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…
Author: Connie Loizos
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…
Why scientists can't get a laugh |
In Brief Posted: 10:39 AM PDT · March 20, 2026 A newly published survey of more than 500 science conference presentations across a two-year period…
Alphabet's X has a new spinout, and it's going after one of the world's most expensive bureaucratic nightmares |
For more than a decade, Alphabet’s X moonshot factory has been quietly trying to fix one of the world’s most stubborn industries. It failed twice,…
Alphabet’s X has a new spinout, and it’s going after one of the world’s most expensive bureaucratic nightmares |
For more than a decade, Alphabet’s X moonshot factory has been quietly trying to fix one of the world’s most stubborn industries. It failed twice,…
The billionaires made a promise — now some want out |
In 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign aimed at the world’s wealthiest people called the Giving Pledge: a public commitment…
Science Corp. raises $230M as it races to bring its brain implant to market |
While most of the venture world has been chasing AI deals, Max Hodak — the co-founder and former president of Neuralink — has been working…
In a changed VC landscape, this exec is doubling down on overlooked founders |
Much of Silicon Valley has spent years chasing mega-rounds and buzzy AI deals. Meanwhile, Stacy Brown-Philpot is running Cherryrock Capital like a throwback to venture…
With co-founders leaving and an IPO looming, Elon Musk turns talk to the moon |
On Tuesday night, Elon Musk gathered the employees of xAI for an all-hands meeting. Evidently, he wanted to talk about the future of his AI…