tech, startups, internet

Why AI is underhyped with Elad Gil.

This is a podcast interview with Joe Lonsdale. “In this episode, Elad takes us behind the scenes of the early days of Google and Twitter, and how Silicon Valley culture has evolved. He explains his three categories of exceptional founders […]

tech, startups, internet

Why AI is underhyped with Elad Gil.

This is a podcast interview with Joe Lonsdale. “In this episode, Elad takes us behind the scenes of the early days of Google and Twitter, and how Silicon Valley culture has evolved. He explains his three categories of exceptional founders […]

fun facts

Computer, find us some metal.

Silicon Valley firm KoBold uses big data and machine learning to search for metals to mine. “On Thursday, their company, KoBold Metals, informed its business partners that their find is likely the largest copper discovery in more than a decade. […]

profiles of people

Joshua Kushner.

His firm, Thrive Capital, manages over $5 billion, up from $40 million when he started it. “Kushner’s firm won over top Silicon Valley CEOs, from OpenAI to Instagram, in record time. Insiders detail how he paved a path outside his […]

tech, startups, internet

Lawyers are getting their own AI chat apps.

The Silicon Valley law firm Gunderson Dettmer built their own internal app for using large language models in their practice. The most exciting “component is the ability of lawyers to query documents they provide using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), a method […]

retail therapy

WSJ says tech bros have moved on from Allbirds.

Showing just how out of touch I am with tech bro culture, I recently bought another pair. “Renowned as ‘the world’s most comfortable sneakers,’ Allbirds once dominated Silicon Valley style. So why are their original fans shunning them and turning […]

better doing

Choose good quests.

“Today, we are in a crisis. Silicon Valley’s best — our top operators, exited founders, and most powerful investors — are almost all on bad quests. Exiting your first startup only to enter venture capital and fight your peers for […]