venture capital
These Delusional PowerPoint Slides Show How SoftBank Wants to Save WeWork
This is your (galaxy) brain on billions of dollars.
SoftBank’s Vision Fund Is a Graveyard of Broken Tech Startups
Uber and WeWork are the most well-known disasters. Meet some others.
WeWork’s Implosion Shows How SoftBank Is Breaking the World
Venture capital subsidizes unprofitable businesses like WeWork and Uber. Society pays the price.
CEO of WeWork, Which Has Lost an Unfathomable Amount of Money, Is Stepping Down
The boardroom coup is the latest attempt to salvage a doomed IPO.
WeWork Just Halved Its Valuation and Might Cut It Again
WeWork is losing $5,197 per customer per year, indicating that it might not really have a business model.
How to Fund a Food Business for People Who Have No Idea Where to Start
Here's what I needed to know, as a young woman of color who wanted to be my own boss.
Meet Silicon Valley's UFO Hunters
A small group of venture capitalists and technologists believe that humans can capture and reverse-engineer UFOs—and that trying to do so might be a good investment.
OpenAI's Mission to Benefit Humanity Now Includes Seeking Profit
The AI research group founded by Elon Musk and Sam Altman and largely funded by Peter Thiel, shockingly, will now seek profit.
This Kiwi Prodigy Wants to Help Make Your World-Changing Idea Happen
At 12, Laura Deming was genetically engineering worms to live longer. At 24, she is a venture capitalist looking for brilliant young minds to back.
How to Get Venture Capital Funding for a Startup If You're Not a White Dude
Businesses run by women get just two percent of all venture dollars in the US. These founders and investors are working to change that.
MIT Researchers Offer Algorithm for Picking 'Winning' Startups
Their method beats top IRL venture capitalists.
I Tried to Turn an AI Bot into My BFF
Because why should superficial friendships be limited to flesh and blood?