Founders Fund has made its name backing what Peter Thiel calls “zero to one” companies — businesses that don’t just improve on existing ideas but…
Author: Connie Loizos
Anthropic is having a moment in the private markets; SpaceX could spoil the party |
Glen Anderson has been brokering trades in private company shares since 2010, back when the number of institutional investors focused on the late-stage private market…
Peter Thiel’s big bet on solar-powered cow collars |
Founders Fund has made its name backing what Peter Thiel calls “zero to one” companies — businesses that don’t just improve on existing ideas but…
Anthropic is having a month |
4:58 PM PDT · March 31, 2026 Anthropic has built its public identity around the winning idea that it’s the careful AI company. It publishes…
Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion |
Whoop, the fitness and health tracking wearable company, has closed a $575 million Series G funding round at a $10.1 billion valuation — nearly triple…
Physical Intelligence is reportedly in talks to raise $1B, again |
In Brief Posted: 4:59 PM PDT · March 27, 2026 Physical Intelligence, the two-year-old San Francisco robotics startup, is in discussions to raise about $1…
Whoop's fitness band is cool. Can it stay cool as the company grows? |
For the better part of a decade, Whoop sold itself as a secret weapon for serious athletes. LeBron James was convinced to slap on the…
Why OpenAI really shut down Sora |
In Brief Posted: 8:09 PM PDT · March 29, 2026 OpenAI’s decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months…
Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business? |
This week, a topic that has been boomeranging around Silicon Valley bounced into the spotlight: AI tokens as compensation. The idea is straightforward enough —…
New court filing reveals Pentagon told Anthropic the two sides were nearly aligned — a week after Trump declared the relationship kaput |
Anthropic submitted two sworn declarations to a California federal court late Friday afternoon, pushing back on the Pentagon’s assertion that the AI company poses an…