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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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TechOpenAI Chair Bret Taylor says he’ll recuse himself ‘whenever there is a potential for overlap’ with his new AI startup Sierra
By Kylie RobisonFebruary 13, 2024
Headshot of XGen AI founder and CEO Frank Faricy
TechAmazon and Walmart want to use gen AI to transform online shopping. This startup wants to do the same for everyone else
By Jason Del ReyFebruary 13, 2024
TechExclusive: Thrive Capital has invested in more than a dozen other VC firms from its growth fund, emails show
By Jessica MathewsFebruary 12, 2024
portrait at the Butcherbox offices in Watertown.
SuccessButcherBox’s famed ‘free bacon for life’ promotion was actually a happy mistake, founder of $500 million meat subscription service says
By Jane ThierFebruary 7, 2024
CommentaryZero interest-rate babies are facing their day of reckoning. It’s time this generation of startups learns how to fly
By Raphaelle d’OrnanoFebruary 7, 2024
CommentaryTech valuations are at a 10-year low–but optimism should be at a 5-year high. Here’s why
By Ryan HinkleFebruary 5, 2024
Mike Salguero, CEO of ButcherBox
SuccessButcherBox’s founder was fired from his first CEO gig after ‘losing everyone’s money.’ Here’s how he learned from his mistakes to build a $500 million meat subscription empire
By Jane ThierFebruary 4, 2024
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
TechCould AI create a one-person unicorn? Sam Altman thinks so—and Silicon Valley sees the technology ‘waiting for us’
By Paolo ConfinoFebruary 4, 2024
CommentaryMore tech startups are expected to IPO this year–but stock option decisions are becoming more complicated for their employees
By Mary Jane McCaghrenFebruary 2, 2024
DataSnipper CEO Vidya Peters
TechDataSnipper, startup that uses AI to eliminate some of the ‘dread’ in accounting, is valued at $1 billion in latest funding round
By Jeremy KahnFebruary 1, 2024
FinanceShaq looks for his next slam dunk in education by investing in a community college startup—and says none other than Jeff Bezos inspired him
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJanuary 31, 2024
CommentaryThe federal government is simultaneously investing in my startup–and crippling our business with a little-known tax code provision. Only Congress can save us
By Rayana MarkerJanuary 31, 2024
FinanceFacing reports of more job cuts, Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen explains why he raised $260 million from Shopify
By Will DanielJanuary 26, 2024
MagazineLessons from a startup founder at the crossroads of failure
By Andy DunnJanuary 25, 2024
MagazineHow scooter startup Bird, the sharing economy’s next big thing, went from $2.5 billion smash hit to roadkill in record time
By Jason Del ReyJanuary 25, 2024
Photo illustration of a unicorn's horn bursting a bubble.
MagazineFrom unicorns to unicorpses: Why billion-dollar startups and even VC firms keep imploding
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 25, 2024
Giorgio Rapicavoli
SuccessA lot of Americans sitting around who never had cash before: New Yelp data reveals the small-business boom from the pandemic has real-world legs
By Irina Ivanova and Sunny NagpaulJanuary 24, 2024
Brex cofounder Henrique Dubugras
TechBrex, the fintech giant valued at $12.3 billion, announced it will lay off 20% of its staff
By Kylie RobisonJanuary 23, 2024
TechVertical Aerospace founder invests $50M to keep the flying-taxi venture going: ‘I’m putting my money where my mouth is’
By Charlotte Ryan and BloombergJanuary 21, 2024
TechOzy Media’s Carlos Watson may be jailed before his fraud trial for disclosing private documents in a separate civil lawsuit against BuzzFeed
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 18, 2024
SuccessMarc Benioff’s leadership style inspired this 39-year-old founder to start her own $30 million company: He was an ‘amazing CEO’
By Jane ThierJanuary 18, 2024
CompaniesFlowdesk raises $50 million as CEO works to bridge the gap with TradFi: ‘Crypto needs to step up’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJanuary 18, 2024
MLS commissioner Don Garber
TechThe $40 billion AI mania sprouts a tech incubator program in the unlikeliest place: Major League Soccer
By Paolo ConfinoJanuary 11, 2024
Silhouette of Carta CEO Henry Ward on orange background.
TechCarta is exiting the startup secondary trading business and told employees it is pausing all sales outreach ‘until further notice’
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 8, 2024
Silhouette of Carta CEO Henry Ward on blue background.
TechCarta CEO says company is investigating customer allegations of self-dealing with confidential information
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 7, 2024
Photo of Jeff Bezos
TechJeff Bezos–backed AI search startup’s CEO says ‘Google is going to be viewed as something that’s legacy and old’
By Steve MollmanJanuary 6, 2024
HealthOnce high-flying SmileDirectClub, the startup some derided as ‘DIY dentistry,’ is shutting down—here’s where that leaves its customers
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressDecember 29, 2023
CommentaryShe closed a $400 million fund the week Lehman crashed. Here’s what Canvas Ventures cofounder Rebecca Lynn predicts for the year ahead
By Rebecca LynnDecember 27, 2023
TechChamath Palihapitiya says venture capitalists also face disruption from AI—and startup founders stand to benefit
By Steve MollmanDecember 24, 2023
TechSam Altman’s OpenAI to be second-most valuable U.S. startup behind Elon Musk’s SpaceX based on early-talks funding round
By Gillian Tan, Edward Ludlow, Shirin Ghaffary and BloombergDecember 23, 2023
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