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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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NewslettersExclusive: Underscore VC closes its $58 million third fund as the firm completes a generational transfer
By Allie GarfinkleApril 12, 2024
Arthur Mensch, cofounder and CEO of Mistral AI attends the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park.
TechMillennial boss of French OpenAI challenger says tech CEOs’ obsession with AI outsmarting humans is a ‘very religious’ fascination: ‘I’m a strong atheist. So I don’t believe in AGI’
By Ryan HoggApril 12, 2024
NewslettersColossal Biosciences has made headlines as the de-extinction startup primed to bring back the woolly mammoth. Here’s how the business model actually works.
By Allie GarfinkleApril 11, 2024
Andy Dunn, American entrepreneur and the co-founder of Bonobos Inc
LeadershipAsk Andy: Can a startup build a strong culture around remote work?
By Andy DunnApril 11, 2024
V7 Labs cofounders Alberto Rizzoli and Simon Edwardsson
TechLondon AI firm V7 expands from image data labeling into workplace automation
By Jeremy KahnApril 10, 2024
TechExclusive: Wiz acquires Gem Security
By Allie GarfinkleApril 10, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Inside Wiz’s acquisition of Gem Security
By Allie GarfinkleApril 10, 2024
TechAlphaSense, a Goldman Sachs–backed AI research startup valued at $2.5B, gears up for IPO as it crosses $200M in annual recurring revenue
By Jessica MathewsApril 9, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: AlleyCorp raises a $250 million fund, taking on external investors for the first time
By Allie GarfinkleApril 9, 2024
NewslettersInsight Partners’ Ryan Hinkle on how to break into VC and build a career there
By Allie GarfinkleApril 8, 2024
NewslettersYC’s newest batch of prospects looks strong, investors say
By Allie GarfinkleApril 5, 2024
NewslettersTiger closed its 16th fund at $2.2 billion, falling short of its $6 billion target.
By Allie GarfinkleApril 3, 2024
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on stage in front of a screen that says AI Studio.
TechThe ‘Meta AI mafia’ brain drain continues with at least 3 more high-level departures
By Sharon GoldmanApril 2, 2024
NewslettersFor thermal battery startups, the median post-money valuation is up 81.9% year over year
By Allie GarfinkleApril 2, 2024
Rear view of woman performing stand-up comedy
NewslettersWhy humor is intrinsic to the venture and startup landscape
By Allie GarfinkleApril 1, 2024
NewslettersSam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Here’s what covering the trial as a reporter was really like
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 29, 2024
TechGeneral Motors has sliced Cruise’s budget by $1B, but says it may bring on new Cruise investors when it starts rolling robo-taxis back on the streets
By Jessica MathewsMarch 28, 2024
CommentaryAI Ph.D.s are flocking to Big Tech. Here’s why that could be bad news for open innovation
By Rebecca FinlayMarch 28, 2024
NewslettersInside Stability AI’s bad breakup with key investors
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 28, 2024
Andy Dunn, American entrepreneur and the co-founder of Bonobos Inc
LeadershipAsk Andy: How can you tell whether a startup is a good place to work? When is it safe to disclose a mental-health challenge to coworkers?
By Andy DunnMarch 28, 2024
TechInside the $1 billion love affair between Stability AI’s ‘complicated’ founder and tech investors Coatue and Lightspeed—and how it turned bitter within months
By Jessica Mathews and Allie GarfinkleMarch 27, 2024
NewslettersGoogle’s former Andys—Conrad and Harrison—reunited at VC firm S32, talk AI
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 27, 2024
Ken Paxton
PoliticsDefiant Texas AG will repay investors to resolve securities fraud charges—’There will never be a conviction in this case nor am I guilty’
By Juan Lozano, Jim Vertuno, Acacia Coronado and The Associated PressMarch 26, 2024
NewslettersDo shake-ups at 2 high-profile AI companies signal more to come? 
By Verne KopytoffMarch 26, 2024
NewslettersCanva acquires design software provider Affinity
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 26, 2024
CommentaryThere is mounting evidence that starting a business reduces stress–and persistent myths that are stopping employees from taking the plunge
By Ross BuhrdorfMarch 25, 2024
NewslettersReddit and Astera Labs’ AI pitches resonated in a great week for tech IPOs
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 22, 2024
NewslettersExclusive: Foundry comes out of stealth with a $350 million valuation
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 21, 2024
Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Inflection AI during a panel session
TechWhy Microsoft’s surprise deal with $4 billion startup Inflection is the most important non-acquisition in AI
By Kylie RobisonMarch 19, 2024
TechExclusive: IVP has raised $1.6 billion, marking its 18th fund
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 19, 2024
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