Erin Griffith
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A.I. Is Changing How Silicon Valley Builds Start-Ups
Tech start-ups typically raised huge sums to hire armies of workers and grow fast. Now artificial intelligence tools are making workers more productive and spurring...
They’ve Been Waiting Years to Go Public. They’re Still Waiting.
Some tech companies are delaying or pulling their listing plans as the Trump administration’s tariff announcements and other changes cause market volatility and uncertainty.
C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89
He was among the first backers of Apple Computer and 3Com, earning windfalls, but it was his humaneness that distinguished him from other venture capitalists.
After DeepSeek, Venture Capital Investors Face Questions About Their A.I. Bets
Venture capitalists plowed money into A.I. start-ups like OpenAI and Anthropic. But the rise of the Chinese A.I. start-up DeepSeek has called that funding frenzy...
U.S. Ban of TikTok Is Set to Deal a Major Blow to ByteDance, Its Chinese Owner
While TikTok remains hugely popular in Brazil, Indonesia and other markets, its 170 million users in the United States are its most valuable.
Databricks Is Raising $10 Billion, in One of the Largest Venture Capital Deals
The artificial intelligence startup’s funding shows investors remain enthusiastic about the A.I. boom.
Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark and the Transformation of Venture Capital
The opposing paths taken by two powerful firms — Benchmark and Andreessen Horowitz — embody a profound debate about the future of an industry that...
Ev Williams, Twitter and Medium Founder, Unveils New Social App
The serial internet entrepreneur, who co-founded Twitter and created Medium, was turning 50 and feeling detached from friends. Maybe a new start-up could fix that.
Omnicom and Interpublic to Merge, Creating Ad Agency Giant
If they combine, Omnicom and Interpublic would become the largest advertising company in the world.
What Is ‘Agentic’ AI? It Doesn’t Require a Human to Tell It What to Do
So-called agentic artificial intelligence doesn’t require a human to tell it what to do. At least, that’s the idea.