While most of the venture world has been chasing AI deals, Max Hodak — the co-founder and former president of Neuralink — has been working…
Author: Connie Loizos
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…
The kids 'picked last in gym class' gear up for Super Bowl |
5:26 PM PST · February 7, 2026 The Super Bowl is happening in Silicon Valley this Sunday, and the Patriots-Seahawks game at Levi’s Stadium is…
A peek inside Physical Intelligence, the startup building Silicon Valley's buzziest robot brains |
From the street, the only indication I’ve found Physical Intelligence’s headquarters in San Francisco is a pi symbol that’s a slightly different color than the…
Legal AI giant Harvey acquires Hexus as competition heats up in legal tech |
9:27 PM PST · January 23, 2026 Harvey, the high-flying legal AI startup, has acquired Hexus — a two-year-old startup that builds tools for creating…
Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune |
12:26 AM PST · January 17, 2026 Elon Musk wants a jaw-dropping $79 billion to $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the…
The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion |
Andreessen Horowitz just announced the firm has raised a little more than $15 billion in new funding. The haul represents over 18% of all venture…
Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases |
In Brief Posted: 5:32 PM PST · January 7, 2026 In what may mark the tech industry’s first significant legal settlement over AI-related harm, Google…
Tech billionaires cashed out $16B in 2025 as stocks soared |
While tech stocks were busy setting records in 2025, the executives behind those companies were equally busy turning their paper fortunes into actual cash —…