In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists — many of whom had once forsworn involvement in war — have embraced the military industrial complex.
Category: Start-ups
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Wall Street Wants to Make Private Markets a Little More Public
As value grows in private markets, fund managers, brokerage houses, and savvy start-ups are building products that aim to expand access to them.
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How Do You Brag in Silicon Valley? By Declaring Yourself ‘Best of Breed.’
Companies use the term to frame themselves as the slayers of big players, with a niche product that appeals to the savvy customer.
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How Republicans Supersized Silicon Valley’s Favorite Tax Break
Tucked into the huge set of tax cuts that Republicans passed into law this month was the expansion of an unusually valuable tax break for start-up investors.
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China Is Spending Billions to Become an A.I. Superpower
Beijing is taking an industrial policy approach to help its A.I. companies close the gap with those in the United States.
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Cognition AI Buys Windsurf as A.I. Frenzy Escalates
The deal follows Google’s $2.4 billion investment in Windsurf, an A.I. start-up, as companies race to gain technological talent and provide A.I. tools.
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Google Hires Top A.I. Leaders From Windsurf, Which OpenAI Was Courting
In a $2.4 billion deal, Google recruited the chief executive and a co-founder of Windsurf, which OpenAI had been in talks to buy, as the battle to dominate artificial intelligence escalates.
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Your Job Interviewer Is Not a Person. It’s A.I.
You thought artificial intelligence was coming for your job? First, it’s coming for your job interviewer.
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The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzy
As China vies with Silicon Valley for primacy, Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Alibaba, is where its aspiring tech titans mingle and share ideas.
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He Made Billions on Google and PayPal. Now, He’s Betting on News.
Michael Moritz co-founded The San Francisco Standard, a local news organization. It is acquiring Charter, a start-up focused on the future of work.
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Chinese Companies Set Their Sights on Brazil
Confronted with tariffs and scrutiny in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumer brands are betting that they can become household names in Latin America’s biggest economy.