“A panicked letter from LG Chem arrived at Tesla with a dire demand: Return its batteries. Just as Tesla was proving it could craft a lithium-ion battery pack on its own, the battery industry was grappling with the danger that […]
“When researching construction, you invariably discover that any new or innovative idea has actually been tried over and over again, often stretching back decades. One of these new-but-actually-old ideas is the idea of a mechanical bricklayer, a machine to automate […]
This is an oft-cited 8-part series by Matthew Ball. “The purpose of this essay is to offer a way to think about the emergence of the Metaverse.” | learn more
A fun article, though it doesn’t go very deep. “Historically, angel investors have been high-net-worth individuals. But with loosened regulations and the advent of crowdfunding platforms, now almost anybody can invest small amounts of their own money in individual startups […]
“Since Y Combinator was founded by Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Robert Tappan Morris, and Trevor Blackwell in March 2005, over 2000 companies have been launched out of the accelerator. The combined valuation of YC-backed companies was more than $300B by […]
“A magnifying glass on the relationship between curation and commerce.” | learn more
“How once upon a time the government wanted to put a backdoor in your phone.” | learn more
“Nvidia scanned its CEO, Jensen Huang, and trained an AI to mimic his gestures, creating a virtual replica of Huang, which the company used as part of its April keynote. In a blog post, Nvidia revealed that Huang did not […]
“Is the pace of today’s fundraising environment actually in the best interest of founders?” | learn more
“I think I’ve finally found one part of the economy where I’m already seeing a kind of stagflationary dynamic play out—Facebook ads.” | learn more