TikTok War of Words Ramps Up
We’re in for a long few weeks as the ban-or-sell TikTok bill winds its way through Congress. The few moments of action we’re likely to see—such as this week’s vote in the House of Representati...
Morgan Stanley Was Counting on $150 Million in Twitter Deal Fees
When Morgan Stanley first worked on Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter acquisition in April 2022, bankers estimated fees on the deal could reach $150 million or more, according to two people who saw th...
Why Tesla Veterans Dominate the EV and Battery Industries
In 2013, Landon Mossburg, then 29, was hired by Tesla to work on its supply chain team. Tesla threw him into negotiations with the senior executives of cellphone, internet and tech companies to secure...
A Rising Star Investor's Polarizing Plan
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:The Silicon Valley rising star who angered AndreessenHow a white-collar pirate pilfered the richA million-dollar strawberry that venture capitalists cravePlus�...
A High-Tech Strawberry—and Our Other Favorite Fancy Fruit
By Larissa Zimberoff
As a GPU is to Nvidia, a strawberry is to Oishii: expensive, deeply coveted—and backed by enormous amounts of capital and technology.
New Jersey–based Oishii (pronounced oy-...
Altman Is More Powerful Than Ever; Trump’s TikTok Reversal
If you’re one of those people who was obsessed with last November’s OpenAI drama, you can wipe it from your memory. The ChatGPT creator put CEO Sam Altman back on its board late Friday, we scooped...
OpenAI Board Reappoints Altman and Adds Three Other Directors
OpenAI’s board said an investigation into the circumstances surrounding CEO Sam Altman’s short-lived firing last November had exonerated the executive, who had been reinstated after a staff revolt...
JPMorgan Sees Mixed Results From Silicon Valley Push
A few months after JPMorgan Chase bought the collapsed First Republic Bank last year, Eric Bahn decided he needed a new home for his money.
The general partner and co-founder of Hustle Fund, a $130 m...