a white coat and several people in blue scrubs pushing a patient on a gurney in an emergency room.
NewslettersGenerative AI is coming to the emergency room
By Sage LazzaroJune 20, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Soot raises $7.2 million in seed round led by Upfront Ventures
By Allie GarfinkleJune 20, 2024
TechAI startup Adept has been in talks with Microsoft, sources say
By Allie Garfinkle and Sharon GoldmanJune 18, 2024
Winx cofounders Jamie Norwood (left) and Cynthia Plotch.
CommentaryHow we reached profitability by educating Gen Z for free
By Jamie NorwoodJune 18, 2024
TechCanada-based Waabi raises $200 million, touts plan to get gen-AI driverless trucks on the road in 2025
By Sharon GoldmanJune 18, 2024
British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, known as the 'godfather of AI' speaks with Nick Thompson of The Atlantic
TechThe ‘Godfather of AI’ quit Google a year ago. Now he’s emerged out of stealth to back a startup promising to use AI for carbon capture
By Ryan HoggJune 18, 2024
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TechElon Musk’s Neuralink forced a pregnant employee to work with herpes-infected monkeys that scratched her, lawsuit says
By Sarah McBride and BloombergJune 16, 2024
Clément Delangue
TechHugging Face CEO says he hears from 10 AI founders a week who want to sell their startups
By Rachel Metz and BloombergJune 14, 2024
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