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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Success

OpenAI may soon be the most valuable private company—but Sam Altman’s net worth won’t jolt, as the CEO holds no equity and makes just $76,001 a year

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August 21, 2025
Exclusive: Two MIT dropouts raised $21 million for their AI startup that does legacy businesses’ grunt work
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Exclusive: Two MIT dropouts raised $21 million for their AI startup that does legacy businesses’ grunt work

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August 14, 2025
Garry Tan gestures
Success

Tech CEO slams college entrepreneurship programs for ‘teaching you to lie’—he warns Gen Z that ‘faking it till you make it’ could land them in jail

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July 10, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk stand next to a Tesla Cybertruck on the South Portico of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
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Tesla’s Cybertruck just can’t catch a break

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March 17, 2025
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Exclusive: Model ML, a financial research startup automating Wall Street’s grunt work, emerges from stealth 

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February 6, 2025
Ashton Kutcher and David Sacks
Finance

How celebrities became VCs and VCs became celebrities  

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November 7, 2024
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Tech

Sam Altman’s decade-old investment in Reddit is now worth over a billion dollars

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October 30, 2024
Paul Graham, co-founder of famed startup accelerator Y Combinator
Tech

‘Founder mode’ startup guru Paul Graham explains why he’s not backing Trump: ‘He ran the White House like a mob boss’

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October 30, 2024
Tristan Handy, founder and CEO of dbt Labs
Commentary

‘Founder mode’ is missing a key to growth—take it from a founder and CEO

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September 13, 2024
Paul Graham, cofounder of Y Combinator
Leadership

Startup guru Paul Graham eviscerates Silicon Valley’s conventional wisdom about founders

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September 1, 2024
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Finance

Y Combinator’s first bet on weapons eyes a U.S.-China war and SpaceX playbook

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August 25, 2024
Venture capitalist David Sacks speaking at a podium
Tech

A post about Kamala Harris pushed a long-simmering feud between tech execs into the open

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July 25, 2024
State Senator Scott Wiener
Tech

California AI bill SB-1047 sparks fierce debate, Senator likens it to ‘Jets vs. Sharks’ feud

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July 15, 2024
Jake Loosararian stands next to a Gecko robot climbing a wall
Tech

From 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 

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April 17, 2024
YC’s newest batch of prospects looks strong, investors say
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YC’s newest batch of prospects looks strong, investors say

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April 5, 2024

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