#silicon-valley

#silicon-valley

America is the country that started the AI race. And as president of the United States, I'm here today to declare that America is going to win it.

As a new kind of dealmaking is sweeping Silicon Valley, forcing employees to be vigilant about how much trust they are willing to put in startup founders.

Feld offers a quieter kind of wisdom. He's a systems thinker, a long-term optimist, and one of the rare people in the industry who treats business as a philosophical practice. His philosophy emphasizes the importance of mentorship and relationships that transcend financial metrics.

The 'Nerd Reich' is a web of powerful, ultra-wealthy tech billionaires whose politics push the country away from democracy towards unrestrained capitalism and monarchy.

This breaks the Silicon Valley social contract. This is bad for startup employees. They're going to be less likely to join startups. What's the point of joining a startup and working your ass off if you might get screwed?

The U.S. is preparing for potential near-peer conflicts amid great power competition, complicated by disruptive technologies, leading to the rise of defense contractors from Silicon Valley.

OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, humorously referred to the recruitment gatherings in San Francisco and New York City as a 'party' while seeking finance professionals to develop artificial general intelligence.

Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia Capital, suggested that New York legislator Zohran Mamdani's culture is based on deceit and promotes lying to advance an Islamist agenda.

Bay Area transit agencies face annual deficits nearing $800 million, leading to calls for increased revenue through a proposed sales tax, which may disproportionately impact lower-income residents.

The provision to the reconciliation bill was introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). Many prominent Silicon Valley executives were in favor of the so-called "AI moratorium," which they said would prevent states from forming an unworkable patchwork of regulation that could stifle AI innovation.

I feel a visceral feeling right now, as if someone has broken into our home and stolen something. Please trust that we haven't been sitting idly by.

"The Community Action Grants program grantees don't just provide services; they're catalysts for positive change, led by and accountable to the communities they serve," foundation president and CEO Nicole Taylor said in a release.

The average grant size is $21,000, and the nonprofits funded under this program all have annual budgets of $3 million or less.

In Silicon Valley, people are not apt to linger over anything as long as they do a keyboard. Still, there are options for indulging in beautiful tea rituals.

The proposed U.S. defense budget for 2025 is $1 trillion, equivalent to Spain's GDP, highlighting the significant financial commitment to defense in light of global tensions.

If we're serious about inclusion and economic growth, we must ensure all communities have the tools to thrive in a digital world.

The proposed residential complex will include 196 units, with 29 designated as affordable housing, strategically located near multiple major tech hubs in Silicon Valley.

Chime's successful IPO, raising $864 million, highlights its ascent in the fintech space, reflecting strong interest from top Silicon Valley investors.

"Many of our users, they live in generally the same area, they work in generally the same area, and they commute at the same time," Sachin Kansal, Uber's chief product officer, said during the company's May 14 announcement.

The recent fallout between Elon Musk and President Trump signals a potential shift in the tech landscape, paving the way for a new tech advisor to step in.

The recent acquisition of the former 23andMe headquarters illustrates the dramatic downfall of commercial property values in Silicon Valley post-pandemic.

In Armstrong's universe, tech is never morally in the black, and the people who create it are no better than despots—inept ones, at that.