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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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NewslettersThe ‘godmother’ of AI is getting into the startup game
By Sharon GoldmanMay 6, 2024
NewslettersUP.Partners’ Ben Marcus on investing in transportation tech—and why Boeing is disruptable
By Allie GarfinkleMay 6, 2024
NewslettersRunway’s second-ever AI Film Festival walks the line between movie business’ past and its future
By Allie GarfinkleMay 3, 2024
Carta CEO Henry Ward.
TechTop Carta exec David Kim has left the company a few months after the startup quit the secondary share business
By Jessica MathewsMay 2, 2024
NewslettersWhy Owner cofounder and CEO Adam Guild is serving up software especially for mom-and-pop restaurants
By Allie GarfinkleMay 2, 2024
TechAn AI company you never heard of just raised $1 billion. Here’s what CoreWeave’s new $19 billion valuation really means
By Sharon GoldmanMay 1, 2024
TechFor AI startups, a billion-dollar dilemma: Why lofty valuations could be a hurdle in the race for talent
By Sharon Goldman and Allie GarfinkleMay 1, 2024
NewslettersFor an AI startup, a high valuation is good news. Right?
By Allie GarfinkleMay 1, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Zeck, cofounded by Edward Norton, raises $7.5 million to fight the existential dread looming over your board meetings
By Allie GarfinkleApril 29, 2024
Chris Hulatt co-founder of Octopus Group
Success‘This is the noise of my shredder shredding your business plan—never call me again’: But a trio of 20-something entrepreneurs refused to quit and now run $16.7 billion investment firm
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 27, 2024
NewslettersRubrik goes public, as the stock closed up nearly 16% in the cybersecurity company’s first day of trading
By Allie GarfinkleApril 26, 2024
TechMeet Cohere, Canada’s AI ‘underdog’ that could soon be worth $5 billion by doing the opposite of OpenAI’s every move
By Sharon GoldmanApril 25, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Norwest Venture Partners has closed its $3 billion seventeenth fund
By Allie GarfinkleApril 25, 2024
Andy Dunn, American entrepreneur and the co-founder of Bonobos Inc
LeadershipAsk Andy: How can a startup founder balance work and family?
By Andy DunnApril 25, 2024
CommentaryThe FTC noncompete ruling will narrow the gender gap in entrepreneurship
By Matt MarxApril 24, 2024
A person scraping ice from a foggy window.
NewslettersWhy looking at financial metrics for early stage VC firms isn’t as revealing as you might expect
By Allie GarfinkleApril 24, 2024
Mistral cofounder and CEO Arthur Mensch
NewslettersAI will change the world. But that doesn’t mean investors will get rich in the process
By Jeremy KahnApril 23, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Behind Genius Ventures raises its second fund at $8.9 million
By Allie GarfinkleApril 23, 2024
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sitting in front of a brick wall.
TechOpenAI’s Sam Altman is funding a green-energy moonshot as AI’s power demands grow to ‘insatiable’ levels
By Dylan SloanApril 22, 2024
"The Everything War," by Dana Mattioli.
TechEntrepreneurs seeking millions from Amazon’s Alexa Fund face a stark reality
By Dana MattioliApril 22, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Primary Venture Partners launches its DEI-focused Factor Fellowship
By Allie GarfinkleApril 22, 2024
NewslettersThe number of CVCs has increased rapidly in recent years. But how are those CVCs actually doing?
By Allie GarfinkleApril 19, 2024
NewslettersThe Fed’s probably going to hold rates steady for longer than expected. But even when that awaited rate cut comes, it may not be all that cathartic
By Allie GarfinkleApril 18, 2024
CommentaryThe U.S. and China are leading the world in AI innovation–but the U.K. can punch above its weight. Here’s how
By Victor RiparbelliApril 17, 2024
NewslettersVC associates can be vital to firms and founders—when they’re empowered to be
By Allie GarfinkleApril 17, 2024
Jake Loosararian stands next to a Gecko robot climbing a wall
TechFrom sleeping on a friend’s floor to signing huge industrial customers: How Gecko’s founder built a $600 million robot company from a college project 
By Rachyl JonesApril 17, 2024
NewslettersTikTok has repeatedly said that it’s no longer linked to China. A new Fortune investigation tells a more complicated story.
By Allie GarfinkleApril 16, 2024
Founder of the startup Builder.ai Sachin Dev Dugal and Shell's head of AI Amy Challen
ConferencesAs companies take their AI pilots enterprise-wide, there are challenges to scaling up: ‘If it’s not being used, it’s your problem—it’s not the user’s problem’
By Paolo ConfinoApril 15, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Human Ventures approaches $50 million raised for its second fund
By Allie GarfinkleApril 15, 2024
TechWorkers at Elon Musk’s Boring Co. accidentally dug too close to a supporting column of the Las Vegas monorail last year, forcing officials to briefly halt service
By Jessica MathewsApril 12, 2024
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