Join Our Livestream: The Hype, Reality, and Future of EVs
As electric vehicles have gone mainstream, buyers are facing a smorgasbord of options, and Tesla—once untouchable—is no longer the dominant force. Last year was a tough one for Elon Musk’s…
Zillow Has Gone Wild—for AI
This will not be a banner year for the real estate app Zillow. “We describe the home market as bouncing along the bottom,” CEO Jeremy Wacksman said in our conversation…
A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web
Many people suspect that these bots are part of an AI company’s effort to collect training data from web pages. In 2025, AI bots accounted for a significant portion of…
OpenAI’s President Gave Millions to Trump. He Says It’s for Humanity
OpenAI’s president and cofounder Greg Brockman doesn’t consider himself political, which is surprising, because he was one of President Trump’s biggest individual donors of 2025. Greg and his wife, Anna…
Understanding the valuation of intangible assets in tech deals
In a technology M&A deal, whether you are acquiring or selling a tech or software business, valuation rarely hinges on a single dimension. Financial performance, growth efficiency, and cash flow…
I Loved My OpenClaw AI Agent—Until It Turned on Me
OpenClaw, a powerful new agentic assistant, has a thing for guacamole. This is one of several things I discovered while using the viral artificial intelligence bot as my personal assistant…
Jeffrey Epstein Advised an Elon Musk Associate on Taking Tesla Private
For Elon Musk, the US Justice Department’s release of 3 million additional files related to criminal investigations of Jeffrey Epstein last month was immediately embarrassing. Attention in particular fell on…
AI Industry Rivals Are Teaming Up on a Startup Accelerator
The largest western AI labs are taking a break from sniping at one another to partner on a new accelerator program for European startups building applications on top of their…
Salesforce Workers Circulate Open Letter Urging CEO Marc Benioff to Denounce ICE
Employees at Salesforce are circulating an internal letter to chief executive Marc Benioff calling on him to denounce recent actions by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prohibit the use of…
OpenAI Abandons ‘io’ Branding for Its AI Hardware
OpenAI will not use the name “io” for its forthcoming line of AI hardware devices, according to a Monday court filing. The motion is part of a trademark infringement lawsuit…