While the West sold off data centers, East Asia is investing heavily. The region’s AI boom is colliding with climate risks and geopolitical tensions over chips. It’s a high-stakes race for digital supremacy.
In a new podcast, Sequoia partners Alfred Lin and Pat Grady detailed the firm’s unique voting system. They argue that strong internal conviction, even with fierce disagreement, is a better signal than unanimous, lukewarm support. The goal is to find outlier companies, not safe bets.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says Europe has a “real problem” with anti-business bureaucracy, internal fragmentation, and a lack of innovation. His critique echoes warnings from over a year ago that have gone unheeded.
Elon Musk is lashing out at the EU after X was hit with a massive fine for misleading users. The platform’s “verified” system is at the heart of the dispute, which could lead to even more penalties.
A startup building an “operating system” for one-person, billion-dollar companies just raised $8.7 million in seed funding. The General Intelligence Company says it’s already using its own AI agents to handle over 95% of its coding and customer support.
Tiger Global is reportedly raising a new $2.2 billion venture fund, its second of that size. The firm promises a more targeted, humble strategy than its infamous 2021 “spray and pray” approach, even as it leans into AI.
Forget the doom-and-gloom headlines. According to a new report, AI is projected to create far more jobs than it displaces by 2030. The real challenge isn’t the technology itself, but getting people to actually use it effectively.
In a stunning move, Paramount Skydance has gone hostile in its pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery. This comes just days after Netflix announced a $72.5 billion agreement to buy the studio. The battle is officially back on.
Apple is seeing a significant exodus of senior vice presidents, including key figures in AI, design, and environmental policy. This comes as CEO Tim Cook takes on more operational duties himself, raising questions about the company’s direction and innovation pipeline.
A new startup called Atlas Data Storage is launching a commercial service for storing data on synthetic DNA. It’s a potential game-changer for archiving, but the tech faces huge speed hurdles.
